Actress and model Cindyana Santangelo, who was most famous for playing Sierra Madre on Married… With Children, passed away, and Hollywood is in grief.
On Monday afternoon, the 58-year-old celebrity was taken from her Malibu home to the hospital, where she was eventually declared deceased.
On March 24, at around 7:15 p.m., first responders responded to an emergency medical call, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials.
Homicide investigators are helping with the investigation even though no foul play is suspected at this time. This is typical procedure when a cause of death is uncertain. Although it’s unknown if they contributed to her death, sources claim that Santangelo had recently gotten cosmetic injections at her house.
A life in the public eye
Santangelo was a multi-talented actor who established herself in both television and movies. She was born in Manhattan and grew up on the West Coast. She went to USC’s School of Cinema and Television, NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and London’s esteemed Lee Strasberg School.
Cindyana Santangelo started out as a dancer before swiftly becoming a popular music video star, according to IMDb.
She had only turned eighteen when she began to dominate MTV’s airways, becoming the only actress in history to appear in three top-10 MTV music videos in the same genre. She stood out due to her remarkable presence and adaptability, which contributed to the development of the multi-ethnic, diverse aesthetic that is now commonplace in the entertainment sector.
Her most famous role on Married… With Children was that of Sierra Madre, a dancer at The Jiggly Room. Her presence in the 1996 episode The Agony and the Extra C, where her character’s tattoo homage to her partner sent Al Bundy and his friends into a frenzy, will stick in the minds of program viewers.
In addition, Santangelo had a career in music videos, appearing in the 1989 smash song “Bust a Move” by Young MC and providing the voiceover for the opening of the 1990 song “Stop” by Jane’s Addiction. In fact, in an interview with Spin Magazine, Perry Farrell, the frontman of Jane’s Addiction, referred to her as “The Latin Marilyn Monroe.”
In addition to appearing in The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990), she costarred with Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett in the 2003 action-comedy Hollywood Homicide. She has appeared as a guest on well-known programs like ER, Law & Order, and CSI: Miami.
Honoring a cherished mother
Outside of the movie industry, Santangelo was a loving mother. She shared an emotional Instagram post with a picture of her children to commemorate her son Dante’s 20th birthday just last month. She wrote:
“These two Goonies are so wonderful, young men, sweethearts, intelligent, and beautiful—they mean the world to me.”
Fans and coworkers continue to honor the actress, whose career spanned decades across television, cinema, and music, while the entertainment industry awaits the results of her scheduled autopsy. Cindyana, rest in peace ❤️
