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Kateryna Diane Leiber; (nee Kruedstfeldt) born 15 July 1984 is an American actress. Beginning as a child star, when she was lauded by the press as “The '90s answer to Shirley Temple” she played Brindi “Sweetcheaks” Hick in the 1992 romantic comedy Rainfall, Pixie Kennard in the 1993 comedy “The Star Girl”, later revising her role for a 26 part TV series, and Avana Grant in the 1995 thriller “Eastward Lives” and its 1997 sequel “The Tomkins File.”
The adult roles for which she is best known are as Suki in “The Leiber of the Otter” (2009), Parnie Grey in “Children of a Revolution” (2011), Agent Reich in “Glasshouse” (2014), Edyna in “Mutants” (2016), Tori Bannock in the TV Soap “East Keys” (2016-2019) and Alyce in the “Darkfire” series, “World's End” (2018) and “The Reckoning” (2019)
Early Life:
Leiber was born Katerina Dianelle Dreich in Stuttgart, Germany, the daughter of writer Joseph Kruedstfeldt and poet Erika Scharn. She was brought up a strict Roman Catholic and attended convents in Germany and the United States.
Personal Life:
Leiber has been married twice, the first to Director Hank Lewis, the second to Actor/Director Allec Brinsley. The second marriage ended in scandal when Leiber, while still married to Brinsley, engaged in a physical fight with Brinsley's then girlfriend, later wife, property developer Milicent Lowry, who publicly defeated and spanked Leiber in front of a large contingent of public spectators and press representatives. After this event, Leiber was subject to much mockery by the tabloid press and retired from public life for six months.
Leiber is a sufferer from various diagnosed psychological conditions including Nyctophobia, OCD and obsessive propensity to nightmares.
Review of Darkfire #@ - The Reckoning:
So where's the beauty?
Darkfire #2 - The Reckoning
By Ivor Hammett
Basing a movie franchise on a series of novels rather than comics is always fraught with peril, as any director will tell you. After all, we all know exactly what Supergirl or Black Widow look like, whereas with a character from literature all we have is the author's description to go on. Laurence Watt got away with it in Darkfire #1 - World's End simply because of the stirring performance of Rhys Jameson as Ekon, Tenneille Rixon's wonderful Chantel, and some stunning special effects.
Sadly, in The Reckoning Watt set himself a much harder task, and, to be frank, fell somewhat short. The Dean Asher novel on which it was based put Alyce rather than her sister Chantel centre-stage, and while a billion millennials might have drooled over Tenneille Rixon as Chantel, for this sequel the far less enticing Diane Leiber completely failed to carry off her main task, that of fulfilling the nocturnal fantasies of her predominantly male audience.
Let's not mince words here – the uninspiring Diane Leiber, with her dwarf-like physical status, plump thighs and hausfrau face is hardly the conventional idea of a sex goddess. Had this been true to the original novel's description, this might have been excusable. But the character in print is described by Asher as "ethereally beautiful, with deep wistful eyes" whereas Leiber, however well she might have bluffed her way through as a young boy's dream in The Leiber of the Otter or Glasshouse simply falls a long way short for the role intended. Bluntly, this falling short is by at least three cup sizes too small, and fifteen years too much.
Even this might have been excusable if she could act. But her performance here is even more wooden than in part one, in which (thankfully) her role was only minor. Here, her complete lack of screen presence, her fluffed lines, her failure to make any fist whatsoever of portraying a sex-siren means the movie fails lamentably. While the script gives her some witty lines and genuinely funny scenes, Leiber fails to deliver to such an extent that even Alfred Forbye's brilliant portrayal of Donovan and Suki Weiner's competent cameo as Bess are forgotten.
Recent interviews with Diane Leiber reveal she is a genuine fan of Asher's series, in part because she shares the condition suffered by the character she portrays - in which case she should surely have refused the role from the get-go, knowing full well she could not do it justice. To be frank, here is one child-star that should have quit upon the onset of puberty, rather than convince herself she can do adult roles.
Rumor has it that Alyce's role in part three, Closing Every Evening, is to be cut severely, and that deviations from the original novel's plot will include replacing her scenes with Emerie, the younger of the three sisters, in order to cast a younger more attractive and more competent actress. We can only hope that's enough to save it, as Asher's tetrology surely deserves far better than this somewhat lukewarm effort.
