# Calico Cooper > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Calico_Cooper > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Calico_Cooper.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calico_Cooper > Source revision: 1353210701 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Short description|American singer, actress, and dancer (born 1981)}} {{Infobox person | name = Calico Cooper | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|05|19}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | education = {{hlist|[Stella Adler Studio of Acting](/source/Stella_Adler_Studio_of_Acting)|[The Groundlings](/source/The_Groundlings)|[Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre](/source/Upright_Citizens_Brigade_Theatre)}} | occupation = {{hlist|Singer|dancer|[stage performer](/source/Performing_arts)|choreographer|actress|comedian|model}} | years_active = 1997–present | spouse = {{marriage|Jed Williams|2015}} | father = [Alice Cooper](/source/Alice_Cooper) | mother = [Sheryl Cooper](/source/Sheryl_Cooper) | website = {{URL|officialcalicocooper.com}} | module = {{Infobox musical artist | genre = {{hlist|[Rock](/source/American_rock)|[heavy metal](/source/heavy_metal_music)}} | current_member_of = {{hlist|Beasto Blanco|Alice Cooper}} | instrument = Vocals | embed=yes }} }} '''Calico Cooper''' (born May 19, 1981) is an American singer, dancer, [stage performer](/source/Performing_arts), actress, comedian, and choreographer. She is the first-born daughter of [shock rock](/source/shock_rock) singer [Alice Cooper](/source/Alice_Cooper) and dancer [Sheryl Cooper](/source/Sheryl_Cooper). She began performing with her father occasionally since 1997 and was hired by him at age 18 for his [''Brutally Live''](/source/Alice_Cooper%3A_Brutally_Live) tour. For the next decade, she toured with, and directed portions of, Alice Cooper's live shows, specializing in violent [black comedy](/source/black_comedy) routines. In 2011 she left touring to concentrate on her acting career. Since 2012 she has been a vocalist and stage performer for the heavy metal band Beasto Blanco. Her film credits include minor roles in ''[The Curse of El Charro](/source/The_Curse_of_El_Charro)'' (2005), [''Rolling''](/source/Rolling_(film)) (2007), a deleted scene in [''Halloween''](/source/Halloween_(2007_film)) (2007), ''[Dakota Skye](/source/Dakota_Skye_(film))'' (2008), ''[Suck](/source/Suck_(film))'' (2009), and an uncredited scene in ''[Hall Pass](/source/Hall_Pass)'' (2011), and co-starring roles in ''Thirty Proof Coil'' (2010), ''[13/13/13](/source/13%2F13%2F13)'' (2013), ''Welcome to Hell'' (2018), and the short film ''Fire Fucking Fire'' (2024). Her television credits include the character Lila Black in ''Bloomers'' (2011–2018) and guest starring as Jane Miller in a 2016 episode of ''[Hawaii Five-0](/source/Hawaii_Five-0_(2010_TV_series)).'' == Early life == Calico Cooper was born on May 19, 1981, to Alice and Sheryl Cooper,Graff 2023, p. 103 who resided at [Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles](/source/Benedict_Canyon%2C_Los_Angeles).{{Cite news |last=Webb |first=Dewey |date=September 7, 1983 |title="I Bore Alice Cooper's Child" |work=[Phoenix New Times](/source/Phoenix_New_Times) |url=https://www.alicecooperechive.com/articles/feature/phnt/830907 |access-date=September 16, 2023}} A year after her birth, the Coopers moved to [Paradise Valley, Arizona](/source/Paradise_Valley%2C_Arizona). They also lived for some time in Chicago before relocating once again to Paradise Valley in 1985.{{Cite news |last=Trulson |first=Nora Burba |date=August 1991 |title=Welcome to My Remodel: Alice and Sheryl Cooper Remodel a Paradise Valley Ranch and Call it Home |work=[Phoenix Home and Garden](/source/Phoenix_Home_and_Garden)|url=https://www.alicecooperechive.com/articles/feature/phhg/910800 |access-date=September 16, 2023}}{{Cite web |last=Rhoades |first=Rebecca L. |date=June 19, 2020 |title=Inside Alice Cooper's Rock 'n' Roll Residence |url=https://www.phgmag.com/inside-alice-coopers-rock-n-roll-residence/ |access-date=September 24, 2023 |website=[Phoenix Home & Garden](/source/Phoenix_Home_%26_Garden) |language=en-US}} In the early 1980s, Alice's continued substance abuse was putting a severe strain on his relationship with Sheryl, a strain which was exacerbated by the birth of Calico. Sheryl initiated divorce proceedings in November 1983.{{Cite news |date=December 15, 1983 |title=Hearing on Support Scheduled in Alice Cooper Divorce Case |work=[The Arizona Republic](/source/The_Arizona_Republic) |url=https://www.alicecooperechive.com/articles/feature/ariz/831215 |access-date=September 16, 2023}} Alice finally committed to sobriety that year,{{Cite web |last=Rodgers |first=Larry |date=September 6, 2016 |title=Alice Cooper's wife, Sheryl, kids keep the faith |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/09/06/alice-coopers-wife-sheryl-kids-keep-faith/89873180/ |access-date=September 16, 2023 |website=[The Arizona Republic](/source/The_Arizona_Republic) |language=en-US}} and Sheryl reconciled with him months later in 1984.