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| caption = Reed at the [[New Vision International Film Festival|NVIFF]] in 2019

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| birth_place = [[Santa Clara, California]], U.S.

| occupation = Actress, [[television host]], [[television writer|writer]], [[Producers Guild of America|PGA]] [[television producer|producer]]

* {{marriage|[[Robert Lorsch]]|2008|2017|reason=died}}

'''Kira Reed''', also known as '''Kira Reed Lorsch''', is an American actress, [[television host]], [[television writer|writer]], and [[television producer|producer]].

In addition to appearances as "Herself"herself and/or on behalf of organizations she works with, the list of Reed's credits includes [[Filmfilm producer|producer]], [[writer]], [[Filmfilm director|director]], and [[Stunt performer|stunt person]].<ref name="imdb.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0715529/|website=[[IMDb]]| title=Kira Reed Lorsch }}</ref> She has appeared in movies, including starring roles in ''[[Red Shoe Diaries#Red Shoe movies|Red Shoe Diaries]]'' and ''The Price Of Desire'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/The_Price_of_Desire/18912305?locale=en-US|title=The Price of Desire}}</ref> and on network television, on shows such as ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' and ''[[The War at Home (TV series)|The War at Home]]''. She was a reporter and producer on [[Playboy TV]]'s series ''[[Sexcetera]]'',<ref name="glamourcon" /> produced the second season of the ''Naked Happy Girls'' series and was both a writer and supervising producer on Playboy's hit travel/reality show ''[[69 Sexy Things 2 Do Before You Die]].''<ref name=Volley>{{cite web |url=http://www.northavenresort.com/NORTHAVEN%20VOLLEYBALL%20PROGRAM.htm |title=Northaven Volleyball Program |publisher=Northavenresort.com |date=2007-05-15 |access-date=2013-05-02 |archive-date=2013-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808084939/http://www.northavenresort.com/NORTHAVEN%20VOLLEYBALL%20PROGRAM.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Reed has worked as the backstage host for the Daytime [[Emmy Awards]]<ref name="imdb.com"/> and a reporter for the [[Hollywood Christmas Parade]].<ref name=2012XmasParade>{{cite web|last1=Reed|first1=Kira|title=Kira Reed Lorsch on the Hollywood Christmas Parade Red Carpet 2012|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6VuKV4KxN8| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309101653/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6VuKV4KxN8| archive-date=2016-03-09 | url-status=dead|website=YouTube.com|access-date=29 August 2014}}</ref> She was featured on [[Bravo (U.S. TV channel)|Bravo]] ''[[Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis]]'' with her husband [[Robert Lorsch]].<ref name="imdb.com"/>

