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Soleil Moon Frye
Frye at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show
Born	(1976-08-06) August 6, 1976 (age 48) Glendora, California, U.S.
Education	San Fernando Valley Professional School
Alma mater	The New School
Occupations	Actress film director screenwriter
Years active	1982–present
Spouse	Jason Goldberg ​(m. 1998)​
Children	4
Father	Virgil Frye
Relatives	Sean Frye (half-brother) Meeno Peluce (half-brother)

Soleil Moon Frye (/soʊˈleɪ/; born August 6, 1976) is an American actress, director and screenwriter. She began her career as a child actor at the age of two. When she was eight years old, Frye won the role of Penelope "Punky" Brewster in the NBC sitcom Punky Brewster. The series debuted in September 1984 and earned consistently low ratings but the Punky character was a hit with young children. After NBC canceled the series, it was picked up for the syndication market where it aired for an additional two seasons ending in 1988.

After the series ended, Frye continued her career in guest spots on television and supporting roles in films. She attended The New School during the late 1990s, and directed her first film, Wild Horses in 1998. In 2000, she joined the cast in The WB sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch as Roxie King, Sabrina Spellman's roommate and close friend. Frye remained with the series until its end in April 2003. She has since continued her acting career working mainly as a voice actor.

In 1998, Frye married producer Jason Goldberg, with whom she has four children. She has since opened an eco-friendly specialty clothing boutique for children, The Little Seed, in Los Angeles. She also hosts a blog and web series which focus on child rearing and women's issues. In 2011, Frye released her first book Happy Chaos: From Punky to Parenting and My Perfectly Imperfect Adventures in Between. Frye was host of the Home Made Simple show on the Oprah Winfrey Network from 2013 to 2014.

Early life

Frye was born in Glendora, California. Her father was actor Virgil Frye (1930-2012), and her mother is talent agent and caterer Sondra Peluce (née Londy). She is Jewish. She has two half-brothers, Sean Frye and Meeno Peluce, both former child actors. Frye's parents divorced when she was two.

Frye was educated at a private school in Los Feliz and attended San Fernando Valley Professional School in Burbank.

Career

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Directing

In 1996, Frye moved to New York to attend The New School and later directed her first film, Wild Horses (1998).

Frye directed her second film, Sonny Boy, in 2004. The documentary chronicles a two-week trip Frye took with her father, Virgil, who had Alzheimer's disease. Sonny Boy was an official selection at the 27th Starz Denver International Film Festival and won Best Documentary at the San Diego Film Festival.

Other ventures

In 2007, Frye, along with two friends, opened The Little Seed, an eco-friendly children's specialty boutique in Los Angeles. The boutique closed in August 2012, and is now an Internet-based business.

In March 2010, Frye and her friend and former co-star Melissa Joan Hart launched the "Better Together" campaign for Gain.

In September 2011, Frye released her first book, Happy Chaos: From Punky to Parenting and My Perfectly Imperfect Adventures in Between. In October 2013, she released a party-planning book, Let's Get This Party Started. She also hosted a web series, Her Say, from 2011 to 2012, and currently hosts a blog on her official website, moonfrye.com, both of which deal with women's issues and parenting.

In 2014, Frye co-founded P.S. XO, a company that sells party decoration kits. The name was then changed to MoonFrye, and expanded to include DIY kits for families and an app of the same name. They later merged with the company Seedling, who specialize in "activity kits".

Personal life

As a teen, Frye suffered from gigantomastia. She underwent a breast reduction three months before her 16th birthday.

On October 25, 1998, Frye married television producer Jason Goldberg in a Jewish ceremony (Frye's mother is Jewish, as is Goldberg). Frye and Goldberg have four children: daughters born in August 2005 and March 2008 and sons born in February 2014 and May 2016.

In December 2020, Frye filed for divorce.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

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18. Webber, Stephanie. "Soleil Moon Frye, Husband Jason Goldberg Name Newborn Son Lyric Sonny Roads". Us Weekly. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
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20. "Soleil Moon Frye and Jason Goldberg Separate After 22 Years of Marriage". PEOPLE.com.

External links

• Soleil Moon Frye at IMDb
• Soleil Moon Frye at the TCM Movie Database
• Template:AllRovi name

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• 1976 births
• 20th-century American actresses
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• Actresses from California
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• American people of Italian descent
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• American television actresses
• American voice actresses
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• American women film directors
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