** (Maybe an extra half star for Bess' "checkov's Kneecaps" line!)
Email, from Jack Flynn to Ms Diane Leiber, dated 24th Feb 2___.
From: FlynnJ23@gmail.com
To: DianeLeiber@StudioAgency34.org
Dear Ms Leiber
I am sure you get lots of fan mail, and I hope it isn't boring you too much to get another email from a fan who thinks your work is really great. And with I am afraid to say a few questions about your latest movie, Darkfire #2 - The Reckoning.
I was really amazed that while in the book by Dean Asher, Alyce suffers from eneuresis and schizophrenia, these traits were completely absent in the movie. Yet she seems to have a whole bunch of other disabilities instead. Were these changed at the request of the director, or did you make a suggestion as to showcasing the other conditions instead? I know you are a spokesperson for those suffering from nyctophobia, and while I do not suffer from it myself, a number of the kids I used to live with (I was brought up in an orphanage) really had a bad time of it.
I also wondered if the really unfair stuff some of the reviewers wrote about you every gets to you? I guess not, since as a famous actress who everyone knows is one of the best talents working in Hollywood and independent studios today you know it is all rubbish and you are way above such stuff. Yet the cracks by Ivor Hammett about your supposed lack of acting ability and being short seem really childish to me. The other bad reviews by Dorothy Greaves and Harold Baum are also proof they know nothing about the brilliant way you interpreted the role of Alyce.
Just for the record I think Hammett in particular is either gay or has very poor eyesight if he thinks you are unattractive. OK you do not look like the book character, but what's important is that she was the best looking girl in the family, and that certainly went for you. You are really pretty, much more attractive than any of the actresses who played the other characters. But I guess I'd better not say any more stuff like this as it is a bit creepy...
Anyway, it would be great if one of your staff could answer my questions about the medical conditions, as I need the info for an essay I am writing about the best actresses of the 21st century.
Many thanks
I think you are brilliant
Jack Flynn
Kateryna Diane Leiber; (nee Kruedstfeldt) born 15 July 1984 is an American actress. Beginning as a child star, when she was lauded by the press as “The '90s answer to Shirley Temple” she played Brindi “Sweetcheaks” Hick in the 1992 romantic comedy Rainfall, Pixie Kennard in the 1993 comedy “The Star Girl”, later revising her role for a 26 part TV series, and Avana Grant in the 1995 thriller “Eastward Lives” and its 1997 sequel “The Tomkins File.”
The adult roles for which she is best known are as Suki in “The Leiber of the Otter” (2009), Parnie Grey in “Children of a Revolution” (2011), Agent Reich in “Glasshouse” (2014), Edyna in “Mutants” (2016), Tori Bannock in the TV Soap “East Keys” (2016-2019) and Alyce in the “Darkfire” series, “World's End” (2018) and “The Reckoning” (2019)
Early Life:
Leiber was born Katerina Dianelle Dreich in Stuttgart, Germany, the daughter of writer Joseph Kruedstfeldt and poet Erika Scharn. She was brought up a strict Roman Catholic and attended convents in Germany and the United States.
Personal Life:
Leiber has been married twice, the first to Director Hank Lewis, the second to Actor/Director Allec Brinsley. The second marriage ended in scandal when Leiber, while still married to Brinsley, engaged in a physical fight with Brinsley's then girlfriend, later wife, property developer Milicent Lowry, who publicly defeated and spanked Leiber in front of a large contingent of public spectators and press representatives. After this event, Leiber was subject to much mockery by the tabloid press and retired from public life for six months.
Leiber is a sufferer from various diagnosed psychological conditions including Nyctophobia, OCD and obsessive propensity to nightmares.
Review of Darkfire #@ - The Reckoning:
So where's the beauty?
Darkfire #2 - The Reckoning
By Ivor Hammett
Basing a movie franchise on a series of novels rather than comics is always fraught with peril, as any director will tell you. After all, we all know exactly what Supergirl or Black Widow look like, whereas with a character from literature all we have is the author's description to go on. Laurence Watt got away with it in Darkfire #1 - World's End simply because of the stirring performance of Rhys Jameson as Ekon, Tenneille Rixon's wonderful Chantel, and some stunning special effects.
