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She was awarded the 1987 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as space marine Private Vasquez in Aliens: Die Rückkehr (1986).

Managing her own lingerie boutique called Jenette Bras in Los Angeles, California, known for its slogan "The alphabet starts at D". (September 2012)

Has appeared in three movies directed by James Cameron: Aliens: Die Rückkehr (1986), Terminator 2: Tag der Abrechnung (1991) and Titanic (1997).

Was considered for the role as the Enterprise-D's chief of security on Raumschiff Enterprise: Das nächste Jahrhundert (1987). Her role in Aliens: Die Rückkehr (1986) as Private Vasquez was the inspiration for the role of Tasha Yar which eventually went to Denise Crosby.

Her first two movies, Aliens: Die Rückkehr (1986) and Near Dark - Die Nacht hat ihren Preis (1987), both starred Bill Paxton and Lance Henriksen.

Attended the same High School as Angelina Jolie, Michael Klesic, Nicolas Cage, Corbin Bernsen, Lenny Kravitz, David Schwimmer, Jonathan Silverman and Richard Dreyfuss.

Her family is Jewish (and resided in Russia, Lithuania, Morocco and Brazil).

She was one of two actors to appear in both Lethal Weapon 2 - Brennpunkt L.A. (1989) and Terminator 2: Tag der Abrechnung (1991). The other was Dean Norris.

She has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Terminator 2: Tag der Abrechnung (1991) & Titanic (1997).