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Jane Badler

Highest Rated: 100% Surrogate (2022)

Lowest Rated: 40% Virtual Revolution (2016)

Birthday: Dec 31, 1953

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

A glamorous sci-fi icon, Jane Badler went from Miss New Hampshire to a splashy role as a murderous musician on "One Life to Live" (ABC, 1968-2013). Her breakthrough came as the villainous alien Diana in the influential "V" miniseries and series franchise (1983; 1984; 1984-85). Glamorous, charismatic and relishing every guinea pig-eating moment of her role, Badler became a sci-fi legend. Although she became a fixture on 1980s TV with roles on "Falcon Crest" (CBS, 1981-1990) and "Murder, She Wrote" (CBS, 1984-1996), her career languished in a series of lower-profile genre projects like "The Highwayman" (NBC, 1987-88) and "Mission: Impossible" (ABC, 1988-1990). Falling in love with an Aussie businessman, Badler moved Down Under, resuming her singing career with indie albums and a cabaret act, as well as essaying another "super-bitch" on the soap "Neighbours" (Seven Network, 1985; Network Ten, 1986-2010; Eleven, 2011- ). To the delight of fans, Badler returned as the indomitable Diana on the reimagined "V" (ABC, 2009-11) almost 30 years later. An enduring cult favorite, Badler's career was a testament to the staying power an actor could achieve if they hit upon the right role.

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Highest rated movies

100% 90% Surrogate Watchlist 88% 50% Trim Season Watchlist
60% 92% Daisy Winters
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53% 53% The Free Fall Watchlist
40% 39% Virtual Revolution
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The Covenant
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Easy Kill
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Cult Girls
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Jessica Frost
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Penalty Phase
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jessica Frost Unknown (Character) - 2025
88% 50% Trim Season Mona (Character),
Producer
- 2023
100% 90% Surrogate Unknown (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet 71% Shadows Producer - 2022
53% 53% The Free Fall Rose (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cult Girls Ragana (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 67% Chase Producer - 2019
No Score Yet 100% Colourblind Mrs. Baxter (Character) - 2017
60% 92% Daisy Winters Producer - 2017
40% 39% Virtual Revolution Dina (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Girl Gets Girl Kirsten (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 78% Birthday Cake Jane Badler (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 71% Needle Professor Banyon (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Under the Gun Sandy Torrence (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fine Gold Julia (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Easy Kill Jade Anderson (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Penalty Phase Katie Pinter (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Covenant Dana Noble (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet The First Time Karen Watson (Character) - 1983

TV

Credit
50% 61% V Unknown (Guest Star) 2011
No Score Yet 88% Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Falcon Crest Meredith Braxton (Character) 1981-1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mission: Impossible Unknown (Character) 1988-1990
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Carolyn Hazlitt (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jake and the Fatman Unknown (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Riptide Unknown (Character) 1986
67% 76% V Diana (Character) 1984-1985
69% 92% V: The Final Battle Unknown (Character) 1984
58% 90% V: The Original Miniseries Diana (Character) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1979