Elaine Hendrix Biography

Katherine Elaine Hendrix (born December 28, 1970) is an American actress, model, producer, singer, dancer, and activist. She is best known for her roles in the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap, Inspector Gadget 2, and the 2004 documentary What the Bleep Do We Know!?.

Early life and education

Hendrix was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the daughter of Mary Elaine DePersio, of Italian, Irish and Danish descent, and Thomas Hendrix, Jr., a relative of John Hendrix (1865-1915). Her father was away from home serving in Vietnam at the time of her birth. A week after being born, with her mother considering the name Jennifer, Hendrix was instead named Katherine Elaine Hendrix. Most of her relatives called her by her middle name, and the practice stuck, but it forced Hendrix many times to explain the middle name. She has a brother, David Maher, and a sister, Stephanie Smith; both are married and have children. Hendrix was raised in Morristown, Tennessee. When Hendrix was 15, she and her mother moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where she attended the Northside School of Performing Arts. Hendrix currently resides in Los Angeles. She is regularly involved with humanitarian efforts, animal rights, cancer research, the environment and children.

Career

Dancing and modeling

In her senior year of high school Hendrix won a model search and became a professional dancer with the Gary Harrison Dance Co. She soon split her time as a professional model and dancer for such companies as Nike, Levi's, Mattel, and Sun Microsystems, and for a number of hip-hop artists including Whodini, Keith Sweat, and MC Hammer.

In 1992 she moved to Los Angeles, California, and shortly after moving was hit by a car while riding her bike, ending her early career as a model and dancer.

Film and television

After recuperating from her accident, Hendrix was cast in the short-lived 1995 Get Smart series. She has also appeared on the television series Joan of Arcadia, Friends, Ellen, Charmed and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and had a recurring role in Married... with Children, User Friendly (1995) and Lez Be Friends (1997). Films in which she appeared include Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, the remake of The Parent Trap, Superstar, the movie version of Inspector Gadget "? Inspector Gadget 2, and What the Bleep Do We Know!?. In 2006, she also appeared in an episode of Ghost Whisperer and the movie Coffee Date. In 2008 Hendrix appeared in two episodes of the now cancelled ABC Family show The Middleman as Roxy Wasserman, a succubus who works as a fashion designer.

She was seen in "Criminal Minds" in season four, episode 11 ("Normal", 2008) where she played a woman called Judy Hannity in a car accident caused by a man shooting her, but she survived. In 2009 Hendrix made an appearance on the ABC show Castle and in the film Rock Slyde (2009 Film).

In 2010 Hendrix played Felicia in the TriBeCa awarded film Spork.

Hendrix has also appeared as Renee on 90210 in Season 3 in "They're Playing Her Song" and "Holiday Madness". In 2014, she appeared alongside Charlie Sheen for a three-episode story arc as Warden Hartley in the FX sitcom Anger Management.

She can currently be seen in the web-series Fetching, which is also a nod to her love of animals.

She is currently co-starring as Ava in FX's new comedy series Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll with Denis Leary, Elizabeth Gillies, John Corbett, Bobby Kelly and John Ales.