She is president of The RHL Group, an event-production and entertainment company founded by Robert Lorsch,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rhlgroup.com/aboutus.html |title=RHL Group |access-date=2012-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903062657/http://www.rhlgroup.com/aboutus.html |archive-date=2014-09-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> producing charity events, feature films and television programming.<ref name="KiraReedLorsch.com">[http://kirareedlorsch.com/index.php/bio/ KiraReedLorsch.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506041428/http://kirareedlorsch.com/index.php/bio/ |date=2019-05-06 }} Retrieved 1 June 2015</ref> In December 2012, Reed's ''Score: How to Win the Girl of Your Dreams'' book was published.<ref>{{cite book|title=Score: How to Win the Girl of Your Dreams|first=Kira|last=Reed |date=December 12, 2012 |isbn=978-0615676159|publisher=The RHL Group, Inc.}}</ref> She has done SCORE book signing events in the US and in the UK in partnership with [[Hard Rock Cafe]].<ref name="Hard Rock">{{cite web|url=https://www.livestylepressreleases.com/2018/07/10/kira-reed-lorsch-to-appear-at-the-hard-rock-cafe-london-july-12th/|title=Kira Reed Lorsch to appear at the Hard Rock Cafe London July 12th|access-date=2018-09-05|date=2018-07-10|website=livestylepressreleases.com|archive-date=2018-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729230531/https://www.livestylepressreleases.com/2018/07/10/kira-reed-lorsch-to-appear-at-the-hard-rock-cafe-london-july-12th/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Reed joined the cast of the [[Emmy]] nominated ''[[The Bay (web series)|The Bay]]'' in 2014 and its producing team soon thereafter.<ref name=TheBay>{{cite web|last1=Staff|title=YAHOO NEWS: Kira Reed Lorsch Joins Cast of Emmy(R) Nominated The Bay|url=http://news.thebaytheseries.com/2014/06/yahoo-news-kira-reed-lorsch-joins-cast.html|website=www.thebaytheseries.com|publisher=Yahoo Finance|access-date=29 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=YahooTheBay>{{cite web|last1=Staff|title=Kira Reed Lorsch Joins Cast of Emmy(R) Nominated The Bay|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kira-reed-lorsch-joins-cast-100500522.html|website=www.finance.yahoo.com|date=20 June 2014 |access-date=29 August 2014}}</ref> The drama series won a [[Daytime Emmy]] for Outstanding Drama Series - New Approaches in 2015<ref name=day_42nd_creative_arts_winners>{{cite web|last1=Staff|title=THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES WINNERS FOR THE 42nd ANNUAL DAYTIME CREATIVE ARTS EMMY® AWARDS|url=http://emmyonline.com/day_42nd_creative_arts_winners|access-date=25 April 2015}}</ref> and Reed herself took home an Emmy as a producer on the show in 2016.<ref name="imdb.com"/> and again in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-bay-the-series-makes-daytime-emmy-history_us_590431f6e4b05279d4edbc3b|access-date=2018-09-05|date=2017-11-13|title=The Bay, The Series makes Daytime Emmy History!|publisher=[[HuffPost]]}}</ref> In 2018, she received her first acting [[Emmy]] nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for her role of "Jo Connors" on The Bay.<ref name="2018 Daytime Emmy Nominations">{{Cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/922201/2018-daytime-emmy-nominations-kelly-ripa-steve-harvey-and-more-nominees|title=2018 Daytime Emmy Nominations: Kelly Ripa, Steve Harvey and More Nominees|date=March 21, 2018|website=E! Online}}</ref> She was nominated for Best Actress for her portrayal of "Morgan" in the feature ''Acts of Desperation'', and received a Lifetime Achievement award for her body of work in independent film at the 2019 New Vision International Film Festival.<ref>https://www.ktvn.com/story/40978458/emmy-winner-kira-reed-lorsch-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award-at-new-vision-international-film-festival {{dead link|date=April 2021}}</ref> In 2020 Ms. Lorsch and The RHL Group joined forces with Pure Flix to executive produce the faith-based action thriller ''Beckman'' in which she starred as "Janice" alongside [[David A.R. White]] and [[William Baldwin]].<ref name="imdb.com"/> In ''Love on the Rock'', shot in Malta during the pandemic for Sony/Pinnacle Peak Pictures, Kira co-stars again with David A.R. White and [[Steven Bauer]].<ref name="digital.modernluxury.com">{{Cite web|url=http://digital.modernluxury.com/publication/?m=3629&i=721485&p=79&ver=html5 | title=Kira Reed Lorsch|website=digital.modernluxury.com}}</ref> The RHL Group served as production company, and Kira co-executive produced and starred in the drama series ''Rumors'' as "Ellen" - acting teacher to young Hollywood. She took home the 2022 Indie Series Award for Best Supporting actress for her role.<ref name="indieseriesawards.com">{{Cite web |url=http://indieseriesawards.com/ | title=Indie Series Awards |website=indieseriesawards.com |access-date=2022-08-30 |archive-date=2022-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907010734/https://www.indieseriesawards.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Rumors is now streaming on Tubi. <ref name="tubi.tv">{{Cite web|url= https://link.tubi.tv/vmUon3dNcIb/ | title=Rumors|website= https://link.tubi.tv/vmUon3dNcIb}}</ref> Kira joined the cast of ''Odd Man Out'' in 2023. <ref>{{cncite web |title=Odd Man Out |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7758816/ |website=IMDb |access-date=1 January 2024}}</ref>

Reed's appearances in [[erotica]] included posing for [[Playboy]] Magazine in December 1996, in a group pictorial of women from the television series ''[[Women: Stories of Passion]]'',<ref name="imdb.com"/> and appearing in [[direct-to-video]] (DTV) movies like ''Secrets of a Chambermaid''.<ref name=SexCin>Krzywinska, Tanya, ''Sex and the Cinema'', Wallflower Press, London (2006) p. 1. {{ISBN|1-904764-73-8}}</ref> In ''The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema'', [[Linda Ruth Williams]] cited Reed and [[Delia Sheppard]] as examples of actresses who worked "...in B-scale erotic thrillers at the fringes of Hollywood, the obvious trajectory for a strip-circuit veteran (DTV divas Kira Reed and Delia Sheppard both started as showgirls.)"<ref name=thriller>{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Linda Ruth|title=The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema|publisher=Indiana University Press|place=Bloomington, IN|year=2005|isbn=0-253-21836-5}}</ref>{{rp|177}} The book also reproduces a quote from an article at [[Playboy.com]], with Williams again making specific reference to Reed. "Video may have killed the radio star, but it proved a real boon to Playmates in the Eighties, who played a not insignificant role in that decade's video revolution"<ref name=thriller/>{{rp|301}} KiraReed is featured in the 2023 documentary ''[[We Kill Forfor Love]]'' about the lost genre of the [[direct-to-video]] erotic thriller.<ref>{{cite web |title=We Kill for Love |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10404002 |website=IMDb |access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref>

KiraReed married Robert Lorsch (died 2017) in 2008.

