Musetta Vander (* 26. May 1963 in Durban , South Africa born when Musetta van der Merwe ) is a South African actress and model .
biography
Private
Vander was born in South Africa to a ballet teacher and grew up in Durban. She earned a BA in Communication and Psychology. Shortly after completing her degree, she was also licensed to teach ballet. In 1988 she married the film director Jeff Celentano. Like her husband, she teaches at Performer's Academy in Orange County , California .
Acting career
After college , Vander was hired to host the South African version of MTV . She then moved to the United States and began her acting career with appearances in more than 20 music videos by various artists, including Rod Stewart , Tina Turner , Elton John , Chris Isaak and Amy Grant .
Vander has appeared in various film roles including Molly , Wild Wild West , The Cell , and O Brother, Where Art Thou? . In addition, she played in numerous television series, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Stargate SG-1 , Star Trek: Voyager , The Sentinel , Frasier and Xena .
In 1998 she took on the role of Lady Elara , one of the leading characters in the real-time strategy game Dune 2000 . She took on the same role in the 2002 sequel Emperor: Battle for Dune .
Vander's involvement in plays includes Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme and Soweto's Burning . In addition to numerous commercial advertising films, Vander was also featured as a model in various magazines, including a series of images in Maxim magazine and a cover in Details magazine.
Filmography (selection)
Movies
1989: Crime of Crimes
1989: The Endangered
1989: The Revenger
1992: Rock Video Girl 2
1993: monolith
1994: Dickwad (short film)
1994: Alien Desperados
1995: The Secret Force
1995: Project: Metalbeast
1995: Shadowchaser 3
1995: Under the Hula Moon
1996: The Dark Mist
1996: Badlands (Oblivion 2: Backlash)
1997: American Hero
1997: Elissa (short film)
1997: Mortal Kombat 2 - Annihilation (Mortal Kombat: Annihilation)
1998: Gunshy - A passion for murder (Gunshy)
1999: Wild Wild West
1999: Molly
2000: O Brother, Where Art Thou? - A Mississippi Odyssey (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
2000: The Cell
2003: Three Ladies Undercover (She Spies, an episode)
2005: Forbidden Warrior
2005: Mosquito Man ( Mansquito , TV movie)
2005: Football fever - Penalty for Daddy (Kicking & Screaming)
2005: What's Up, Scarlet?
2006: Project Spymate - secret monkey in action (Spymate)
2006: Monster Night
2007: Say It in Russian
2007: Planet Raptor - Attack of the killer dinosaurs (Planet Raptor, TV movie)
2008: College Vampiers
2009: Transylmania
2009: Breaking Point - Hope dies first (Breaking Point)
2010: Napoleon: Total War (Napoleonic)
2010: Johnny
2012: Under the Bed - It's lurking in the dark (Under the Bed)
2013: 5 Hour Friends
2016: $ elfie Shootout
2017: Shine - The Path into Light (Shine)
2017: The Heatred
TV Shows
1991–1992: Super Force (seven episodes)
1994: Murder is her hobby ( Murder, She Wrote , episode The Dying Game )
1994–1995: Life and Me ( Boy Meets World , two episodes)
1996: Diagnosis: Murder ( Diagnosis Murder , episode Murder by the Book )
1996: Viper (episode MiG-89 )
1997: Highlander (episode The Valkyrie )
1997: Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer , episode Teacher's Pet )
1997: Babylon 5 (episode Between the Darkness and the Light )
1997: Sindbads Abenteuer ( The Adventures of Sinbad , episode The Voyage to Hell )
1997/2000: Pensacola - wings made of steel ( Pensacola: Wings of Gold , two episodes)
1998: The Sentinel ( The Sentinel , episode Das Shang Syndrome )
1998: The Shadow Warriors ( Soldier of Fortune, Inc. , episode Top Event )
1999: Star Trek: Spaceship Voyager ( Star Trek: Voyager , episode Das Generationschiff )
2000: Xena - The Warrior Princess ( Xena: Warrior Princess , episode Amphipolis Under Siege )
2000: Secret Agent Man (three episodes)
2000/2003: Stargate - Command SG-1 ( Stargate SG-1 , two episodes)
2001: VIP - Die Bodyguards ( VIP , episode Val's Big Bang )
2002: Son of the Beach (episode Hamm Stroker's Suck My Blood )
2003: She Spies - Drei Ladies Undercover (episode Damsels in De-Stress )
2003: Frasier (episode High Holidays )
2004: Bold and the Beautiful ( The Bold and the Beautiful , a series)
2010: Navy CIS ( NCIS , episode Broken Arrow )
2016: Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (TV series, episode)
2017: Hawaii Five-0 (TV series, one episode)
Web links
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