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Jenette Goldstein
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She was awarded the 1987 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as space marine Private Vasquez in
Aliens (1986)
.
Has appeared in three movies directed by
James Cameron
:
Aliens (1986)
,
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
and
Titanic (1997)
.
Managing her own lingerie boutique called Jenette Bras in Los Angeles, California, known for its slogan "The alphabet starts at D". (September 2012)
Was considered for the role as the Enterprise-D's chief of security on
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
. Her role in
Aliens (1986)
as Private Vasquez was the inspiration for the role of Tasha Yar which eventually went to
Denise Crosby
.
Her first two movies,
Aliens (1986)
and
Near Dark (1987)
, both starred
Bill Paxton
and
Lance Henriksen
.
Her family is Jewish (and resided in Russia, Lithuania, Morocco and Brazil).
Attended the same High School as
Angelina Jolie
,
Michael Klesic
,
Nicolas Cage
,
Corbin Bernsen
,
Lenny Kravitz
,
David Schwimmer
,
Jonathan Silverman
and
Richard Dreyfuss
.
She was one of two actors to appear in both
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
and
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
. The other was
Dean Norris
.
She has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant:
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
&
Titanic (1997)
.
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