{{Cite web |last=Bang Showbiz NZ |date=June 23, 2019 |title=Alice Cooper has death pact with wife |url=https://nz.news.yahoo.com/alice-cooper-death-pact-wife-060602473.html |access-date=September 16, 2023 |website=[Yahoo! News](/source/Yahoo!_News) |language=en-NZ}} Sheryl, a professional dancer, enrolled Calico in dance at age 3.{{Cite web |title=Calico Cooper Interview |url=http://www.fixeforce.com/25-music/85-calico-cooper-interview |access-date=September 23, 2023 |website=Fixe Force |language=en-gb}} The Coopers felt it was important for their children to attend public school, and Calico's schooling included Hopi Elementary and [Arcadia High School](/source/Arcadia_High_School_(Arizona)).{{Cite news |last=Stevens |first=Lindsey |date=February 1998 |title=Getting to Know Sheryl Cooper |work=Arcadia News |url=https://www.alicecooperechive.com/articles/feature/arca/980200 |access-date=September 16, 2023}}{{Cite news |last=Rogers |first=Larry |date=December 9, 2002 |title=Alice's Elves: Cooper's Christmas Pudding Brings Out Valley Favorites |page=41 |work=[The Arizona Republic](/source/The_Arizona_Republic) |url=https://www.alicecooperechive.com/articles/feature/ariz/021219 |access-date=September 23, 2023}} While attending Arcadia High, she belonged to a dance company and professionally performed and competed at the national level in [classical ballet](/source/classical_ballet), [jazz](/source/Jazz_dance), [acrobatics](/source/acrobatics), and [tap](/source/Tap_dance). She also started instructing dance. In her teens, Cooper attracted tabloid attention with her awkward attempts at glamorous fashion. She remembers being mocked by the British press at the age of 14. == With Alice Cooper == At the age of 16, Calico started performing roles in her father's touring stage shows. Her first role was occasional, specifically as one of the evil clowns who opened Alice's shows at the time.{{Cite journal |last=Wright |first=William |date=2008 |title=Daddy's Little Nightmare: Calico Cooper Reveals Her Plans for World Domination |url=https://www.alicecooperechive.com/articles/feature/sire/080000 |journal=Sirens of Cinema |volume=2 |issue=12 |pages=15–19}} After graduating high school, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.{{Cite web |last=Masley |first=Ed |title=Calico Cooper on growing up with Alice Cooper and finding her own voice in Beasto Blanco |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/12/01/calico-cooper-alice-coopers-daughter-beasto-blanco/2163728002/ |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=[The Arizona Republic](/source/The_Arizona_Republic) |language=en-US}} However, she then found work performing in her father's stage shows. At age 18, she was hired by Alice to perform multiple roles in and provide choreography and design costumes for his ''[Brutal Planet](/source/Brutal_Planet)'' tour.Graff 2023, p. 161; {{Cite web |last=Rapp |first=Allison |date=November 9, 2020 |title=Alice Cooper's Daughter Calico Cooper Recalls Road Life With Dad |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/alice-cooper-daughter-calico-interview/ |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=[Ultimate Classic Rock](/source/Ultimate_Classic_Rock) |language=en }}; {{Cite web |last=Rapp |first=Allison |date=November 26, 2020 |title=Alice Cooper's Daughter Calico Cooper Never Wanted to Join a Band |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/calico-cooper-beasto-blanco/ |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=[Ultimate Classic Rock](/source/Ultimate_Classic_Rock) |language=en }}; {{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Calico |title=Calico Cooper - A little bit about me... |url=http://www.officialcalicocooper.com/about.html |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=Official Calico Cooper }}; {{Cite web |last=Masley |first=Ed |title=Calico Cooper on growing up with Alice Cooper and finding her own voice in Beasto Blanco |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/12/01/calico-cooper-alice-coopers-daughter-beasto-blanco/2163728002/ |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=[The Arizona Republic](/source/The_Arizona_Republic) |language=en-US }}; {{Cite magazine |date=October 8, 2020 |title=Meet Calico Cooper of Beasto Blanco in North Hollywood |magazine=Voyage LA |url=https://voyagela.com/interview/meet-calico-cooper-beasto-blanco-north-hollywood/ |access-date=September 21, 2023 |language=en-US |archive-date=October 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026180111/https://voyagela.com/interview/meet-calico-cooper-beasto-blanco-north-hollywood/ }} The most known character she portrayed in the tour was the [dominatrix](/source/dominatrix) "bullwhip girl", for which she was instructed by Sheryl, who had previously portrayed the character. She also inherited the sadistic nurse character who often presided over Alice's beheading.{{Cite news |last=Boshorff |first=Alison |date=April 3, 2004 |title=Chips Off The Old Rock: When You Dad's A Rock God, What Are The Chances Of Growing Up Normal? Here Five Girls With A Pop Pedigree Tell Their Extraordinary Tales.: Calico Cooper |pages=20–21 |work=[Daily Mail](/source/Daily_Mail) Weekend |url=https://www.alicecooperechive.com/articles/feature/mail/040403 |access-date=September 23, 2023}} With the latter character, Calico at first continued Sheryl's role—an "ingenue" or "1940s actress" that the audience would want to protect—but after a few years transformed the nurse into a character, "Nurse Rozetta", that the audience would hate and whose defeat would make Alice almost a hero.