Dina Meyer

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Dina Meyer
Born	December 22 1968 (1968-12-22) (age 40) Queens, New York, U.S.

Dina Meyer (born December 22, 1968) is an American film and television actress, perhaps best known for her roles in Starship Troopers and the Saw films.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Personal life
- 1.2 Career
2 Filmography
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

Meyer was born in Queens, New York to a father who owns an auto parts/repair shop. She has two brothers. Meyer loved dancing and acting from an early age, but it was not until after she graduated from university that she started to work to become an actress. She attended Long Island University, where she majored in business administration. Among her hobbies and interests are snowboarding, rollerblading and biking. She lives in Los Angeles. Meyer is Jewish.^[1]

[edit] Career

Meyer's film debut was in the TV film Strapped in 1993, although her role in the cyberpunk thriller Johnny Mnemonic was perhaps her breakthrough performance. Before that, however, she also had a role in the TV series Beverly Hills 90210 as Lucinda Nicholson. In addition to Johnny Mnemonic, she has had other roles in science fiction productions, such as Starship Troopers, Birds of Prey and Star Trek Nemesis. Three of her most recent films were the 2004 horror/thriller hit Saw, followed by Saw II and its sequel Saw III. She made several guest appearances on Friends and Miss Match. She also played one of the leads on the now canceled Point Pleasant. In March 2006 Meyer was in the series premiere episode of Thief as Wanda, the wife of Andre Braugher's character, Nick. However, her character was killed in the first episode in a car wreck.

She reprised her role as Kerry in the third installment of the Saw series Saw III, released on October 27, 2006.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1990	Beverly Hills, 90210	Lucinda Nicholson
1995	Johnny Mnemonic	Jane
1996	Dragonheart	Kara
1997	Starship Troopers	Dizzy Flores
1999	Bats	Dr. Sheila Casper
2000	Secret Agent Man	Holliday
2002	Birds of Prey	Barbara Gordon, The Oracle/Batgirl
2002	Star Trek Nemesis	Romulan Commander Donatra
2003	The Movie Hero	Elizabeth Orlando / The Love Interest
2004	Saw	Detective Allison Kerry
2005	Point Pleasant	Amber Hargrove
	Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough	Kirsten Richards
	Saw II	Detective Allison Kerry
2006	Saw III	Detective Allison Kerry
2007	Decoys 2: Alien Seduction	Dr. Alana Geisner
	Saw IV	Detective Allison Kerry
	Crazy Eights	Jennifer Jones