Ann Magnuson is a performance artist and one-half of the founding members of the former psychedelic rock group "Bongwater". The characters she has played before-the-camera include, David Bowie's victim in the vampire film in Miriam si sveglia a mezzanotte (1983), a cigarette girl in Susan Seidelman's independent film Cercasi Susan disperatamente (1985), Mel Gibson's greedy, money-driven ex-wife in Tequila Connection (1988), a madam in Tank Girl (1995) and a real-estate agent in Panic Room (2002).