{{Cite web |last=Rapp |first=Allison |date=November 9, 2020 |title=Alice Cooper's Daughter Calico Cooper Recalls Road Life With Dad |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/alice-cooper-daughter-calico-interview/ |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=[Ultimate Classic Rock](/source/Ultimate_Classic_Rock) |language=en}} Cooper said "I really caught my confidence. All of a sudden, instead of the nurse just being sexy or provocative, I was like, "What if I made you hate her more than you hate Alice? I bet I could do that.'" A routine she performed in 2000, dressed as the nurse, involved Alice grabbing her by the neck and slamming her into the hatch of an overturned vehicle.{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Michael D |date=September 26, 2000 |title=Alice Cooper Stages Metal Madness as Art |work=[Houston Chronicle](/source/Houston_Chronicle) |url=https://www.alicecooperechive.com/articles/feature/hoch/000926 |access-date=September 23, 2023}} During one show that year, at the [Aerial Theater](/source/Bayou_Music_Center) in [Houston](/source/Houston), Texas, Calico received a minor ankle laceration. Her tour with ''Brutal Planet'' at first intimidated her as she, like her mother before, was the only woman not only among the band but among the merchandise staff, catering, and drivers, and she was cautious of overstepping. However, as she began making suggestions, her ideas were received enthusiastically by both those working the show and audiences. After this success, she stayed a regular in Alice's shows until 2011. When [Chuck Garric](/source/Chuck_Garric) joined Alice Cooper's live band as a bassist in 2002, he and Calico immediately bonded creatively and enthusiastically shared and discussed performance ideas with each other.{{Cite web |last=Rapp |first=Allison |date=November 26, 2020 |title=Alice Cooper's Daughter Calico Cooper Never Wanted to Join a Band |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/calico-cooper-beasto-blanco/ |access-date=September 21, 2023 |website=[Ultimate Classic Rock](/source/Ultimate_Classic_Rock) |language=en}} Garric and other members of the band would occasionally play at bar shows when not on tour and sometimes would invite Calico to sing, presaging her joining his band Beasto Blanco in 2012. left|thumb|Calico Cooper (right) as part of Alice Cooper's (left) stage show in 2002. During Alice's 2001–2003 ''[Brutally Live](/source/Alice_Cooper%3A_Brutally_Live)'' and ''[Dragontown](/source/Dragontown)'' tours, Calico portrayed [Britney Spears](/source/Britney_Spears) in a satirical [macabre comedic](/source/Black_comedy) bit which ended in her fighting Alice, being dragged off stage by him, and Alice re-appearing with a mock-up of Calico-as-Spears' severed head impaled on a pole.Graff 2023, p=162–163{{Cite web |date=December 2001 |title=House of Blues Concert Review |url=https://alicecooperechive.com/articles/feature/maro/011200 |access-date=September 23, 2023 |website=[Maximum Rock](/source/Maximum_Rock) |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Leith |first=William |date=September 28, 2001 |title=Fairway to heaven |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2001/apr/29/features.magazine27 |access-date=September 23, 2023 |website=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)}} During the bit, Alice would wear a shirt reading "Britney Wants Me" on the front and "Dead" on the back. On the ''[Dirty Diamonds](/source/Dirty_Diamonds)'' tour in 2005, Calico replaced the Britney character with a mock [Paris Hilton](/source/Paris_Hilton) who has her throat ripped out by a [chihuahua](/source/Chihuahua_(dog_breed)), sending fake blood spurting into the audience.{{Cite news |last=Popoff |first=Martin |author-link=Martin Popoff |date=August 2005 |title=Alice Cooper: Shine on You, You Crazy Diamond |pages=30–31 |work=[Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles](/source/Brave_Words_%26_Bloody_Knuckles) |url=https://www.alicecooperechive.com/articles/feature/bwbk/050800 |access-date=September 23, 2023}}{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Michael |date=September 1, 2005 |title=Go Ask Alice |url=https://www.westword.com/music/go-ask-alice-5086290 |access-date=September 23, 2023 |website=[Westword](/source/Westword) |language=en}} Another routine as Hilton involved her attempting to stab Alice only for him to deflect the blow, grab her by the hair, and drag her offstage.{{cite web |last=Þorvaldsdóttir |first=Þórdís Elva |date=September 2, 2005 |title=From Iceland — Alice Cooper |url=https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/music/2005/09/02/alice-cooper/ |access-date=September 23, 2023 |website=[The Reykjavik Grapevine](/source/The_Reykjavik_Grapevine) |language=en-US}} The Hilton character would come on during Alice's performance of "I Wish I Were Born in Beverley Hills".