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Jenette Goldstein
American actress and businesswoman

Jenette Goldstein

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American actress and businesswoman
A.K.A.
Jenette Elise Goldstein
Gender
Female
Place of birth
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Age
64 years
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1.5748 m
Awards
Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
 
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Biography

Jenette Elise Goldstein (born February 4, 1960) is an American actress. She is known for starring as Private Vasquez in the sci-fi horror film Aliens (1986), which won her the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also played Diamondback in Near Dark (1987) which earned her a second Saturn Award nomination, Megan Shapiro in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) and Janelle Voight in Terminator 2 (1991). She made cameo appearances in Star Trek Generations (1994) and Titanic (1997), and appeared in two episodes of the television series Star Trek: Short Treks (2019).

Early life

Goldstein was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in Beverly Hills. Her family is from Russia, Morocco, and Brazil. She is Jewish. Goldstein trained to be a gymnast before she started her acting career.

Career

Goldstein's first film role was in James Cameron's science fiction action film Aliens (1986), as the character PFC Jenette Vasquez, for which she received the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. She later appeared as the vampire Diamondback in the neo-Western horror film Near Dark (1987) directed by Kathryn Bigelow, receiving her second Saturn Award nomination. Goldstein then appeared in several action movies, including The Presidio starring Sean Connery, and played Officer Meagan Shapiro in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989). In 1991, she played Janelle Voight, John Connor's foster mother, in the science-fiction action film Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

Goldstein had a number of one-scene roles in films including: Miracle Mile (1988), as the USS Enterprise science officer in Star Trek Generations (1994), as Irish immigrant mother in Titanic (1997), and as Alice the Maid in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998). On television, she guest-starred on MacGyver, L.A. Law, Strong Medicine, ER and 24. During the 1990s, Goldstein also had supporting roles in the films: Donato and Daughter (1993), Fair Game (1995) and Living Out Loud (1998).

Goldstein is the owner of the store Jenette Bras, a large-cup bra specialist known for its slogan "The alphabet starts at 'D'".

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986AliensPFC Vasquez
1987Near DarkDiamondback
1988The PresidioPatti Jean Lynch
Miracle MileBeverly Hills Chick #1
1989Lethal Weapon 2Detective Megan Shapiro
1991Terminator 2: Judgment DayJanelle Voight / T-1000 as Janelle
1993Donato and DaughterDetective Judy McCartneyTV movie
1994Star Trek GenerationsUSS Enterprise-B Science Officer
1995Fair GameRosa
1997Touch MeGabrielle
TitanicIrish Mother
1998SenselessNurse Alvarez
Fear and Loathing in Las VegasAlice the Maid
Living Out LoudFanny
1999SmutUnknown role
2001It Is What It IsRivka Stern
2002ClockstoppersDoctor
Home RoomMain Nurse
2003DuplexModerator
2008AutopsyNurse Marian
2014Under the Hollywood SignMary

Television

YearTitleRoleEpisode/s
1987Max HeadroomBella"Dream Thieves"
1988Martini Ranch: "Reach"Unknown roleMusic Video
1991MacGyverRachel Bradley"The Prometheus Syndrome"
1992Civil WarsPatricia Twain"Drone of Arc"
1994Star Trek GenerationsUSS Enterprise-B Science Officer
L.A. LawTanya Geiss"Cold Cuts"
1995The ClientKaren Kelso"The Peach Orchard"
19987th HeavenMrs. Reese"The Legacy"
1998–2004ERHelicopter Pilot/Judy Stiles2 Episodes
2000Strong MedicineAn unnamed friend"Dependency"
2001Six Feet UnderObstetrician"The Trip"
2003AliasMedical Bay Technician"Double Agent"
200424Rae Plachecki2 episodes
2005The InsideTraci Armstrong"Loneliest Number"
2010MediumMrs. Pinsley"Allison Rolen Got Married"
2013A Hollywood AffairAgent"Agent Meeting"
2019Star Trek: Short TreksUSS Enterprise computer (voice)2 episodes

Video games

YearTitleRole
2000Star Trek: InvasionTyphoon Engineer
2002X-Men: Next DimensionJean Grey / Phoenix
2009Real Heroes: FirefighterEsmeralda "Ezzy" Vasquez

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