Harding also hunted, drag raced, and learned auto mechanics from her father. She was raised in East Portland and began skating at age three, training with coach Diane Rawlinson. During Harding's youth, her father held various odd jobs (managed apartments, drove a truck, and worked at a bait & tackle store), yet was often underemployed due to poor health. Tonya Maxene Harding was born November 12, 1970, in Portland, Oregon, to LaVona Golden (b. In 2019, she won season 16 of Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition.Įarly life Ice Chalet at Portland's Lloyd Center, where Harding began skating at age four In 2018, she was a contestant on season 26 of Dancing with the Stars, finishing in third place. In 2014, two television documentaries were made about Harding's life and skating career ( Nancy & Tonya and The Price of Gold), inspiring Steven Rogers to write the film I, Tonya in 2017, in which Harding was portrayed by Australian actress Margot Robbie. Her life has been the subject of many books, films, documentaries, and academic studies. As a result of her involvement in the aftermath of the assault, the United States Figure Skating Association banned her for life on Jshe was stripped of her 1994 title.įrom 2003 to 2004, Harding competed as a professional boxer. On March 16, 1994, Harding accepted a plea bargain in which she pled guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution. In January 1994, Harding became embroiled in controversy when her ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, orchestrated an attack on her fellow U.S. Harding is a two-time Olympian and a two-time Skate America Champion. In 1991, she became the first American woman and the second woman in history (after Midori Ito) to successfully land a triple Axel in an international competition. champion, and 1991 World silver medalist. Figure Skating Championships between 19, Harding won the 1989 Skate America competition. Harding spent much of her early life training, eventually dropping out of high school to devote her time to the sport. Nude, she looks a bit like Sally Field in her nude scenes in "Stay Hungry" and perhaps she will have a career someday to match.Tonya Maxene Price (née Harding born November 12, 1970) is an American former figure skater, retired boxer, and reality television personality.īorn in Portland, Oregon, Harding was raised by her mother, who enrolled her in ice skating lessons at 3 years old. This bold move is so truthful we really feel for the ill-fated couple. Gilloohy pushes the envelope in his first documentary featurette by showing us full frontal nudity of both Tonya and himself. This is not an empty headed sex kitten, this is a complex woman willing to show us her feelings as well as her body. But as Tonya strips for the camera, we see she is vulnerable, coy, cute, and fun loving. 5'-1" Tonya Harding clothed reminds me of an angry Sally Field, a tiny bulldog, strong, barking, and scary if not chained. This is not the story of their sordid criminal activities, this is the story of their love and their love making. The genius of Gilloohly is that he awashes the room in bright light, letting the couple's creamy white bodies gleam in an almost heavenly glow. Most directors might have shown the room dark and awash in shadow to symbolize the dark lives of the two lovers. He understands the camera is a voyeur and sets the film in a small claustrophobic room. Gillooly's directorial style is free flowing, letting his co-star improvise. Much like Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in "Bonnie and Clyde," the chillingness of their crimes is juxtaposed with the heat of their sexuality. Gilloohly capture's the chilling chemistry between the couple who plotted to injure Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan. Jeff Gillooly's autobiographical account of his 1990 wedding night with wife Tonya Harding.
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