Josi Kat

With fond memories of playing hopscotch on the stars, which line the sidewalks of Hollywood Blvd. Josi was born into an entertainment family, so it's always been in her blood. Both parents were musicians her Father plays drums and her Mom played bass. Josi's grandparents owned the historic Hollywood Professional School, famous for its legendary attendees such as Judy Garland, Betty Grable, Ryan O'Neal, Val Kilmer and Melanie Griffith.

Born in North Hollywood, California she jumped right into the world of entertainment at a young age and was winning pageant trophies, until she decided to become a tomboy. Her musician parents, we were often on the road with the family in their groovy painted school bus, which pumped her veins with Rock n' Roll and penchant for adventure and travel. As a teen actor you can spot Josi in the movie Sid and Nancy, Diet Coke commercials and as the token punk rock student in the TV series The Bronx Zoo.

Most infamously known as the singer for the punk band Piss Ant and dishing out plenty of attitude, bad girl strut and sassy lyrics; and later the founder of The Fearleaders, the cheerleading squad to the LA Derby Dolls Roller Derby team.

When women's roller derby first came back to Los Angeles there were no cheerleaders for roller derby. That is until punk rock singer Josi Kat formed the original Fearleaders, combining her love of singing, dancing and performing with a horror/gore, "grind-core" aesthetics.

Well ahead of the curve by the time the sport of roller derby entered the mainstream, spearheaded by the 2009 film Whip It (which starred Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page). Utilizing years of professional entertainment marketing experience, Josi (who also has degrees in Merchandising & Marketing from UCLA and FIDM) was able to land appearances for the Fearleaders on such shows such as MTV's Parental Control, NBC's Today in L.A., SPIKE TV, KTLA, A&E's hit show Gene Simmons' Family Jewels, Static X videos, The L.A. Fetish Film Channel and the CW.

They've also been the subject of articles featured in international publications such as Hustler magazine, In The Wind Magazine, Bad Betty Radio as well as press mention in H Magazine, a feature in LA Weekly and Motorgirl Calendar.

As one of Playboy TV's favorite guests, the appearances led PISS ANT to star on Porn To Rock (VH1). Other appearances include LA Ink(TLC), pranking band members on Chelsea Handler's Girls Behaving Badly (Oxygen), iTunes commercials, and multiple Troma horror movies. Embracing all opportunities, Piss Ant also performed On Q Live (the Queer TV network) and then to sold out shows as the Christian band at Hollywood Hell House from the writers of Comedy Central, featuring Dave Thomas, Andy Richter, Bill Maher and Penn Jillette.

You'll also spot Josi in several music videos including Marilyn Manson, The Posies, and Dave Alvin and Billy Blanks' Tae Bo Boot Camp. For all of you comic book nerds, don't miss her as the villain "Anita Capers" in the pages of Nightmare Girl Comics. Her latest passion is producing "grindhouse" style music videos. Three of which have been show in L.A. clubs, in galleries alongside artists such as Clive Barker, and featured at the 2011 Fetish Film Festival.

Having traveled extensively all over the world to over 45 countries, her current passion project is a documentary on 'expatriates' and their lives in foreign lands.

As a civic minded activist, pit bull lover and supporters of many philanthropic organizations, she volunteers with animal shelters, the LAFD, LAPD, cancer survivor groups (Revlon Run, The Busted Foundation and St. Baldrick's) and programs for the homeless (My Friend's Place & Union Station), she cherishes her awards from the city of Los Angeles for her philanthropic work.