Renae Geerlings

Renae Geerlings (born November 4, 1974) is an American actress, singer, writer, film producer, and comics editor. She is best known for starring in the 2009 horror remake Halloween II as well as the supernatural thriller Compound Fracture, which she also co-wrote and produced.

Geerlings was born on November 4, 1974, in Zeeland, Michigan to Jon and Janet (née Van Haitsma) Geerlings. She graduated from Zeeland High School in 1992 and then attended Hope College in the fall of the same year and graduated in 1996.

Geerlings became an editor for Top Cow Comics in 1996, working on various titles such as Battle of the Planets, Tomb Raider, No Honor, and Witchblade. In 2005, she appeared in a segment of America's Most Wanted followed by a role in the short film, Blame (2006). Also in 2006, she was promoted to Editor-in-Chief at Top Cow before leaving the company the following year. She currently works at Darby Pop Publishing.

In 2009, she appeared as Deputy Gwynne in Rob Zombie's remake of Halloween II (2009), also co-starring her husband Tyler Mane. Despite mixed reviews, the film was a commercial success when released on August 28, 2009. In 2010, she and her husband launched the production company, Mane Entertainment. She stars as Juliette in their first feature, the supernatural thriller Compound Fracture, released in 2013. She will next be seen as Precious in their follow-up film, Penance Lane.

Geerlings married actor and former wrestler Tyler Mane on September 3, 2007. [ 11] She is the step-mother to his two children from his previous marriage.[ 12]