Activism and humanitarian efforts

As an avid animal rights activist, Hendrix has been advocating for animals since 2006. When she's not filming, she travels throughout North America and works with organizations around the globe to educate, demonstrate, speak, protest, build habitats, transport and rescue. In 2012 she founded The Pet Matchmaker, an organization dedicated to celebrating and inspiring the rescue, foster and adoption of homeless pets everywhere. She serves on the board of Stray Rescue of St. Louis as well as the US chapter of No to Dog Meat.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Last Dance
1993	Laurel Canyon		TV movie
1995	Road Warriors	Marissa Rayborn
1996	Boys & Girls	Blake Benedict	TV movie
1996	Mixed Nuts	Laurie Wynn	TV movie
1996	Lover's Knot	Robin
1996	'	Marilyn Munster	TV movie
1997	Romy and Michele's High School Reunion	Lisa Luder
1998	Carly	Vel Duncan Dobbs	TV movie
1998	'	Meredith Blake
1999	Molly	Jennifer Thomas
1999	Superstar	Evian
2000	Here on Earth	Jennifer Cavanaugh
2000	Get Your Stuff	Cat Hardy
2001	Unbakeable	Mrs. Done	Video short
2002	Dawg	Angel
2002	Wish You Were Dead	Melody 'Jupiter Music' Malloy
2002	'	Fleur Soap Announcer	TV movie
2002	Mr. St. Nick	Heidi Gardelle	TV movie
2003	'	Blonde Bombshell
2003	Our Very First Sex Tape	Woman	Video short
2003	Inspector Gadget 2	Gadget Model 2 / G2	Video
2004	What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?	Jennifer	Documentary
2004	Stag Party	Beth	Short film
2005	Bow		TV movie
2005	Bam Bam and Celeste	Jackie
2006	What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole	Jennifer	Documentary
2006	Down the P.C.H.	Samantha
2006	Coffee Date	Bonnie
2007	LA Blues	Brenda Simon
2007	'	Stephanie
2007	Charlie's Bitch Ass Hos	Ass	Short film
2008	Two Sisters	Carley	TV movie
2008	Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder	Agnes Dart	TV movie
2008	Tru Loved	Mrs. Muller
2008	Player 5150	Mrs. Lanzelin
2008	Twisted Faith	Sandra	Short film
2008	Friends & Lovers: The Ski Trip 2	Patti
2008	Food for Thought	Miss Priss	Short film
2009	Strombreaker	Geoffrey Sax
2009	'	Kristie	Short film
2009	Rock Slyde	Judy Bee
2009	Within	Sadie Weiss
2009	Dear Lemon Lima	Coach Roach
2009	Haunting At The Beacon	Vanessa Carver
2010	Nurses Who Kill...	Monroe	Short film
2010	Hated	Betty Churchill
2010	Magic	Amanda Francis
2010	Cutthroat	Lacey Andrews	TV movie
2010	Good Intentions	Etta Milford
2010	Spork (film)	Felicia
2011	Fading of the Cries	Maggie
2011	Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2	Colleen Mansfield	Video
2011	Beholder	Evelyn	Short film
2011	Witness Insecurity	Susan
2011	Deep in the Heart	Patsy
2011	Material Lies	Deborah
2012	Anything But Christmas	Grace
2013	'	Janice Dougherty	Short film
2015	Kids vs Monsters	Mary

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Doogie Howser, M.D.	Fantasy Girl #2	Episode: "The Big Sleep... Not!"
1993	Fallen Angels	Auditioning Blonde #1	Episode: "Since I Don't Have You"
1993-1994	Days of Our Lives	Brandee Fields	TV series
1994	'	Dolly Cousins	Episode: "Wild Card"
1995	Ellen	Maya	Episode: "Ballet Class"
1995	Get Smart	Agent 66	7 episodes
1995	Married... with Children	Sandy	Episode: "User Friendly"
1997	Married... with Children	Elaine	Episode: "Lez Be Friends"
2000	'	Jamie	Episode: "...And Then He Looked at Wendell's Thing"
2001	First Years	Frances O'Donnell	Episode: "The First Thing You Do..."
2001	Special Unit 2	Medusa	Episode: "The Rocks"
2001-2002	'	Kristen Martin	7 episodes
2002	Friends	Sally	Episode: "The One with the Pediatrician"
2003	Mister Sterling	Tori Wheeler	Episode: "Statewide Swing"
2003	Watching Ellie	Daisy	Episode: "Date"
2003	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Harper Fitzgerald	Episode: "Forever"
2003	Coupling	Molly	Episode: "Holiday"
2003-2005	Joan of Arcadia	Ms. Lischak	17 episodes
2004	Oliver Beene	Aunt Connie	Episode: "X-ray Specs"
2004	Charmed	Clea	Episode: "Witch Wars"
2004	Crossing Jordan	Julie Seaton	Episode: "Dead in the Water"
2004	Quintuplets	Lisa Appleby	Episode: "Thanksgiving Day Charade"
2005	CSI: Miami	Joann Nivens	Episode: "Felony Flight"
2005	Ghost Whisperer	Sandra Holloway	Episode: "Undead Comic"
2006	ER	Brinn	Episode: "Parenthood"
2008	'	Roxy Wasserman	Episode: "The Accidental Occidental Conception" Episode: "The Cursed Tuba Contingency"
2008	Criminal Minds	Judy Hannity	Episode: "Normal"
2009	Privileged	Elyse Valencour	Episode: "All About Confessions" Episode: "All About Betrayal"
2009	Castle	Melissa Talbot	Episode: "When the Bough Breaks"
2009-2011	Poor Paul	Pauline	5 episodes
2010	'	Julia	Episode: "Red Herring"
2010	NCIS: Los Angeles	Vanessa Maragos	Episode: "Little Angels"
2010	Rules of Engagement	Stephanie	Episode: "Refusing to Budget"
2010-2011	90210	Renee	4 episodes
2014	Maron	Lauren	Episode: "White Truck"
2014	Anger Management	Warden Hartley	3 episodes
2015-2016	Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll	Ava	Series Regular; 20 episodes

Video Games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Resident Evil Revelations 2	Alex Wesker	Likeness and motion capture