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Jane Badler

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Jane Badler, the American and Australian actress best known for her role as the evil reptilian Visitor leader "Diana" in the NBC mini-series V (1983), its sequel V: The Final Battle (1984), the subsequent TV series V (1984), and the last season of the latest series V (2009), was born on the last day of 1953 in Brooklyn, New York. She spent her teen years in Manchester, New Hampshire, where she attended Central High School. Jane won the Miss New Hampshire title and competed at the 1972 Miss America Pageant before going on to study drama at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

In 1977, Jane gained her first major role on the TV soap opera One Life to Live (1968), where she played "Melinda Cramer Janssen" until 1981, returning briefly to reprise the role in 1983. She also starred on the venerable soap opera The Doctors (1963). Jane's other TV roles included a stint on Falcon Crest (1981) as "Meredith Braxton" from 1986 to 1987 and as "Agent Shannon Reed" for the revival of the series Mission: Impossible (1988), which was shot in Australia. She also guest-starred on many TV series.

Jane relocated to Australia after filming Mission: Impossible (1988) Down Under, marrying businessman Stephen Haines. They have two sons, Sam and Harry. Her Australian TV roles include Cluedo (1992) (the British and Australian name of the board game known as "Clue" in the United States). She also had a guest-starring role in Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (1994). In the 1990s, she launched a stage career and cabaret act, including the one-woman show "The Love Goddess: Rita Hayworth".
BornDecember 31, 1953
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Jane Badler
Jane Badler in Girl Gets Girl
Jane Badler in Girl Gets Girl (2015)
Jane Badler, Sarah Douglas, and Andrew Prine in V: The Final Battle (1984)
Jane Badler, Peter Graves, Antony Hamilton, Phil Morris, and Thaao Penghlis in Mission: Impossible (1988)
Jane Badler in Daisy Winters (2017)
Jane Badler, Steve Jacobs, Petra Yared, Anna Maria Monticelli, Emily-Jane Romig, Paul Sonkkila, and Zbych Trofimiuk in Sky Trackers (1994)
Brooke Shields, Jane Badler, and Sterling Jerins in Daisy Winters (2017)
Brooke Shields, Jane Badler, and Sterling Jerins in Daisy Winters (2017)
Brooke Shields, Jane Badler, Eric Parkinson, Sterling Jerins, and Desiree Garnier in Daisy Winters (2017)
Jane Badler in Daisy Winters (2017)
Jane Badler in Daisy Winters (2017)

Known for

Mike Dopud in 2047: Virtual Revolution (2016)
2047: Virtual Revolution
5.0
  • Dina
  • 2016
V (1984)
V
7.3
TV Series
  • Diana
V (1983)
V
7.8
TV Mini Series
  • Diana
Bitch, Popcorn & Blood (2014)
Bitch, Popcorn & Blood
7.1
Short
  • La Femme Fatale
  • 2014

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Actress

  • Trim Season
    • Post-production
  • The Lies We Tell Ourselves
    • Completed
  • Surrogate (2022)
    Surrogate
  • Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel in Smiling Friends (2020)
    Smiling Friends
  • Andrea Londo in The Free Fall (2021)
    The Free Fall
  • Andreja Pejic in Sapphire (2021)
    Sapphire
  • A Beautiful Request (2021)
    A Beautiful Request
  • Cult Girls (2019)
    Cult Girls
  • Reef Break (2019)
    Reef Break
  • Jane Badler in Jane Badler - Black Dove (2019)
    Jane Badler - Black Dove
  • Jane Badler, Nathan Hill, and Anne Gauthier in Colourblind (2019)
    Colourblind
  • Mike Dopud in 2047: Virtual Revolution (2016)
    2047: Virtual Revolution
  • Double Trouble (2015)
    Double Trouble
  • The Dough (2015)
    The Dough
  • Girl Gets Girl (2015)
    Girl Gets Girl
  • Jackie Woodburne, Ben McKenzie, and Petra Elliott in Night Terrace (2014)
    Night Terrace
    • (voice)
  • Bitch, Popcorn & Blood (2014)
    Bitch, Popcorn & Blood

Producer

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  • Krista Allen, Francis Capra, Eric Etebari, Michael Matteo Rossi, David Labrava, and Rahart Adams in Shadows (2022)
    Shadows
  • Andreja Pejic in Sapphire (2021)
    Sapphire
  • Jennifer Dorogi, Bryan Chesters, Nikita Ramsey, Jade Ramsey, Clemmie Dugdale, James Cavlo, Chris Crema, Laura Flannery, Tomoko Karina, Harry Hains, and Lorenzo Antonucci in A Haunting at Silver Falls: The Return (2019)
    A Haunting at Silver Falls: The Return
  • Damien Puckler and Michael Matteo Rossi in Chase (2019)
    Chase
  • Lulu (2018)
    Lulu
  • Sterling Jerins in Daisy Winters (2017)
    Daisy Winters
  • Girl Gets Girl (2015)
    Girl Gets Girl

Soundtrack

  • Nathan Hill, Sienna Stass, and Natalie Heslop in I, Portrait (2021)
    I, Portrait

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Trailer 3:20
DVD Preview
Surrogate
Trailer 1:01
Surrogate
The Free Fall
Trailer 1:58
The Free Fall
Virtual Revolution
Trailer 1:09
Virtual Revolution
Needle
Trailer 1:28
Needle
Colourblind - Trailer
Trailer 1:54
Colourblind - Trailer
2047: Virtual Revolution
Trailer 1:08
2047: Virtual Revolution

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    • December 31, 1953
    • New York City, New York, USA
    • Stephen HainesDecember 23, 1990 - present (2 children)
  • Other works
    TV commercial for Miss Breck styling hairspray in the late 1970s.
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    • 2 Interviews
    • 1 Pictorial
    • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Along with Marc Singer, she is one of only two actors to appear in both V (1984) and V (2009).

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