Brenda Jean Bakke (born May 15, 1963) is an American actress and real
estate broker. She is best known for her roles in 1990s films Hot
Shots! Part Deux, Gunmen, Demon Knight and Under Siege 2: Dark
Territory. Bakke also played Lana Turner in the 1997 neo-noir L.A.
Confidential.Bakke was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and began her
acting career in a Portland stage production of Years Ago at age 15.
After graduating in 1981 from Sunset High School, near Beaverton,
Oregon, she moved to Los Angeles to study acting at the American
Academy of Dramatic Arts. She made her screen debut in the 1986 movie
Hardbodies 2, and the following year guest starred in an episode of
Star Trek: The Next Generation. In later years, she had a number of
roles in low-budget genre movies, such as Gunhed, Solar Crisis, and
The Medium.In 1993, Bakke starred as Michelle Rodham Huddleston in the
comedy film Hot Shots! Part Deux, where she plays a spoof on Sharon
Stone's character (Catherine Tramell) from Basic Instinct and romantic
interest of Charlie Sheen. The following year, she played the female
leading role in the action-comedy film, Gunmen. In 1995, she appeared
as Cordelia the prostitute in Ernest Dickerson's Demon Knight, and as
Captain Linda Gilder in Under Siege 2.
estate broker. She is best known for her roles in 1990s films Hot
Shots! Part Deux, Gunmen, Demon Knight and Under Siege 2: Dark
Territory. Bakke also played Lana Turner in the 1997 neo-noir L.A.
Confidential.Bakke was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and began her
acting career in a Portland stage production of Years Ago at age 15.
After graduating in 1981 from Sunset High School, near Beaverton,
Oregon, she moved to Los Angeles to study acting at the American
Academy of Dramatic Arts. She made her screen debut in the 1986 movie
Hardbodies 2, and the following year guest starred in an episode of
Star Trek: The Next Generation. In later years, she had a number of
roles in low-budget genre movies, such as Gunhed, Solar Crisis, and
The Medium.In 1993, Bakke starred as Michelle Rodham Huddleston in the
comedy film Hot Shots! Part Deux, where she plays a spoof on Sharon
Stone's character (Catherine Tramell) from Basic Instinct and romantic
interest of Charlie Sheen. The following year, she played the female
leading role in the action-comedy film, Gunmen. In 1995, she appeared
as Cordelia the prostitute in Ernest Dickerson's Demon Knight, and as
Captain Linda Gilder in Under Siege 2.
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