{{Cite web |date=June 29, 2005 |title=ALICE COOPER's Daughter Sings RUNAWAYS Hit With ERIC SINGER |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/alice-cooper-s-daughter-sings-runaways-hit-with-eric-singer/ |access-date=September 24, 2023 |website=[Blabbermouth.net](/source/Blabbermouth.net) |language=en}} Calico in 2010 said that she felt that Spears and Hilton, whom she knows personally, understood the humor, and that one concert where she performed the Hilton bit, Hilton was in the audience. Other characters she portrayed on that tour included a vampire, a henchman, and the nurse character, the last of whom would hold up an imitation of Alice's severed head after his character was [guillotined](/source/Guillotine). She said in 2010 that sometimes there was backlash as to the propriety of what Alice would act out with his daughter. Her response was that she was now 27, was not getting hurt, and not playing a love interest. "People misunderstand, but there's always been blood, guts, incest. When Shakespeare did it, it was like, 'he's a genius!' but when Alice Cooper does it, it's like, 'That's gross!'" Alice in 2009 stated that, while on tour, Calico would not be able to fully clean off her bruising makeup between concerts, and when she and Alice would go to the mall together they would get concerned looks from strangers.{{Cite web |last=Ruggiero |first=Bob |date=October 1, 2009 |title=Alice Cooper's Theatre of Death tour passes through Pompano Beach |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/alice-coopers-theatre-of-death-tour-passes-through-pompano-beach-6384002 |access-date=September 23, 2023 |website=[Miami New Times](/source/Miami_New_Times) |language=en}} Cooper credits her stage shows with her father with establishing her in niche in stingingly provocative comedy. Her character would fall stairs and take pies to the face.{{Cite book |last=Howe |first=Zoë |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UJ30tIZmf8YC&pg=PT279 |title=How's Your Dad?: Living in the Shadow of a Rock Star Parent |date=June 7, 2010 |publisher=[Omnibus Press](/source/Omnibus_Press) |isbn=978-0-85712-415-9 |pages=279–281 |language=en}} She said in 2011 that since childhood she always tried to make people laugh, and "For all the years that I toured with my dad, the harder I could fall on my face, or the bigger reaction I could get, it didn't matter what language you spoke it was funny."{{Cite web |last=Stephanie |date=July 8, 2011 |title=An Interview with Calico Cooper |url=https://grovehotelboise.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/an-interview-with-calico-cooper/ |access-date=September 23, 2023 |website=The Grove Hotel |language=en}} The members of the show also liked to pull pranks, such as duct taping the guitarist of the opening act and throwing him out of the venue, hiding Calico's skirt so she had to come on stage in her underwear, or one time, the final show of Alice Cooper touring with [Scorpions](/source/Scorpions_(band)), when Alice and her conspired to have the male members of his band dress in lingerie and replace the dancing girls on the Scorpions' set.{{Cite web |title=ALICE COOPER's Daughter Calico Cooper Talks About Recent Russian Tour |url=https://bravewords.com/news/alice-coopers-daughter-calico-cooper-talks-about-recent-russian-tour |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=[Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles](/source/Brave_Words_%26_Bloody_Knuckles) |date=July 27, 2009 |language=en}} [[File:Alice Cooper Band-17 (41050106000).jpg|thumb|Cooper (center) performing as part of the Alice Cooper band (without Alice) on March 8, 2018, at Rascals Live, in [Moline, Illinois](/source/Moline%2C_Illinois).]] In 2011, she stepped down from regularly touring with Alice to pursue her acting career. She has made concert appearances since. In the 2014 concert of Alice and Sheryl Cooper's annual charity concert Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding, Calico and Sheryl both portrayed a ghoulish nurse character, at one point each of them gnawing on opposite ends of a baby doll.{{Cite web |last=Masley |first=Ed |date=December 14, 2014 |title=Alice Cooper brings guillotine to Christmas Pudding |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/12/14/alice-cooper-christmas-pudding-concert-review/20396489/ |access-date=September 23, 2023 |website=[The Arizona Republic](/source/The_Arizona_Republic) |language=en-US}} In 2017, Calico performed as the nurse character, getting roughed up during "[Only Women Bleed](/source/Only_Women_Bleed)" but coming back to torment Alice while he was [straitjacketed](/source/Straitjacket) singing "The Ballad of Dwight Fry".{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Fred |date=May 15, 2017 |title=Alice Cooper, May 11, 2017: Shows I'll Never Forget |url=https://somethingelsereviews.com/2017/05/15/alice-cooper-may-11-2017-shows-ill-never-forget/ |access-date=September 23, 2023 |website=[Something Else!](/source/Something_Else!) |language=en-US}} == Acting and comedy career == In the mid-2000s, when not on tour with Alice Cooper, Calico acted in several independent films, mostly [horror](/source/Horror_film), including ''[The Curse of El Charro](/source/The_Curse_of_El_Charro)'', ''JunkfoodHorrorfest'' (2007), where she portrayed a "junkie [serial killer](/source/serial_killer)", and ''[Rolling](/source/Rolling_(film))'' (2007), where she portrayed a character using [MDMA](/source/MDMA) at a [rave](/source/rave).