Jenette Elise Goldstein (born February 4, 1960) is an American
actress, best known for her Saturn Award-winning role as Private
Vasquez in the 1986 science fiction horror action film Aliens, as the
foster mother in Terminator 2, as Diamondback in Near Dark (1987) and
Detective Megan Shapiro in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), and as the Irish
Mother in Titanic (1997). She also appeared in 2 episode of the TV
series Star Trek: Short Treks (2019) as the USS Enterprise
Computer.Goldstein was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in
Beverly Hills. Her family is Jewish (from Russia, Morocco, and
Brazil).Goldstein's first film role was in James Cameron's Aliens
(1986), as the Hispanic character PFC Jenette Vasquez. Due to its
title, she initially thought the film was about immigration and
arrived at her audition for the part of a tough-as-nails space marine
in a short skirt and high heels. She also appeared as the vampire
Diamondback in Near Dark (1987), Officer Meagan Shapiro in Lethal
Weapon 2 (1989), Janelle Voight in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991),
the USS Enterprise science officer in Star Trek Generations (1994),
and an Irish immigrant mother in Titanic (1997).Goldstein is now the
proprietor of the store 'Jenette Bras', a large-cup bra specialist
known for its slogan "The alphabet starts at 'D'".
actress, best known for her Saturn Award-winning role as Private
Vasquez in the 1986 science fiction horror action film Aliens, as the
foster mother in Terminator 2, as Diamondback in Near Dark (1987) and
Detective Megan Shapiro in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), and as the Irish
Mother in Titanic (1997). She also appeared in 2 episode of the TV
series Star Trek: Short Treks (2019) as the USS Enterprise
Computer.Goldstein was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in
Beverly Hills. Her family is Jewish (from Russia, Morocco, and
Brazil).Goldstein's first film role was in James Cameron's Aliens
(1986), as the Hispanic character PFC Jenette Vasquez. Due to its
title, she initially thought the film was about immigration and
arrived at her audition for the part of a tough-as-nails space marine
in a short skirt and high heels. She also appeared as the vampire
Diamondback in Near Dark (1987), Officer Meagan Shapiro in Lethal
Weapon 2 (1989), Janelle Voight in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991),
the USS Enterprise science officer in Star Trek Generations (1994),
and an Irish immigrant mother in Titanic (1997).Goldstein is now the
proprietor of the store 'Jenette Bras', a large-cup bra specialist
known for its slogan "The alphabet starts at 'D'".
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