Marjean Holden

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Marjean Holden
Born
Margaret Jean Holden

(1964-11-03) November 3, 1964 (age 59)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actress, stuntwoman, martial artist, author, director
SpouseAnton Knezevich

Marjean Holden (born Margaret Jean Holden; November 3, 1964) [1] is an American actress, stuntwoman, martial artist, author and director.

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Early life and education

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in Vail, Colorado, [1] [2] Holden attended Battle Mountain High School, where she was a hitter on the volleyball team. [3] She attended Northern Arizona University, where she had a volleyball scholarship, [2] and Arizona State University. [4]

Career

Holden made her professional acting debut in 1989 in the feature film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure . [5] She has guest-starred in JAG , [6] Tales from the Crypt , Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , La Femme Nikita , The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , Suddenly Susan , and The Steve Harvey Show .

She was featured in Steven Spielberg's The Lost World and Jan de Bont's Speed 2: Cruise Control , as well as other films including Philadelphia Experiment II [7] as Jess after Courteney Cox bowed out of the role. [8]

Holden is known for such television roles as Arina in the adventure series BeastMaster . Holden played a role as an Earthforce navigator on board the Excalibur, in the Babylon 5 movie Babylon 5: A Call to Arms . [9]

In the short-lived Babylon 5 spin-off television series Crusade she served as Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sarah Chambers on the same ship. [5] She appeared as Sheeva in the film Mortal Kombat Annihilation , [10] and starred as Jesse Gavin, an undercover cop specializing in martial arts alongside Cory Everson in Ballistic (1995). [4]

Personal life

Outside of the world of film and television, Holden has worked with combat veterans, and received an award from the Military Order of the Purple Heart in 1996 for "caring about combat-wounded veterans and veterans as a whole". [4] In 1998 she married writer Anton Knezevich. [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985The ClickVoodoo Priestess (uncredited)
1988 Bloodstone Shirley
1988 Glitch! Kathy
1989 Stripped to Kill II: Live Girls Something Else
1989 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Student Speaker
1989 Dr. Caligari Patient In Bed
1990Secret Agent OO SoulLimousine Driver
1990 Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation JaneVideo
1992Sweet JusticeM.J.
1992 Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot Stewardess
1992 Nemesis Pam
1993 Philadelphia Experiment II Jess
1995BallisticJesse
1995AutomaticEpsilon Leader
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Screamer
1997 Mortal Kombat Annihilation Sheeva, Shao Kahn's General
1998 Vampires Female Master #6
1998 Thursday Pregnant Woman
2001 Ghosts of Mars Young Woman
2003 George of the Jungle 2 SallyVideo
2005 Hostage Officer Carol Flores
2010Bring Me the Head of Lance HenriksenMarjean

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989-1990 A Different World NikkiEpisode: "Great Expectations" and "Hillman Isn't Through with You Yet"
1990So Proudly We HailHarvard StudentTV film
1990 Jake and the Fatman Sarah FoxEpisode: "You Took Advantage of Me"
1992 True Colors TiffanyEpisode: "Half a Man"
1993 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ShantayEpisode: "Bundle of Joy"
1993 Where I Live KarenEpisode: "I Live Where?"
1993 Renegade Lieutenant Sharon Miller / TigressEpisodes: "Fighting Cage: Parts 1 & 2"
1994 The Sinbad Show GillianEpisode: "The Dog Episode"
1994 Wings MarjeanEpisode: "Exclusively Yours"
1994One Woman's CourageSandra WiddoesTV film
1994 Tales from the Crypt Andrea JohnsonEpisode: "The Pit"
1995 Pointman ShandaEpisode: "Everything in the World"
1995 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper DoreenEpisode: "Hero"
1995 In the House RoginaEpisode: "Birthday Presence"
1996 JAG Lieutenant Sanford M.D.Episode: "The Brotherhood"
1996 Suddenly Susan WendyEpisode: "Hoop Dreams"
1997 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine StolzoffEpisode: "Empok Nor"
1997 Pacific Blue BiggsEpisode: "Only in America"
1998 The Steve Harvey Show MaxineEpisode: "Just My Imagination"
1999 Babylon 5: A Call to Arms Earthforce NavigatorTV film
1999 La Femme Nikita AuroraEpisode: "Hand to Hand"
1999 Crusade Dr. Sarah ChambersMain role (13 episodes)
2000-2002 BeastMaster ArinaRecurring role (22 episodes)
2001Code RedLieutenant Joyce DarwinTV film
2009 ER Elise WarnerEpisode: "T-Minus-6"
2022-Garrison7

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