{{Cite web |title=Calico Cooper |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/calico-cooper-vn15633925 |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=[AllMovie](/source/AllMovie) |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2005 |title=Alice Cooper's Daughter Lands Another Movie Role |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/alice-cooper-s-daughter-lands-another-movie-role/ |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=[Blabbermouth.net](/source/Blabbermouth.net) |language=en}} A role in a deleted scene in the 2007 ''[Halloween](/source/Halloween_(2007_film))'' remake earned her [Screen Actors Guild](/source/Screen_Actors_Guild) card.{{Cite magazine |date=September 26, 2019 |title=Calico Cooper – Beasto Blanco |url=https://1883magazine.com/calico-cooper-beasto-blanco/ |access-date=September 22, 2023 |magazine=1883 |language=en-GB}} She played a lead role in ''The Visitor'', which was in pre-production in 2008. Cooper portrayed Heather in ''[Dakota Skye](/source/Dakota_Skye_(film))'' (2008),{{Cite web |title=Dakota Skye - Where to Watch and Stream Online |url=https://entertainment.ie/movies/where-to-watch/dakota-skye-164328/ |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=[Entertainment.ie](/source/Entertainment.ie) |language=en}} a barmaid in the horror film ''[Suck](/source/Suck_(film))'' (2009), and co-starred as the "Woman" character in ''Thirty Proof Coil'' (2010).{{Cite web |title=Calico Cooper - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/calico_cooper |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=[Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes) |language=en}} Her first starring role in a film was in the 2010 horror film ''Thirty Proof Coil''.{{Cite web |last=Giantino |first=Linda |date=June 3, 2021 |title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Calico Cooper |url=https://chaospin.com/calico-cooper/ |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=Chaospin |language=en-US}} She claims that she landed many horror movie roles due to her shows with Alice. When she left the Alice Cooper tours in 2011, at the advice of local actors she enrolled in [master classes](/source/Master_class) taught by [Ivana Chubbuck](/source/Ivana_Chubbuck). After taking the course, at Chubbuck's recommendation, she auditioned, successfully, for the [improv comedy](/source/Improvisational_theatre) groups [The Groundlings](/source/The_Groundlings) and [Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre](/source/Upright_Citizens_Brigade_Theatre). She also studied with the [Stella Adler Studio of Acting](/source/Stella_Adler_Studio_of_Acting), Margie Haber, and [Gordon Hunt](/source/Gordon_Hunt_(director)).{{Cite magazine |date=October 8, 2020 |title=Meet Calico Cooper of Beasto Blanco in North Hollywood |magazine=Voyage LA |url=https://voyagela.com/interview/meet-calico-cooper-beasto-blanco-north-hollywood/ |access-date=September 22, 2023 |language=en-US |archive-date=October 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026180111/https://voyagela.com/interview/meet-calico-cooper-beasto-blanco-north-hollywood/ }} In 2011, she landed a starring role in the TV series ''Bloomers'' (2011–2018) as the recurring character Lila Black{{Cite web |title=Bloomers (2011) |url=https://www.avclub.com/tv/reviews/bloomers-2011 |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=[The A.V. Club](/source/The_A.V._Club) |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Terrace |first=Vincent |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TmKkCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA32 |title=Internet Comedy Television Series, 1997-2015 |date=February 25, 2016 |publisher=[McFarland](/source/McFarland_%26_Company) |isbn=978-1-4766-2393-1 |pages=31–32 |language=en}} and made an uncredited cameo in ''[Hall Pass](/source/Hall_Pass)'' (2011). She portrayed Marcy in ''[13/13/13](/source/13%2F13%2F13)'' (2013) and co-starred in ''Welcome to Hell'' (2018), which incorporated the short ''Family Time'' originally from 2013,{{Cite web |title=Family Time |url=https://en.kinorium.com/744305/ |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=Kinorium}}{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Calico |title=Calico Cooper - A little bit about me... |url=http://www.officialcalicocooper.com/about.html |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=Official Calico Cooper}}{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Hell (2018) |url=https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/welcome-to-hell-2018 |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=[The A.V. Club](/source/The_A.V._Club) |language=en}} portraying Susan, a murderous pedophilic mother. She portrayed herself in ''The Curse of Denton Rose'' in 2020. Additional television roles include the murderer Jane Miller in a 2015 episode of [''Hawaii Five-0''](/source/Hawaii_Five-0_(2010_TV_series)), and the character Tabitha in the 2016 episode "Danger & Thunder" in the [children's](/source/Children's_television_series) comedy series ''[Henry Danger](/source/Henry_Danger).''