Ione Skye Net Worth

What is Ione Skye's Net Worth?

Ione Skye is a British-American actress who has a net worth of $2 million. Ione Skye is known for her performances in such films as "River's Edge," "Say Anything…," "The Rachel Papers," "Gas Food Lodging," and "Wayne's World." She has also acted in various television series, including "Covington Cross," "Camping," "La Brea," and "Barons."

Early Life and Education

Ione Skye Leitch was born on September 4, 1970 in London, England to Enid Karl, an American model, and Donovan, a famous Scottish musician and singer-songwriter. She is Jewish on her mother's side, and has an older brother named Donovan Leitch who is an actor and singer. Skye's parents separated at the time of her birth, and she was subsequently raised by her mother in Los Angeles and San Francisco. In the former, she attended Immaculate Heart High School and Hollywood High School.

Film Career

In 1986, Skye made her film debut starring opposite Crispin Glover and Keanu Reeves in the crime drama "River's Edge." The next year, she co-starred with Maureen O'Sullivan in the science-fiction horror film "Stranded" as a granddaughter and grandmother who are taken hostage by aliens. Skye went on to play the snobby Denise Hunter in the 1988 coming-of-age film "A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon," starring River Phoenix. She had her breakthrough role in 1989 as reserved high school valedictorian Diane Court in Cameron Crowe's teen romance "Say Anything…," co-starring John Cusack. Over time, the film gained a cult following. Also in 1989, Skye starred as the titular character opposite Dexter Fletcher in the British film "The Rachel Papers," based on the novel by Martin Amis. Kicking off the next decade, she appeared alongside Liv Ullmann in "Mindwalk." Skye followed that with a supporting part in the Martha Plimpton vehicle "Samantha."

Skye had a notable year on the big screen in 1992, with roles in three films. In the first, "Gas Food Lodging," she starred alongside Brooke Adams and Fairuza Balk as a daughter being raised by her waitress mother in a New Mexico trailer park. Skye next played the girlfriend of Rob Lowe's character in the comedy "Wayne's World." Her third film of 1992 was the crime drama "Guncrazy," based on the classic 1950 film noir "Gun Crazy." Skye's next big-screen appearance was in the 1995 comedy anthology film "Four Rooms." The following year, she starred in the romantic comedy "Dream for an Insomniac." In 1997, Skye had a small part in Mike Figgis's "One Night Stand." She had a bigger role in the 1998 buddy road drama "Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God… Be Back by Five," followed by an uncredited part in the 1999 satirical teen romcom "But I'm a Cheerleader."

Skye was less prolific on the big screen in the early '00s. In the second half of the decade, she appeared in such films as the romantic comedy "Fever Pitch" and the dramedy "The Lather Effect," and briefly in an uncredited role in David Fincher's period mystery thriller "Zodiac." Skye remained only an occasional presence on the big screen in the 2010s, beginning with roles in the silent period film "Return to Babylon" and the supernatural horror film "Haunt." In the former, she portrayed actress Virginia Rappe. Skye went on to appear in "Dear Eleanor" and "XOXO" in 2016, the same year she starred in Chloë Sevigny's short film "Kitty." She didn't appear in another film until the 2020 indie "Holy New York." The year after that, Skye was in the comedy thriller "Habit." She next played the wife of Jack Black's character in the 2025 action comedy horror film "Anaconda," a meta-reboot of the "Anaconda" film series.

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Television Career

Skye made her television acting debut portraying Pauline Bonaparte in the 1987 ABC miniseries "Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story." In 1992, she played Eleanor Grey in the short-lived ABC series "Covington Cross." A couple of years later, Skye had a supporting part in the Showtime television film "Girls in Prison." She was in another television film, "Tower of the Firstborn," in 2000. Following guest roles on "The Twilight Zone" and "The Dead Zone," Skye appeared in the 2004 CBS television film adaptation of Anne Tyler's novel "Back When We Were Grownups." In 2005, she made her first of three total appearances as Mrs. Veal on the sitcom "Arrested Development." Later in the decade, Skye guest-starred on "Private Practice."

Skye didn't appear much on television in the 2010s, although she did have a guest role on MTV's "Awkward." in 2014 and a main role on HBO's short-lived comedy "Camping" in 2018. In her first television role of the 2020s, she played the recurring character Gayle Meyer in the third season of the NBC series "Good Girls." Skye had another recurring role in 2021, as Jessica Harris in the first season of NBC's "La Brea." In 2022, she played Marilyn Hunter in the Australian series "Barons," and in 2023 she had a guest role in the first season of the Netflix anthology series "Beef."

Other Work

Among her other appearances, Skye was in the music video for Harvey Danger's song "Sad Sweetheart of the Rodeo." She later directed the music video for the song "333" by Against Me! Additionally, Skye paints and writes. In 2014, she published the children's book "My Yiddish Vacation."

Personal Life

When she was 16, Skye began dating Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis, who was 24 at the time. She became pregnant by him at the age of 17 and had an abortion he paid for. Skye married her first husband, Beastie Boys guitarist Adam Horovitz, in 1992. They separated and reconciled a couple of times before finally divorcing in 2000. Skye subsequently dated furniture designer David Netto, with whom she had a daughter named Kate in 2001. The pair got engaged but eventually split. In 2008, Skye got engaged to Australian musician and actor Ben Lee, whom she wed in India at the end of the year. They had a daughter named Goldie in 2009.

Skye has struggled with substance addiction during her life, which she has discussed in interviews and her 2025 memoir "Say Everything." Also in her memoir, she revealed her bisexuality and her relationships with such famous women as model Jenny Shimizu and singer-songwriter Alice Temple. Additionally, Skye revealed that she had slept with her former co-stars John Cusack and Matthew Perry.

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