Kira Reed Lorsch served as president of the mental health organization [[The Thalians]] supporting programs for the wounded military men and women and their families of [[UCLA]] [[Operation Mend]].<ref>Olivier, Ellen, [http://societynewsla.com/thalians-honor-hugh-hefner/ ''Thalians Honor Hugh Hefner; Jeffrey Ross Acts as Roastmaster General as Stars Salute "Mr. Wonderful"''], Society News LA, 19 September 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2014.</ref><ref>Facter, Sue, [http://tolucantimes.info/exclusive-content/smokey-robinson-hon-ored-by-the-thalians/ ''Smokey Robinson Honored by the Thalians''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218220233/http://tolucantimes.info/exclusive-content/smokey-robinson-hon-ored-by-the-thalians/ |date=2014-12-18 }}, The Tolucan Times, 5 May 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.</ref> She also supports Shelter Hope Pet Shop, a [[Thousand Oaks]] [[animal rescue group]] that puts dogs that might otherwise face [[Animal euthanasia|euthanasia]] up for [[Pet adoption|adoption]] instead. She appears as Ms. June in Shelter Hope's 2015 fundraising calendar.<ref>Bitcong, Anna, [http://www.toacorn.com/news/2014-10-23/Community/Animal_rescue_supporters_go_for_bare.html ''Animal rescue supporters go for bare''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219205119/http://www.toacorn.com/news/2014-10-23/Community/Animal_rescue_supporters_go_for_bare.html |date=2014-12-19 }}, Thousand Oaks Acorn, 23 October 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.</ref> She also served on the Board of Trustees of [[California Science Center]], home of the Robert H. Lorsch Family Pavilion and <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://californiasciencecenter.org/about/governance|title=Science Center Governance|date=June 23, 2014|website=California Science Center}}</ref> as a member of The Cedars-Sinai Board Of Governors (BOG).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cedars-sinai.org/giving/ways-to-give/board-of-governors.html|title=Board of Governors|website=Cedars-Sinai}}</ref> She is an ambassador for the mental health awareness campaign Imperfectly Perfect.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imperfectlyperfectcampaign.org/news/tag/Kira+Reed+Lorsch|title=Kira Reed Lorsch — News|date=August 21, 2020|website=Imperfectly perfect Campaign}}</ref> She was profiled in ''Angeleno Magazine's'' "Dynamic Women of Los Angeles" 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digital.modernluxury.com/publication/?i=544665&p=118&pp=1&view=issueViewer|title=ANGE Angeleno December 2018 Page 108|website=digital.modernluxury.com}}</ref> and in "Icons Of Beverly Hills" in ''Modern Luxury Beverly Hills' '' Fall/Winter 2018-2019 issue<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digital.modernluxury.com/publication/?i=541799&p=84&pp=1&view=issueViewer|title=MLBH Beverly Hills Fall/Winter 2018 - 2019 Page 82|website=digital.modernluxury.com}}</ref> as well as the 2020 ''Modern Luxury'' Hope Issue. KiraReed is spotlighted in the October 2021 issue of ''Riviera Magazine'' as an actress, producer, philanthropist, and luxury lifestyle wellness travel blogger.<ref name="digital.modernluxury.com"/> She was the inaugural recipient of the Icon Award for Women In Philanthropy presented at the 4th Annual Roger Neal [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] Viewing Dinner, Icon Awards and Party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscars-2019-complete-guide-events-parties-1187404|title=Oscars 2019: Complete Guide to Events and Parties (Updating) &#124; Hollywood Reporter|website=www.hollywoodreporter.com|date=18 February 2019}}</ref> KiraReed is the cover model for the Winter 2022 issue of HIM Magazine.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://issuu.com/him_magazine | title=Him_magazine Publisher Publications - Issuu }}</ref> In 2023, Kira Reed Lorsch is featured as a wellness travel expert in Authority Magazine. <ref>{{Cite web | url= https://medium.com/authority-magazine/women-in-wellness-kira-reed-lorsch-on-the-five-lifestyle-tweaks-that-will-help-support-peoples-abb24090f866 | title=Authority_magazine Publisher Publications - Medium }} </ref>

* ''[[American Humane Association#The American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards|Hero Dog Awards'']]'' (2011) .... Reporter