Tina Ona Paukstelis

Tina Ona Paukstelis is an American actress. She was born November 20, 1970 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The majority of her film work is in the horror film genre. Her debut was the lead role of 'Katrina' in the 1994 vampire film Aswang - the first horror film to screen at the Sundance Film Festival. Paukstelis next starred as an endangered teenager in the cult movie 5 Dark Souls (1996) and its 1998 and 2003 sequels. Throughout the 2000s she continued to land lead and supporting roles in the horror films Julia Wept (2000), October Moon (2005), October Moon 2: November Son (2008), and The Legend Trip (2006). In the haunted house thriller ' (2017) she reunited with many cast members from her earliest features. She leaned on her comedic skills playing bug-eyed, put upon housewife "Mary" in the sequel-spoof Mark of the Devil 777: The Moralist, Part 2 (2022).
In the August 14, 2017 episode of TV's The Morning Blend, Paukstelis discussed her work within the independent horror film industry, including her many features with "scream queen" Brinke Stevens (The Slumber Party Masscre). Paukstelis has appeared in magazines such as Femme Fatales (May 2002, Vol. 11, Iss. 5/6, pg. 84, by: Bud Windale, "Thinking Outside Hollywood").
With much of her career based in on stage roles, Paukstelis is a founding member of Upstart Theater in Racine, Wisconsin.

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