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Heidi Lucas (born June 3, 1977) [1] is an American attorney and former teen actress.

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Biography

During the early 1990s, Lucas played Dina Alexander on Nickelodeon's Salute Your Shorts , which ran from 1991 to 1992. In 1992 she appeared in the 'Fantasy Dating Game' Girls' Club. Created for the Philips CD-I Imagination Machine, it allowed girls to go on interactive dates with thirty of the 'coolest guys in the universe'. In 1993, she won the Young Artist Award for best young actress to co-star in a cable series for her role. She also played Noriko "Max" Matsuda in the 1996 sci-fi series Hypernauts . [1]

By 1998, Lucas quit acting, pursuing higher education instead. She currently lives in Arizona and works as an attorney. [2] In 2015, she reunited with most of her Salute Your Shorts cast at Portland, Oregon's Everything is Festival. [3]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotes
1991–1992 Salute Your Shorts Dina Alexander Nickelodeon Series regular, 26 episodes
1992 Nick Arcade Herself Nickelodeon Salute Your Shorts Celebrity Special
1993 Getting By Marlene ABC episode "Not with My Sister"
1995 Boy Meets World Kim ABC episode "Danger Boy"
1995 Saved by the Bell: The New Class Nicole Miller NBC episode "Thomas D."
1996 Hypernauts Noriko 'Max' Matsuda ABC 11 episodes
1996 The Wayans Bros. Toni Jackson The WB episode "Mama, I Wanna Act"

Lucas appeared in numerous video shorts as well as in the 1992 film Ghost Ship. [4] She also appeared in major commercials for the following companies:

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References

  1. 1 2 "Heidi Lucas Bio – Heidi Lucas Biography – Heidi Lucas Stories". Archived from the original on March 14, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2007.
  2. "Attorney Bio".
  3. Salute Your Shorts cast reunites—and Donkeylips sings the theme song Entertainment Weekly, Retrieved June 1, 2015
  4. "Ghost Ship on IMDB". IMDb .