{{Cite web |title=Calico Cooper |url=https://watch.plex.tv/person/calico-cooper |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=[Plex Inc.](/source/Plex_Inc.) |language=en}} In 2016 she made an appearance on ''[The Mindy Project](/source/The_Mindy_Project)''. Cooper's directing and production work includes directing commercials and music videos{{Cite web |last=Wilk |first=Shannon |date=September 5, 2019 |title=Interview: Calico Cooper (Beasto Blanco) - Rockin' Interviews |work=Rockin' Interviews - A music publication showcasing the best in rock, metal and indie. |url=https://rockininterviews.com/interview-calico-cooper-beasto-blanco/ |access-date=September 23, 2023 |language=en-US |archive-date=December 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241227151047/https://rockininterviews.com/interview-calico-cooper-beasto-blanco/ }} and producing the crime-comedy film ''Love of Mass Destruction'', which she co-starred in, the short film ''The Taxi Man'', and the single-episode TV series ''The Normal Ones'', a show she also wrote and co-starred in.{{Cite web |title=Calico Cooper |url=https://en.kinorium.com/name/733443/ |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=Kinorium}} In the 2024 [short film](/source/short_film) ''Fire Fucking Fire'', which debuted at [Tribeca Festival](/source/Tribeca_Festival) in June, Cooper co-starred as the rock star love interest Meg opposite Ally (Rachel Paulson).{{Cite web |last=Gray |first=Peter |date=2024-06-18 |title=Fire F*cking Fire looks at women vocalising their truth in relatable, humorous short-length feature: Tribeca Film Festival Review |url=https://www.theaureview.com/watch/fire-fcking-fire-tribeca-film-festival-review/ |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=[The AU Review](/source/The_AU_Review) |language=en-AU}} == With Beasto Blanco == In 2012, bassist Chuck Garric formed a band with Chris "Brother" Latham, Beasto Blanco, and Garric invited Cooper to perform backing vocals on some songs on their first album, ''Live Fast Die Loud'' (2013). She was reluctant at first as she had promised herself never to be in a band because she did not think she was a good singer. Garric told her "you're a really good actress so just act like you're a singer", and after going into the studio she discovered that she could sing to her satisfaction. Originally the plan had been for her to be a back-up singer, but during the recording process Garric increasingly featured her singing. When Beasto Blanco decided to go on a bar tour of Europe, Cooper decided to properly join the group. While she had previously told herself she would never be in a band, she realized "I want to be in ''this'' band. This is it." During their European tour, they developed a signature sound and visual style, melding heavy metal with a gruesome stage show, Cooper dressing in fishnet, chains, and leather, and often brandishing some form of weapon, including a [Louisville slugger](/source/Hillerich_%26_Bradsby) with nails through it and a [CO2 gun](/source/Air_gun).{{Cite web |last=Barber |first=Jim |date=July 10, 2018 |title=Garric and Cooper Discuss Beasto Blanco's Music, Visceral Live Show and Alice |url=https://www.musiclifemagazine.net/garric-and-cooper-discuss-beasto-blancos-music-visceral-live-show-and-alice/ |access-date=September 23, 2023 |website=Music Life Magazine |language=en-US}} Calico said that when she focused her career on film and television work, she missed performing live, and joining Beasto Blanco allowed her spontaneity and opportunities to push boundaries. She considers her body an instrument: "I couldn't take up an instrument if I wanted to during Beasto because I'm so busy with my body." According to Cooper, on every tour she creates new costume pieces and does make-up for her character. The character, "Machine Girl", keeps evolving, as Cooper says she is "never done testing her boundaries."{{Cite web |last=trunkprc |date=September 9, 2020 |title=Calico Cooper |url=https://openthetrunk.com/calico-cooper/ |access-date=September 23, 2023 |website=TrunkSpace |language=en-US |archive-date=October 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026181429/https://openthetrunk.com/calico-cooper/ }} According to Cooper, "some tours she's meaner, some sexier, some downright ridiculous." Inspiration for "Machine Girl" includes the art of [H. R. Giger](/source/H._R._Giger) and [Frank Frazetta](/source/Frank_Frazetta), with "maybe a little ''[Magic: The Gathering](/source/Magic%3A_The_Gathering)'' sprinkled in".