Cynthia Rhodes had a short professional career as an American actress, singer and dancer from 1970 to 1991, after which she took retirement to raise her children. Her highest rated performance is in the movie ‘Dirty Dancing’ (1987). Her other movies include ‘Flashdance’ (1983) and ‘Runaway’ (1984). Her movie ‘Staying Alive’ (1983) was poorly reviewed but managed to be commercially successful.
She has sung the numbers ‘I’m Never Gonna Give Up’ and ‘Finding Out the Hard Way’ for the sound track of the movie ‘Staying Alive’. She has also performed the numbers ‘Room to Move’ and ‘Calling it Love’ with the American synthpop band, ‘Animotion’. Cynthia has appeared in the music videos ‘Rosanna’ by the band Toto, ‘The Woman in You’ by the Bee Gees and ‘Don’t Mean Nothing’ by her ex husband, Richard Marx.