Welch's film career began in Italy starring opposite
Virna Lisi. She starred in
Ron Howard's
Cocoon and its sequel,
Cocoon: The Return, in which she portrayed an alien. She played the part of Princess Rosebud in the Golan Globus adaptation of
Sleeping Beauty. Returning to Europe, Welch worked mostly in Italian and German film and television productions. She appeared in American independent films
I Shot Andy Warhol,
Sue, and
Search and Destroy. She portrayed the role of Catherine Powell in the 1996 video game
Ripper. Welch posed on the cover and a nude pictorial in the November 1995 edition of
Playboy. Welch appeared in American
Vogue,
Italian Vogue, British
GQ,
Interview, French
Marie Claire, Italian
Moda, and German
Bunte magazines. ==Filmography==