Marjean Holden (born Margaret Jean Holden; November 3, 1964)Givens, Linda Holden (2009). Holden On To Family Roots: A Granddaughter's Family and Genealogy Search. Xlibris. p. 44. . is an American actress, stuntwoman, martial artist, author and director.
Early life and education Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in Vail, Colorado, Holden attended Battle Mountain High School, where she was a hitter on the volleyball team. She attended Northern Arizona University, where she had a volleyball scholarship, and Arizona State University.
Career Holden made her professional acting debut in 1989 in the feature film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. She has guest-starred in JAG, 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 as Jess after Courteney Cox bowed out of the role.
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.
In the short-lived Babylon 5 spin-off television series Crusade she served as Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sarah Chambers on the same ship. She appeared as Sheeva in the film Mortal Kombat Annihilation, and starred as Jesse Gavin, an undercover cop specializing in martial arts alongside Cory Everson in Ballistic (1995).
In 2023, it was announced that Holden was making her feature film directorial debut. The project will be centered around a group of veteran police officers who go undercover as an '80s rock band to stop a drug kingpin.
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". In 1998 she married writer Anton Knezevich, and they have one daughter together.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1985 Voodoo 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 1990 Secret Agent OO Soul Limousine Driver 1990 Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation Jane Video 1992 Sweet Justice M.J. 1992 Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot Stewardess 1992 Nemesis Sam 1993 Philadelphia Experiment II Jess 1995 Ballistic Jesse 1995 Automatic Epsilon Leader 1997 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 Sally Video 2005 Hostage Officer Carol Flores 2010 Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen Marjean 2020 Pheromone: Providence Short filmAlso director
Television Year Title Role Notes 1989–1990 Nikki Episode: "Great Expectations" and "Hillman Isn't Through with You Yet" 1990 So Proudly We Hail Harvard Student TV film 1990 Jake and the Fatman Sarah Fox Episode: "You Took Advantage of Me" 1992 True Colors Tiffany Episode: "Half a Man" 1993 Shantay Episode: "Bundle of Joy" 1993 Where I Live Karen Episode: "I Live Where?" 1993 Renegade Lieutenant Sharon Miller / Tigress Episodes: "Fighting Cage: Parts 1 & 2" 1994 Gillian Episode: "The Dog Episode" 1994 Wings Marjean Episode: "Exclusively Yours" 1994 One Woman's Courage Sandra Widdoes TV film 1994 Tales from the Crypt Andrea Johnson Episode: "The Pit" 1995 Pointman Shanda Episode: "Everything in the World" 1995 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Doreen Episode: "Hero" 1995 In the House Rogina Episode: "Birthday Presence" 1996 JAG Lieutenant Sanford M.D. Episode: "The Brotherhood" 1996 Suddenly Susan Wendy Episode: "Hoop Dreams" 1997 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Stolzoff Episode: "Empok Nor" 1997 Pacific Blue Biggs Episode: "Only in America" 1998 Maxine Episode: "Just My Imagination" 1999 Babylon 5: A Call to Arms Earthforce Navigator TV film 1999 La Femme Nikita Aurora Episode: "Hand to Hand" 1999 Crusade Dr. Sarah Chambers Main role (13 episodes) 2000–2002 BeastMaster Arina Recurring role (22 episodes) 2001 Code Red Lieutenant Joyce Darwin TV film 2009 ER Elise Warner Episode: "T-Minus-6"2022Garrison7
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