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Dina Meyer (born 22 December 1968; age 55) is the actress who played Commander Donatra in Star Trek Nemesis. She is perhaps best known for her role as Dizzy Flores in Starship Troopers (1997), which co-starred Clancy Brown, Christopher Curry, Lenore Kasdorf, Brenda Strong, Tami-Adrian George, Julianna McCarthy, Bruce Gray, Stephanie Erb, Brian Tochi, Greg Bronson, and Azalea Davila and featured a musical score by Basil Poledouris. Meyer is also known for playing Detective Kerry in the first four Saw films.
Career[]
Television[]
Meyer first acquired recognition for her recurring role as Lucinda Nicholson during the fourth season of Beverly Hills, 90210. Among the performers she worked with on this series were Michael Durrell, Ann Gillespie, Tracy Middendorf, Lawrence Monoson, Claudette Nevins, Noley Thornton, and Cress Williams. Those who directed Meyer on 90210 include Chip Chalmers, Les Landau, and James Whitmore, Jr.
In 1997, Meyer made three appearances on NBC's Friends as Joey's actress-girlfriend, Kate. The following year, she made a guest appearance on Ally McBeal along with her Star Trek Nemesis co-star, J. Patrick McCormack. In 2000, Meyer starred as Agent Holiday in the short-lived UPN series Secret Agent Man, in which John de Lancie and Musetta Vander guest-starred. She also made an appearance on Six Feet Under with Ed O'Ross and Kellie Waymire.
During the 2002-2003 television season, Meyer starred as Barbara Gordon, aka The Oracle, in Birds of Prey. This show's cast also included Ian Abercrombie as faithful butler Alfred Pennyworth. Meyer subsequently had contracted roles on two other short-lived series: a recurring role on NBC's Miss March (2003-04) and a regular role on Fox' Point Pleasant (2005-06). The latter series was produced by Star Trek: Voyager writer Robert Doherty and Star Trek: The Next Generation Unit Production Manager Kelly A. Manners.
Other recent television credits include Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough (2005, with Van Epperson) and guest appearances on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (starring Paul Guilfoyle and Wallace Langham, with Robert Curtis Brown), Thief (starring Clifton Collins, Jr.), CSI: Miami (with David Lee Smith), Monk (with Ruth Williamson), Burn Notice (with Jay Karnes and Michael Shanks), and Castle (with Tom Schanley).
Film[]
Meyer made her feature film debut with the lead female role in Johnny Mnemonic (1995), which featured production design by Nilo Rodis-Jamero. Meyer then starred in Dragonheart (1996, co-starring Brian Thompson and featuring the voice of Sean Connery).
Following her role on Starship Troopers, Meyer starred in Bats (1999, featuring Bob Gunton and written by Nemesis' John Logan). She subsequently starred in such films as Deadly Little Secrets (with Roger Cross), Unspeakable (2002, with Marco Rodriguez), and D-Tox (2002, with Chris Nelson Norris).
Meyer played the supporting role of Detective Allison Kerry in Saw (2004, with Star Trek: The Next Generation guest actor Benito Martinez). Meyer reprised her role as Kerry in Saw II (2005), Saw III (2006), and Saw IV (2007, featuring Star Trek: Voyager guest actor Justin Louis}.
Meyer's other film credits include The Storyteller (2005) with Kim Darby, Balancing the Books (2008) with Ed Begley, Jr., as well as the short film VideoDome Rent-O-Rama with Gregory Itzin. She also appeared in Piranha 3D (2010, starring Jerry O'Connell and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock's Christopher Lloyd). Meyer and Lloyd both received their roles in this film through casting director Alyssa Weisberg.