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Wednesday Mourning
Born
San Antonio, Texas
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Model, journalist, curator, actress
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
WebsiteOfficial website

Wednesday Mourning is an American actress and model. She specializes in the Goth subculture and has been influential in goth fashion,[2][3][4] as well as being the celebrity spokesmodel for Atelier Gothique[5] and appearing as a model for the band My Chemical Romance's CD Welcome To The Black Parade.[6] She was awarded 2010 Goth Day Model of the year and LA Weekly’s Goth Girl of the Week,[7] and since 2012, Mourning has been a co-star on Oddities: San Francisco,[8][9][10][11] a Science Channel program. Mourning is also curator of an esoteric bookstore, Orphic Vellum Books, the only one of its kind in the U.S.[12][13] She has appeared in several publications including Gothic Beauty and Elle Magazine and is a writing contributor for Celtic Family Magazine.[14]

Career

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Wednesday Mourning was born in San Antonio, Texas, circa 1978. Her chosen name, Wednesday, is based on a Victorian nursery rhyme Monday's Child. The surname of Mourning was added later.[15] By the age of fourteen, Mourning was inspired by a scene in the film The Hunger when the gothic music group Bauhaus appeared on stage.[16] She began her career in modeling at the age of seventeen while working at a club where she was asked to be on the club's flyer.[17] After moving to Hollywood, Mourning worked as both an actress (appearing in Star Trek, 2009) and model; becoming a regular for Lip Service, A Raven Above Press, and working various runway shows including Ventura Fashion Week (2008), Hello Kitty Fashion Show (2009), and Visions' SXSW (2010).[18]

Since 2008, Mourning has appeared in a variety of print media including books Gothic: Dark Glamour by Valerie Steel, Black Magic, White Noise by R. Klanten, and Eternal by VK Forest. Mourning is also listed under the term 'Wednesday' in the Encyclopedia Gothica (2011) by Liisa Ladouceur and Gary Pullin.[19]

On October 31, 2013, Mourning was alongside Audra Kunkle on ABC Network's The View to talk about all things Halloween and to promote their show Oddities: San Francisco.[20]

In December 2016, Mourning announced on her social media her plans to host a web series called Wednesday's Wonderium.[21] The series began the following month and is created by Dave Haaz-Baroque with the Shadow Circus Creature Theatre, and, as Mourning states, has "puppets, animation, and weirdness."

References

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  1. ^ "Wednesday Mourning, Model, San Francisco, California, US". Modelmayhem.com. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  2. ^ "An interview with Alt Model Joan V aka Stiletto 13". EGL Magazine. 2010-09-11. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  3. ^ Ohanesian, Liz (2009-05-18). "Fiendishly Cute: How MySpace, Gothic Lolita and Pop Surrealism Influenced Dienzo's Vampires". LA Weekly. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  4. ^ "An Interview with model Obsidian Kerttu & photographer Martina Spoljaric". Gothic Beauty. March 16, 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  5. ^ "Collaboration with gorgeous results!". Blog.darkspectre.com. 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  6. ^ "A gothic Girl". Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  7. ^ Alimurung, Gendy (2010-02-25). "Goth Girl of the Week". LA Weekly. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  8. ^ "Wednesday Mourning | Oddities San Francisco". Science Channel. 2012-11-06. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  9. ^ "Gothic Beauty Issue 43". Gothic Beauty. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  10. ^ Mohammed, Zaineb (October 16, 2013). "Festival of Screams". East Bay Express. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  11. ^ "TV you should be watching…ODDITIES San Francisco". Truly Disturbing. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  12. ^ "Orphic Vellum Books, specializing in occult, esoteric and rare finds". wednesdaymourning.com. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013.
  13. ^ "Interview W/ Wednesday Mourning". conspiraporn.com. October 16, 2013. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014.
  14. ^ "Celtic Family Magazine Fall 2014 Issue #5". A Raven Above Press. 2016-05-16. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  15. ^ "Goth Girl of the Week: Feature: Wednesday Mourning". Gothgirlweek.blogspot.com. 2006-09-01. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  16. ^ "Interview: Wednesday Mourning, Gothic Model". Lili's Lair. 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  17. ^ "Interview: Wednesday Mourning, Gothic Model - how to be a goth model". Willing To Be. Archived from the original on June 4, 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  18. ^ Bissonnette, Holly (2015-02-02). "10 Sexiest Alternative Models You Need To Check Out". Explore Talent. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  19. ^ Liisa Ladouceur; Gary Pullin (2011). Encyclopedia Gothica. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-77090-079-0.
  20. ^ TV Scoop. "Scoop: THE VIEW - Week of 10/28 on ABC". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  21. ^ "Wednesday Mourning". Sinister Creature Con Sacramento. Archived from the original on 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
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