Her acting career began on commercials and landing guest star roles on TV shows like The Facts Of Life, The Golden Girls, Punky Brewster, Married... with Children, and Blossom.
They were a quartet made up of Ridel, Heather Holyoak, and Stacy Ferguson, and Renee Sands of Kids Incorporated.
She took a short break from music before she and Kyle Hendricks, under the stage name Rain, created the band, 5th Element.
[7] 5th Element has released a debut album, Here Comes the Rain Again, and Stefanie co-founded Talent Bootcamp, a camp training today's greatest music sensations.
While a member of Wild Orchid, Ridel had a brief marriage, before marrying longtime manager Ron Fair.