Cynthia Bagu is a Filipino American actress, model, and singer who were raised in the San Diego area. She had a very difficult life before her path to stardom, and it’s clear that even now, she seeks to make a positive change in her life by working to achieve her dreams. Her parents separated when she was very young, and she was often left with a family to look after while her father worked. Her mother always told Bagu that she would be a doctor, but instead she became an actress, performing odd jobs in the film and theater until she was finally able to find stability at age twenty-one, thanks to a chance meeting with Yul Brynner, who helped her get a part in his movie A Few Good Men.
Now, Cynthia Bagu has a resume that sets the world of entertainment ablaze; she is known for her height, her beauty, and for her talent as a singer/actor. As a result of her height, she was often cast as the love interest or lead character in films, TV shows, or games where she didn’t have much to do with the lead characters; this role usually saw her partnering a much shorter actor. It was a role that caused her not to grow to a full height, and as a result, her career spanned only two roles for which she was known, the first in the late seventies sitcom Happy Days, and the second in the eighties comedy Edward Scissorhands.
After that, Bagu moved on to other projects, such as playing the sultry nurse in the movie Pretty Woman, and the crooked lawyer in Spy. However, when the role of Officer Jody in the television show Californian Woodhouse arrived, Bagu was cast, and here she seemed to have found her true profession. Her success continued with the release of the movie Vanilla Sky, and then Bagu returned to Hollywood to star in the series The Perfect Score opposite Tom Cruise. By the time of her death at age fifty-four, Bagu had established herself as one of the great female performers of our times and will always be remembered for her elegant, delicate looks, her dancing skills, and for her status as one of the sexiest and best known of all American actresses.