{{Cite web |last=Agurbash |first=Anastasia |date=October 18, 2020 |title=Calico Cooper on her music, stage performances and the best advice received from her father Alice Cooper |url=https://frenchfries-mag.com/interview/2020/10/18/calico-cooper-on-her-music-stage-performances-and-the-best-advice-received-from-her-father-alice-cooper |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=French Fries Magazine |language=en-US}} She recounts that one time a kid came up to her after a show and said she looked like Sindel from ''[Mortal Kombat](/source/Mortal_Kombat)''. "I told him he had a good eye, but if he told anyone my secret, I'd finish him. He got the joke, Thank God." In 2017, Cooper said her costumes are provided by Hazmat Design, and Cooper will look at "[Vikings](/source/Vikings) and [baroque era gowns](/source/1650%E2%80%931700_in_Western_fashion) and [ninja](/source/ninja) folklore" when collaborating with Hazmat to create the pieces.{{Cite web |last=Hegt |first=Liselotte `Lilo' |date=June 15, 2017 |title=Beauty And Lifestyle Profile 13: With Calico Cooper (Singer Of Beasto Blanco) |url=https://www.headbangerslifestyle.com/lifestyle/beauty-lifestyle/beauty-and-lifestyle-profile-13/ |access-date=September 24, 2023 |website=HeadBangers Lifestyle |language=en-US}} A reviewer of a concert by the band in 2022 compared the aesthetic of the group to ''[Mad Max: Fury Road](/source/Mad_Max%3A_Fury_Road)'' with the stagecraft of Alice Cooper.{{Cite web |last=Soltes |first=John |date=August 6, 2022 |title=REVIEW: Top 2022 concerts so far — featuring Halestorm, Alice Cooper, Beasto Blanco |url=https://www.hollywoodsoapbox.com/review-top-2022-concerts-so-far-featuring-halestorm-alice-cooper-beasto-blanco/ |access-date=September 23, 2023 |website=Hollywood Soapbox |language=en-US}} Over the course of subsequent releases, Cooper's vocals contribution progressively increased. She shared lead vocals on a cover of her father's single "[Feed My Frankenstein](/source/Feed_My_Frankenstein)" on the band's second, self-titled recording,{{Cite web |last=Stott |first=Dave |date=December 4, 2016 |title=Interview: Chuck Garric From Beasto Blanco |url=http://devilsgatemusic.co.uk/interview-chuck-garric-beasto-blanco/ |access-date=September 23, 2023 |website=Devil's Gate Music |language=en-US}} and Garric splits vocal duty evenly with Cooper on their latest recording, ''We Are'' (2019). In a 2020 interview, when asked how it is for her to be the only female in a rock band, she said everyone is treated the same, and she often forgets that she is the only girl.
Except for one time, we were playing a club and in a creepy quiet moment some guy yelled 'SHOW YOUR TITS!' My band just stood scary still for a moment. And started to take off their instruments. I just thought 'Oh no.... This is gonna turn into a brawl.' They were ready to throw down. But before they could the whole crowd turned on the guy and dragged him outside. I hope he healed well.
She said in a 2018 interview that when she first started developing her character (which in boots stands about 7 feet tall), she assumed that men would respond well to her, but she also then had women coming up to her afterwards to say how her performances are empowering for them. In 2023 the band signed with [COP International](/source/COP_International).{{Cite web |date=June 6, 2023 |title=BEASTO BLANCO – Fronted By ALICE COOPER's Daughter CALICO and Long-time Bassist CHUCK GARRIC – Signs with COP International, 2 New Singles Coming This Year |url=https://www.sonicperspectives.com/news/beasto-blanco-signs-with-cop-international/ |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=Sonic Perspectives |language=en-US}} == Influences == Cooper grew up hearing a variety of music. She states that her parents played a lot of classic artists such as [Laura Nyro](/source/Laura_Nyro) and [Burt Bacharach](/source/Burt_Bacharach), contemporary acts such as [Zodiac Mindwarp](/source/Zodiac_Mindwarp_and_the_Love_Reaction) and [Guns 'N Roses](/source/Guns_N'_Roses), as well as [Elvis Presley](/source/Elvis_Presley) and [The Beatles](/source/The_Beatles). She said her mother is also very into [classical](/source/Classical_music) and [soundtracks](/source/Soundtrack). She also has mentioned enjoying her father's music and [emo punk](/source/Emo) such as [Alkaline Trio](/source/Alkaline_Trio), [Descendants](/source/Descendents), and [The Marked Men](/source/The_Marked_Men). In 2020, she mentioned listening to genres outside of rock – classical, [electronic](/source/Electronic_music), heavy [blues](/source/blues) – to incorporate into her music with Beasto Blanco. A review of ''Live Fast Die Loud'', the first album of Beasto Blanco, compared the musical style of the group to Alice Cooper and [White Zombie](/source/White_Zombie_(band)).{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Fred |date=January 18, 2014 |title=Beasto Blanco - Live Fast, Die Loud (2013) |url=https://somethingelsereviews.com/2014/01/18/beasto-blanco-live-fast-die-loud-2013/ |access-date=September 24, 2023 |website=Something Else! |language=en-US}} Cooper describes her brand of comedy as [physical](/source/Physical_comedy) [slapstick](/source/slapstick). She states that growing up she watched [Monty Python](/source/Monty_Python) and [Peter Sellers](/source/Peter_Sellers) and she wanted to grow up to be the female [Jim Carrey](/source/Jim_Carrey). She cites her top fashion influences as [Alexander McQueen](/source/Alexander_McQueen), [Naeem Khan](/source/Naeem_Khan), and [Zuhair Murad](/source/Zuhair_Murad). == Additional activities and personal life == In 2004, Cooper stated that dating was difficult for her because of the fame of her father. Cooper married the actor Jed Williams in 2015, in [Maui, Hawaii](/source/Maui).