China Kantner
Actress

China Kantner Net Worth

China Kantner was born on January 25, 1971 in San Francisco, California, United States. She is the daughter of Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship members Paul Kantner and Grace Slick, and first appeared as an infant on the sleeve of the Kantner/Slick 1971 solo LP "Sunfighter". In July 1986, she became an MTV VJ, making regular appearances for the next two years during her summer vacations. She has also contributed to the music of Jefferson Starship as both songwriter and singer, though she claims she cannot sing very well. Despite her musical background, she has said that having well-known musicians for parents has actually lost her several parts, as directors automatically assume she is also musical.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actress
Birth Day January 25, 1971
Birth Place  San Francisco, California, United States
Age 53 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Aquarius
Education Tamalpais High School
Years active 1994–2001
Known for actress, MTV VJ
Spouse(s) Jamie Azdair (1999 - 2006) (divorced) Seth Isler (13 April 2011 - present)

💰 Net worth

China Kantner is an esteemed American actress whose net worth is projected to range between $100,000 and $1 million in 2024. Having made a notable name for herself in the entertainment industry, Kantner has built a successful career based on her impressive acting skills and versatility. With her talent and hard work, Kantner has carved a niche for herself, and her net worth is a testament to her accomplishments thus far.

Biography/Timeline

1971

She first appeared as an infant on the cover of the Kantner/Slick 1971 solo LP Sunfighter. She has been given co-songwriting credits by her father on several of his songs. She also sang a song on his 1983 album Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra.

1976

Kantner has several songwriting credits on various Jefferson Starship albums. The first is for the song "Don't Let It Rain", from the 1976 album Spitfire. This was followed by credits for "Things to Come" (Freedom at Point Zero, 1979), "Out of Control" (Winds of Change, 1982), and "The Sky Is No Limit" on her father's 1983 solo album Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra.

1986

In July 1986, she appeared as a guest VJ on MTV, which led to her making regular appearances for the next four years during her summer vacations. When she started working for the station at the age of 15, she was, at the time, the youngest MTV VJ ever. As an MTV VJ, she interviewed her father for the MTV Summer of Love 20th anniversary celebrations. For a while around 1989, she also presented a Saturday night phone-in request show on a local Bay Area radio station, KRQR-FM.

1988

While working for MTV, she was sometimes credited on-screen as "China Slick Kantner", although this was never her legal name. Later in her MTV career, she was credited simply as "China Kantner". In January 1988, she was interviewed by Jonathan King for the BBC TV show Entertainment USA as part of a feature on the children of rock stars working as MTV VJs. During this interview, she stated that, while she initially did not like her name, she grew to like it as she got older.

1990

Having started off acting in school plays, Kantner has appeared in several movies (such as Airheads, The Stoned Age and The Evening Star), television sitcoms (notably Home Improvement) and stage plays. Between acting roles, she studied psychology at Santa Monica College, having relocated from San Francisco to Los Angeles in the early 1990s. Her 1998 appearance in season seven of Home Improvement as the recurring character Willow Branch Leaf Wilson (She 'pruned' the name back) was her final professional acting role, and she has now retired from acting. In late 2001, following an interview in Vanity Fair, she also stopped giving interviews. She did, however, provide a few brief quotes for Jeff Tamarkin's book on the history of Jefferson Airplane.

1995

Kantner appeared as credited lead vocalist on the song "Declaration Of Independence" and contributing vocalist on "The Sky Is No Limit" and "Let's Go", all of which appear on Planet Earth Rock And Roll Orchestra. She also made an uncredited appearance on the songs "Wooden Ships" and "Volunteers" on the 1995 live album Deep Space/Virgin Sky, which was later re-released in an expanded form as Deeper Space/Extra Virgin Sky.

2007

After retiring from acting, she studied art history at UCLA. In 2007, she obtained a degree in Christian theology (with a minor in English) at Loyola Marymount University. In a 2007 interview, her mother stated, "My daughter loves studying Jesus. Some friends of hers turn their nose up at that. They don't understand that she is not talking about churches and what churches say; she is studying the actual words and message of Jesus."

2011

Like her mother, Kantner has, over the years, struggled with alcoholism. She has been sober since about 1998. She contributed a section to the book Playing It Straight by David Dodd, alongside her mother and other recovering substance abusers, such as Dennis Hopper, Steven Tyler and Ozzy Osbourne. In 1999, she married a Los Angeles dentist, Jamie Azdair, although the couple divorced in 2006. While they were married, she preferred to be known by her married name of China Azdair. On 13 April 2011, Kantner married actor and Producer Seth Isler and, again taking her husband's name, now prefers to be known as China Isler.

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