Viveka Davis | |
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Born | Santa Monica, California, U.S. | August 19, 1969
Nationality | American |
Occupation | actress |
Years active | 1982–2001 |
Viveka Davis (born August 19, 1969) [1] is an American actress who has starred in television series and films. As a young actress, she was best known for her role in the 1983 NBC TV miniseries V as Polly Maxwell, a role she reprised in the 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle . [2]
Davis's first film role was in the 1982 drama film Shoot the Moon , playing the daughter of Albert Finney and Diane Keaton. As a teen, her best-known film role was in the 1987 comedy Morgan Stewart's Coming Home which she starred with Jon Cryer.
At age 16, she starred in dual roles in Disney's 1987 TV film Student Exchange . [3] In 1995, she starred as country singing legend Wynonna Judd in NBC TV miniseries Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge .
She has made guest appearances on TV series, including Knots Landing , Seinfeld , ER , Nash Bridges , Strong Medicine , and Touched by an Angel . [4]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1982 | Shoot the Moon | Jill Dunlap | |
1982 | Knots Landing | Cricket | TV series |
1983 | Jennifer Slept Here | - | TV series |
1983 | V | Polly Maxwell | TV movie |
1984 | V (The Final Battle) | Polly Maxwell | TV miniseries |
1985 | Not My Kid | Susan Bower | TV movie |
1987 | Morgan Stewart's Coming Home | Emily Casella | TV movie |
Student Exchange | Carole Whitcomb/Simone Soiret | TV movie | |
1988 | The Charmings | Amy | TV series |
1989 | Forbidden Sun | Jane | |
1990 | The End of Innocence | Honey | |
1991 | Ricochet | Debbie | |
Curly Sue | Trina | ||
1991 | Good Sports | Risa Braun | TV series |
1992 | Man Trouble | June Huff | |
1993 | Body Shot | Rita | |
I Can Make You Love Me | Mary Ann | TV movie | |
A Dangerous Woman | Mercy | ||
1994 | PCU | Womynist #1 | |
1995 | Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge | Wynonna Judd | |
1997 | NYPD Blue | Margo | Episode: "Remembrance of Humps Past" (S5 ep11) |
1999 | My Last Love | Kate | TV movie |
Message in a Bottle | Alva | ||
EDtv | Marcia | ||
Swallows | Magdalena | ||
2000 | Timecode | Victoria Cohen | |
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel | Debutante #1 | ||
Cast Away | Pilot Gwen | ||
2001 | On Edge | Patsy Cain |
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