{{Cite web |date=October 5, 2015 |title=Alice Cooper's daughter Calico marries in Hawaii |url=https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/alice-coopers-daughter-calico-marries-043153017.html |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=[Yahoo Finance](/source/Yahoo_Finance) |language=en-GB}} She volunteers at The Rock, one of the [teen centers](/source/Teen_center) of Alice Cooper's Solid Rock,{{Cite web |date=August 31, 2020 |title=Episode #13 - Go Big or Go Home. (Special Guest: Calico Cooper) |url=https://songandverseministries.com/2020/08/31/go-big-or-go-home-seeker-2019/ |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=Song & Verse Ministries |language=en-US}} a non-profit founded by Alice and Sheryl Cooper and Chuck Savale.{{Cite web |last=Hannah |first=Jolyn |date=September 12, 2023 |title=Rock legend Alice Cooper opening third center for teens in the Valley |url=https://www.12news.com/article/news/community/alice-cooper-opening-third-center-for-teens-in-the-valley/75-f54dd4f9-5ba9-42e4-aa5d-03b5cd379559 |access-date=September 16, 2023 |website=[12News.com](/source/KPNX) |language=en-US}} She helped set up a [black box theatre](/source/Black_box_theater) for the center.{{Cite news |last=Shollenbarger |first=Maria |date=September 27, 2021 |title=A conversation with Alice Cooper |work=[Financial Times](/source/Financial_Times) |url=https://www.ft.com/content/9c338ab3-6445-47ca-91a7-7bb4091dc1a4?commentID=0ac8eac2-5b27-42bf-b9c2-b4a9f6ba53c3 |access-date=September 23, 2023}} She also has done modeling work.{{Cite web |last=Vogel |first=Tobias |date=May 2017 |title=Interview with Chuck Garric and Calico Cooper/Beastö Blancö |url=https://www.music2u.de/2017/05/interview-with-chuck-garric-and-calico-cooperbeastoe-blancoe/ |access-date=September 25, 2023 |website=Music2U}}{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Calico |title=Calico Cooper - Gallery |url=http://www.officialcalicocooper.com/modelling.html |access-date=September 25, 2023 |website=Official Calico Cooper - Modelling Gallery}} == Discography == {{Main article|Calico Cooper discography}} == Filmography == {{Main article|Calico Cooper filmography}} == References == ===Citations=== {{Reflist}} ===Sources=== * {{Cite book |last=Graff |first=Gary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nE-VEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA162 |title=Alice Cooper at 75 |date=January 31, 2023 |publisher=Motorbooks |isbn=978-0-7603-7827-4 |location=Minneapolis, Minnesota |language=en}} == Further reading == * {{Cite web |title=Calico Cooper and Beasto Blanco "Solitary Rave" |url=https://www.flaunt.com/blog/calico-cooper |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=Flaunt}} * {{Cite web |title=DOMKcast with Chuck Garric and Calico Cooper of Beasto Blanco |url=https://www.spreaker.com/user/domk/domkcast-with-chuck-garric-and-calico-co |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=DOMKcast |language=en |via=[Spreaker](/source/Spreaker)}} * {{Cite web |date=December 21, 2020 |title=Calico Cooper and the Beasto Blanco |url=https://katu.com/afternoon-live/special-guests/calico-cooper-and-the-beasto-blanco |access-date=September 23, 2023 |website=[KATU](/source/KATU) |language=en}} == External links == {{commons category}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cooper, Calico}} Category:Living people Category:1981 births Category:American female dancers Category:American women choreographers Category:American choreographers Category:Comedians from Chicago Category:Comedians from Arizona Category:People from Paradise Valley, Arizona Category:20th-century Christians Category:21st-century Christians Category:Christians from California Category:Christians from Illinois Category:Christians from Arizona Category:20th-century American women singers Category:21st-century American women singers Category:21st-century American actresses Category:American advertising directors Category:Women music video directors Category:American music video producers Category:American women television writers Category:American television writers Category:American women theatre directors Category:Female models from Los Angeles Category:Female models from Arizona Category:American women heavy metal singers Category:American heavy metal singers Category:American women comedians Category:Comedians from Los Angeles Category:21st-century American comedians Category:American costume designers Category:American women costume designers Category:American make-up artists Category:American women television producers Category:American women film producers Category:Arcardia High School (Arizona) alumni --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Calico Cooper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calico_Cooper) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calico_Cooper?action=history)). 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