Felicity Waterman is an English actress known for her role as Vanessa Hunt during the final two seasons of the television drama series Knots Landing, and for her role as regular cast member Lt. Abigail Hawling on the syndicated television series Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1999–2000). Pensacola: Wings of Gold cast biography — Felicity Waterman Website for the TV series, recorded at the Internet Archive, May 19, 2000.Felicity Waterman, Biography (From www.pensacolatv.com)Photo: 'Down and Out in Beverly Hills' Los Angeles Premiere George Hamilton and Felicity Waterman during 'Down and Out in Beverly Hills' Los Angeles Premiere in Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)Cast photo: Knots Landing LOS ANGELES – JANUARY 1: KNOTS LANDING Gallery Top row from left to right: Stacy Galina (as Kate Whittaker), Ted Shackelford (as Gary Ewing), Lorenzo Caccialanza (as Nick Schillace/ Dimirti Pappas), Nicollette Sheridan (as Paige Matheson), Kevin Dobson (as Patrick MacKenzie), William Devane (as Greg Sumner), Kathleen Noone (as Claudia Whittaker), Felicity Waterman (as Vanessa Hunt). Bottom row from left to right: Michelle Phillips (as Anne W. Matheson, Michele Lee (as Karen Fairgate MacKenzie). Image dated 1992. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)
She has also appeared in other TV series such as Thunder in Paradise (as Megan Whitaker Spencer, two episodes, 1994) Babylon 5 (as "Kelsey" in "Mind War", 1994), SeaQuest DSV, Ellen, Northern Exposure, Weird Science and La Femme Nikita, and in direct-to-video movies including Unlawful Passage, Lena's Holiday, and Miracle Beach.
Personal life Waterman's father was in the British Army. Her grandfather flew Spitfires during World War II. Her mother taught children with learning disabilities.
Waterman attended boarding school at Millfield, in Somerset, England. Waterman focused on athletics, but a back injury curtailed a promising career as a high jumper. Switching to a more academic course of study, she entered Oxford University in 1982, where she read Geography at Christ Church. After graduating in 1985, she began modelling as a way to see the world, and was eventually brought to Los Angeles by the prestigious Elite Agency.Felicity Waterman 1985 model composite The Peter Marlowe Model Composite Archives, Models1 Elite (London) agency book, 1985, Page 827 of 1429, model composite for Felicity Waterman. Earliest known professional photographs. Height: 5'9". Eyes: green. Archived
Her first roles were bit parts in Side Out and Die Hard 2, playing a stewardess in both films. Her first film in a lead role was 1991's Lena's Holiday, in which she played an East German tourist in Los Angeles who gets caught up in a murder plot.
She currently resides in California, USA.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1990Side OutStewardess1991Lena's HolidayLena Jung1992Miracle BeachDana Stanford1992Space CaseMelissa1994Unlawful PassageGale1995Hard BountyRachel1998Freedom StrikeMaddie Reese
Television Year Title Role Notes1992–1993Knots LandingVanessa Hunt1994Babylon 5Ms. Kelsey Episode: "Mind War"1994Thunder in ParadiseMegan Whitaker SpencerEpisode: "Thunder in Paradise (Parts 1 & 2)"1997La Femme NikitaKarynEpisode: "Recruit"1999–2000Pensacola: Wings of GoldLt. Abigail Hawling
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