Heidi Lenhart | |
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Other names | Heidi Saban Heidi Stills |
Years active | 1988-2009 |
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Children | 2 |
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Family | Tifanie Lenhart Chaney (sister) Haim Saban (step-father) |
Heidi Lenhart is a former American actress best known for her lead role in the Au Pair film series and the sitcom California Dreams , and for her anime dubbing work under the name Melody Lee (sometimes spelled Melodee Lee), in particular in El Hazard: The Magnificent World and El Hazard: The Wanderers .
She is the daughter of Cheryl Saban and Ray Lenhart, a disc jockey. She has an older sister, Tifanie, who is a voice actress. Neither she nor her sister have a relationship with their birth father. [1]
She was an original cast member as Jenny Garrison in the NBC teen comedy series California Dreams . Heidi was written out of the show at the beginning of the second season when the show decided to focus on the band rather than the Garrison family. [2] Lenhart later went to star as Suzanne Carson in the syndicated television drama Fame L.A. from 1997 to 1998, [3] and had a recurring role in the final season of Fox prime time soap opera Beverly Hills, 90210 (2000).
In film, Lenhart played the leading role of Jennifer "Jenny" Morgan in Au Pair (1999), and its two sequels Au Pair II: The Fairytale Continues (2002), and Au Pair 3: Adventure in Paradise (2009).
Lenhart served as a board member for her mother's non-profit, the Cheryl Saban Self-Worth Foundation for Women and Girls, as a parenting, health and wellness, and education advocate and subsequently was named a director of the organization. [4]
In 2002, Lenhart married actor Robin Dunne, with whom she co-starred in Au Pair II: The Fairytale Continues . They divorced in 2005. She subsequently married actor-musician Chris Stills in 2006, with whom she has two daughters. [5] Lenhart filed for divorce in 2011. [6] She writes poetry and lives in a suburb of Los Angeles. [7] [8]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1987 | Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise | Riqunni Nonderaiko | Anime film; Credited as Melody Lee |
1988 | Perfect Victims | Young Model | |
1988 | Noozles | Sandy Brown | Anime series |
1988 | Little Women | Josephine March | Anime series |
1990 | The Girl Who Came Between Them | Betty | Television film |
1990 | A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder | The Neighbor | |
1991 | A Christmas Adventure | Voice | Anime film [9] |
1992-1994 | California Dreams | Jenny Garrison | Series regular, 16 episodes Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a New Television Series Nominated — Young Artist Award for Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Youth Series or Variety Show |
1994 | Shadow of Obsession | Patty Abruzzi | Television film |
1994 | Blindfold: Acts of Obsession | Young Girl | |
1994 | Creepy Crawlers | Additional Voices | Animated Series; Credited as Melodee Lee |
1994 | Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills | Gail | Television film |
1994 | Moldiver | Agent Sayuri | OVA; Credited as Melody Lee |
1994 | Trigger Fast | Lucille | |
1995 | Deadly Sins | Marie | Television film |
1995 | Orguss 02 | Natamura | OVA; Credited as Melodee Lee |
1995 | El Hazard: The Magnificent World | Afura Mann | OVA; Credited as Melody Lee |
1996 | Hyper Doll | Mew Fumizuki | |
1996-1997 | The Why Why Family | Voice | 25 episodes |
1996-1997 | Eagle Riders | Voice | 65 episodes |
1996 | Maybe This Time | Monique | Episode: "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" |
1996 | The Burning Zone | Arla McKee | Episode: "Night Flight" |
1997 | El Hazard: The Wanderers | Afura Mann | Series; Credited as Melody Lee |
1997 | Red Meat | Mia | |
1997 | Silk Stalkings | Sarah | Episode: "The Babysitter" |
1997 | Pacific Blue | Sheila Brighton | Episode: "Rumplestiltskin" |
1997 | Born Bad | Laura | |
1997-1998 | Fame L.A. | Suzanne Carson | Series regular, 21 episodes |
1998 | Addams Family Reunion | Melinda Adams | Television film |
1999 | Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane | Subway Girl | Episode: "Down and Out at Bleeker and Houston" |
1999 | Au Pair | Jennifer "Jenny" Morgan | Television film |
1999 | Little Men | Isabelle McGregor | 2 episodes |
1999 | The Pretender | Shea / Carrie Goltz | Episode: "Extreme" |
2000 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Ellen | 6 episodes |
2000 | Final Ascent | Beth | Television film |
2002 | Au Pair II: The Fairytale Continues | Jennifer "Jenny" Morgan | |
2002 | Crocodile 2: Death Swamp | Mia Bozeman | |
2009 | Au Pair 3: Adventure in Paradise | Jennifer "Jenny" Morgan | Television film |
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