Sadly, in The Reckoning Watt set himself a much harder task, and, to be frank, fell somewhat short. The Dean Asher novel on which it was based put Alyce rather than her sister Chantel centre-stage, and while a billion millennials might have drooled over Tenneille Rixon as Chantel, for this sequel the far less enticing Diane Leiber completely failed to carry off her main task, that of fulfilling the nocturnal fantasies of her predominantly male audience.
Let's not mince words here – the uninspiring Diane Leiber, with her dwarf-like physical status, plump thighs and hausfrau face is hardly the conventional idea of a sex goddess. Had this been true to the original novel's description, this might have been excusable. But the character in print is described by Asher as "ethereally beautiful, with deep wistful eyes" whereas Leiber, however well she might have bluffed her way through as a young boy's dream in The Leiber of the Otter or Glasshouse simply falls a long way short for the role intended. Bluntly, this falling short is by at least three cup sizes too small, and fifteen years too much.
Even this might have been excusable if she could act. But her performance here is even more wooden than in part one, in which (thankfully) her role was only minor. Here, her complete lack of screen presence, her fluffed lines, her failure to make any fist whatsoever of portraying a sex-siren means the movie fails lamentably. While the script gives her some witty lines and genuinely funny scenes, Leiber fails to deliver to such an extent that even Alfred Forbye's brilliant portrayal of Donovan and Suki Weiner's competent cameo as Bess are forgotten.
Recent interviews with Diane Leiber reveal she is a genuine fan of Asher's series, in part because she shares the condition suffered by the character she portrays - in which case she should surely have refused the role from the get-go, knowing full well she could not do it justice. To be frank, here is one child-star that should have quit upon the onset of puberty, rather than convince herself she can do adult roles.
Rumor has it that Alyce's role in part three, Closing Every Evening, is to be cut severely, and that deviations from the original novel's plot will include replacing her scenes with Emerie, the younger of the three sisters, in order to cast a younger more attractive and more competent actress. We can only hope that's enough to save it, as Asher's tetrology surely deserves far better than this somewhat lukewarm effort.
** (Maybe an extra half star for Bess' "checkov's Kneecaps" line!)
Email, from Jack Flynn to Ms Diane Leiber, dated 24th Feb 2___.
From: FlynnJ23@gmail.com
To: DianeLeiber@StudioAgency34.org
Dear Ms Leiber
I am sure you get lots of fan mail, and I hope it isn't boring you too much to get another email from a fan who thinks your work is really great. And with I am afraid to say a few questions about your latest movie, Darkfire #2 - The Reckoning.
I was really amazed that while in the book by Dean Asher, Alyce suffers from eneuresis and schizophrenia, these traits were completely absent in the movie. Yet she seems to have a whole bunch of other disabilities instead. Were these changed at the request of the director, or did you make a suggestion as to showcasing the other conditions instead? I know you are a spokesperson for those suffering from nyctophobia, and while I do not suffer from it myself, a number of the kids I used to live with (I was brought up in an orphanage) really had a bad time of it.
I also wondered if the really unfair stuff some of the reviewers wrote about you every gets to you? I guess not, since as a famous actress who everyone knows is one of the best talents working in Hollywood and independent studios today you know it is all rubbish and you are way above such stuff. Yet the cracks by Ivor Hammett about your supposed lack of acting ability and being short seem really childish to me. The other bad reviews by Dorothy Greaves and Harold Baum are also proof they know nothing about the brilliant way you interpreted the role of Alyce.
Just for the record I think Hammett in particular is either gay or has very poor eyesight if he thinks you are unattractive. OK you do not look like the book character, but what's important is that she was the best looking girl in the family, and that certainly went for you. You are really pretty, much more attractive than any of the actresses who played the other characters. But I guess I'd better not say any more stuff like this as it is a bit creepy...
Anyway, it would be great if one of your staff could answer my questions about the medical conditions, as I need the info for an essay I am writing about the best actresses of the 21st century.
Many thanks
I think you are brilliant
Jack Flynn
