Who is Sheri Moon Zombie?
Sheri Lyn Skurkis was born on September 26, 1970 in San Jose, California, United States. She is an actress, fashion designer, dancer and model, but perhaps best known as the wife of director Rob Zombie. She appeared in many of her husband’s feature films during his career, including ‘House of 1000 Corpses’ and ‘The Devil’s Rejects’.
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The Wealth of Sheri Moon Zombie
As of mid-2020, Sheri Moon Zombie’s net worth is estimated at over $5 million, earned through a successful career in the entertainment industry. In addition to her film appearances, she has also worked on numerous music videos and done charity work.
Most of her work has been done in association with her husband Rob, and she could also benefit financially from his success, as he has an estimated net worth of over $40 million.
Youth, education and early career
While Sheri was born in San Jose, her family later moved and settled in Connecticut. She grew up alongside a brother in Plainville, where she attended Plainville High School, the only one in the region. During this time, she aspired to become a voice actress, inspired by the cartoons she watched in her youth. After graduating, she moved back to California, Los Angeles, in search of opportunities in the voice acting world.
However, it was difficult, and she found herself moving between her home country and Los Angeles, looking for work while taking voice acting lessons.
She enrolled in the Connecticut School of Broadcasting, going there briefly to find a career as a video jockey (VJ) for Music Television (MTV). She worked as a dancer to make ends meet and found a lucrative opportunity working as a dancer for the band White Zombie, led by Rob Zombie.
dance and play
Moon was the go-to dancer and choreographer on the White Zombie tour and earned well with the group, helping create routines and getting involved in costume work.
After White Zombie disbanded, she remained under contract to Rob who hired her as a dancer during her solo career. She worked on several of his music videos and appeared in the video for “Living Dead Girl”, and was featured on the cover of the albums “Demon Speeding” and “American Made Music to Strip”. She went on to feature in several of Zombie’s works, and the two developed a relationship. In the meantime, she also worked with the bands Prong and Black Label Society during this period.
When Rob ventured into film, Sheri was cast as one of the stars of his first feature film – ‘House of 1000 Corpses’ – in which she played Baby Firefly.
The film tells the story of a group of teenagers who are lured to a farm where they are tortured by a family of psychopaths, The film is inspired by 1970s horror films, such as “The Hills Have Eyes and “The Texas Chain I saw the massacre”. Despite negative reviews, the film was successful at the box office and eventually developed a cult following.
Continuous interim work
The following year, Sheri continued to earn acting, directing, and guest appearance opportunities in the Toby Hooper-directed film “Toolbox Murders.” The film is a remake of the 1978 film of the same name, following the story of occupants of an apartment who become the target of a masked killer.
To date, it is the only film she has appeared in that is not a project of her husband.
She soon returned to Zombie work in 2005, reprising her role as Baby in “The Devil’s Rejects”, a sequel to “House of 1000 Corpses”. The film was again a box office success, earning well over its $7 million budget, while this time earning positive reviews from many high-profile critics. She won a Scream Award for her role, which she shared with the rest of the cast members who portrayed the Firefly family. She also won a Fuse/Fangoria Chainsaw Award.
After this job, she ventured into business, launching a clothing line called Total Skull, and went on tour to promote her products.
recent projects
In 2007, Moon was cast in her husband’s film “Grindhouse,” playing the character of Eva Krupp as part of the fictional trailer for “Werewolf Women of the SS.” The film was intended as an ode to 1970s exploitation film, also known as grindhouse cinemas; the film features a segment directed by Quentin Tarantino. After her work there, she was cast in the revival of “Halloween,” in which she played Deborah Myers, the mother of serial killer Michael Myers. The film was noted for further exploring slasher character Michael Myers and was highly successful at the box office despite mixed reviews, becoming the highest grossing of the entire franchise.
She then reprized her role in the sequel “Halloween II”, which was released the following year.
Then she worked on another zombie movie – “The Haunted World of El Superbeasto” – voicing the character “Suzi-X”. The film is based on the comic book series of the same name created by Rob Zombie and is set in the universe of his Firefly film franchise. The film had a more comedic approach given that it’s animated, though it was released straight-to-video, only released in theaters in select locations around the world.
One of his latest projects is the movie “3 From Hell”, a sequel to “The Devil’s Rejects”, which was released in 2019.
Private life
Sheri married Rob Zombie in 2002 after almost nine years together and changed her name to Sheri Moon Zombie to better suit her husband and their job. The couple reside in Los Angeles and they also have a home in Connecticut, a farm they purchased many years ago. Outside of her job, she promotes many animal rights advocacy, and their farm is home to many rescue animals. Unsurprisingly, Sheri is vegan.