The apple of Mr. Skin’s eye is Fiona Apple. The singer, songwriter, producer, and sometimes actress is the daughter of actors Brandon Maggart and Diane McFee. Classically trained on piano, the precocious eight-year-old began composing songs as an escape from the pain of her parents’ divorce. By eleven, the troubled youth considered suicide. Things got worse when she was assaulted at twelve, an experience she shares in her aptly-titled ballad “Sullen Girl.” Oddly, Fiona says the horrible incident helped her grow as an artist. On a happier note, her demo made it into the right hands, and her debut album Tidal became a smash hit. As such, she appeared on the boob tube (MTV Unplugged, Saturday Night Live) and in music videos. Her music can also be heard as the main title theme in the cable series The Affair (2019). But the closest to flashing onscreen flesh as Fiona gets is in her breakthrough video for the single “Criminal” directed by Mark Romanek. In it, she strips down to her silken skivvies and even appears topless, albeit from behind. Apple pledged to donate two years’ worth of earnings from the song to the While They Wait fund, which benefits refugees. Needless to say, Fiona is a good apple! She’s also an eleven-time Grammy Award nominee and three-time winner. But if this little lady ever wants to score one of our Anatomy Awards, she’s gonna have to doff her duds in a movie or television series. C’mon Fiona, show us your apples!
