Divine Intervention: Episode # 65: "Buffy" Actress and Healing Minister, Robia LaMorte

On this episode of Divine Intervention we are joined by dancer, actress and minister, Robia LaMorte. Robia was born in Queens, New York and grew up in the Florida Keys. At the age of twelve she moved with her family to Los Angeles,California.

Soon thereafter she saw the movie "Flashdance", and her life was forever changed. She immediately began to pursue a career as a dancer and began taking jazz, ballet and tap classes after school.

Robia was accepted to attend The Los Angeles County High School For The Arts as a dance major their first year in operation in Los Angeles. She left the school after one year to fulfill a full dance scholarship at the prestigious Dupree Dance Academy in Hollywood.

At the age of sixteen Robia began to work professionally. Her first job was the music video "Shake Your Love" by Debbie Gibson. Robia went on to appear in more than thirty music videos before Prince pursued her to play the role of "Pearl" on his hit album "Diamonds & Pearls".

She toured Europe with Prince and The Pet Shop Boys and also traveled extensively doing dance fashion shows with companies such as Reebok,Puma and Adidas.

At the age of twenty-two, Robia retired from dancing and then decided to pursue acting. She began by doing television commercials before landing her first role as Jason Priestley's girlfriend on "Beverly Hills 90210".

She went on to guest star on shows like "The Sentinel", "The Pretender" and "Time Of Your Life", before she was hired to play "Jenny Calendar" on "Buffy The Vampire Slayer".

After three seasons on "Buffy", Robia recurred on the WB show "Rescue 77" and filmed several independent films such as "12 Stops On The Road To Nowhere" and "Pomegranate."

In 1997 Robia experienced a divine intervention when she sought out God, He spoke to her in a personal way, and she dedicated her life to Jesus Christ. She has been in ministry since 1999. Through her success in the entertainment industry she has been invited to travel the world and in turn minister the Gospel to thousands. Her main areas of focus are the baptism of the Holy Spirit and physical and emotional healing. She specializes in teaching how to identify and overcome patterns, strongholds, and belief systems using the Word of God. Robia is passionate about bringing people past a head knowledge of God and into an experiential relationship with Him and has a unique way of making God relatable to this generation.