Jane Badler
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.
Photos
Jane Badler
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
88% |
|
Trim Season |
Mona (Character), Producer |
- | 2023 |
100% |
|
Surrogate | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet |
|
Shadows | Producer | - | 2022 |
53% |
|
The Free Fall | Rose (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cult Girls | Ragana (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet |
|
Chase | Producer | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet |
|
Colourblind | Mrs. Baxter (Character) | - | 2017 |
60% |
|
Daisy Winters | Producer | - | 2017 |
40% |
|
Virtual Revolution | Dina (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Girl Gets Girl | Kirsten (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
|
Birthday Cake | Jane Badler (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
|
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 |