Known for her work in famous movies like Dirty dancing and Flash dance, Cynthia Rhodes is an actress of American nationality who is retired. She is an icon Hollywood icon. Versatility is in her blood because this beauty can act, dance and sing. Let’s find out what is Cynthia Rhodes net worth in 2018.
Cynthia Rhodes early life
Cynthia Rhodes took birth in Tennessee, Nashville in the year 1956. Edna Rhodes and Adrian Rhodes were her parents and since she was child Cynthia was raised as Baptist. She went to Glencliff high school. In the year 1983, Cynthia met with Richard Marx and the two got married. Richard is a popular musician who has released almost twelve albums. The couple tied the knot in the year 1989 and has three children together but unfortunately they got divorced in the year 2014 after having a blissful marriage of 25 years.
Cynthia Rhodes began her acting career with the movie, Xanadu that belonged to the romantic genre. Cynthia was starred in the movie Staying Alive which was directed by Sylvester Stallone. The film was a huge commercial success but it was not critically acclaimed but Cynthia Rhodes was praise for her performance. Some other works that are done by Cynthia Rhodes are Curse of the crystal eye, flash dance and dirty dancing. Cynthia Rhodes did not do movies that involved nudity since she is religious and conservative. Apart from acting, Cynthia has been part of Animotion which is a pop group and she was a dancers for The Tubes that is a rock band.
Cynthia Rhodes career, awards and achievements
Cynthia Rhodes used to work at the American amusement park as a dancer and singer before she entered the Hollywood world. It was in 1980 when she made her debut with the film named, Xanadu whose director was Robert Greenwald. Though the film won the Ivor Novello awards, still it got mixed reviews and did not do well commercially. In 1983 Cynthia did her next film named, Flash dance where she played the role of a supporting actor. The director was Adrian Lyne and the film was made with a budget of $7 million but it got huge commercial success and collected a sum of $200 million.
In the same year, Cynthia did another film known as, Staying alive which was directed by Sylvester Stallone. This film was also a huge success collecting a handsome of $65 million. In the year 1984, Rhodes was starred in the movie Runaway which belongs from the sci-fi genre and was directed and written by Michael Crichton. The biggest achievement of her career as starring in the movie, Dirty dancing in the year 1987. She was casted in a supporting role. This movie which was directed by Emile Ardolino was a commercial success and it won an Oscar, Grammy and Golden globe awards. The last film that she did in her amazing career was, curse of the crystal eye which was released in 1991.
Awards and achievements
Cynthia Rhodes has been part of many movies but the greatest achievement was being on Dirty Dancing that was awarded with an Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globes. In the year 1983 she was nominated for the Bravo Otto Germany awards in the best actress category.
Net worth of Cynthia Rhodes
The net worth of Cynthia Rhodes has been estimated to be around $2.5 million. She has been immensely talented as an actor, dancers and singer and has relied huge success and fame.
Cynthia Rhodes has been a successful actor who has done several movies the most notable among them is Dirty Dancing. She has been married to Richard Marx and had threw children but unfortunately they part ways in the year 2014. She is a versatile personality who has millions of fans.