Liza Lapira

A talented actress who you've seen in numerous genre shows and films...though you may not realize it!
She's been a supporting player on several genre shows simultaneously!
One of them, NCIS, finally gave her a showcase two-parter.
Unfortunately, they also killed her off...😢
She's currently co-starring in the reboot of The Equalizer as Melody "Mel" Bayani!

Genre Credits Include...

Nancy Drew  (Victoria Fan)

NCIS: New Orleans "Crab Mentality"

Angel from Hell "Pilot"

Battle Creek (Detective Jacocks)

Repo Men aka Reposession Mambo (Alva)

Fast and Furious (Agent Sophie Trinh)

DollHouse (Ivy)

NCIS (Michelle Lee)

Cloverfield (Heather)

Dexter (Yuki Amado)

Law & Order (Jenny Lu)

Check out...

Equalizer Cast Member Page

Instagram

Twitter

Tamlyn Naomi Tomita

Before becoming an actress, teen Tamlyn Naomi Tomita won the title of Queen of the Nisei Week Pageant in Los Angeles and Miss Nikkei International.
She made her acting debut in Karate Kid Part II. On the film she met long-time actress Nobu McCarthy, also a former beauty queen. The veteran actress became a role model, mentor and close friend to Tamlyn, making it especially difficult when, in 2002, Nobu passed away unexpectedly while the two performers were shooting Gaijin 2 on location in Brazil.
Tamlyn's noted for playing emotionally-intense, conflicted, characters.

Trivia:
Had she continued in the role of Laurel Takashima on Babylon 5, it would have been revealed that she was the Psi Corps "sleeper agent" responsible for the attempted assassination of Ambassador Kosh in the pilot. (Instead, the actual assassin was revealed as a guest-star character, and the idea of making a regular character a mind-controlled agent was transferred to Talia Winters.)
It's implied that Dr. Linda Kimura in Criminal Minds "Amplification" is actually Dr. Kimberly Shiroma from Burning Zone, including her knowledge of covert biological experiments and the line "It's been years since I've worn one of these!" (referring to a hazmat suit).
She's currently in Star Trek: Picard as Commodore Oh, a Vulcan Starfleet officer revealed to be a Romulan spy!
Genre appearances include...

Star Trek: Picard (Commodore/General Oh)

Man in the High Castle (Tamiko Wantanabe)

Law & Order: LA (Medical Examiner Nishizawa)

Tekken (Jun Kazama)
Mentalist "BloodShot"
CSI: Miami "Seeing Red"
Criminal Minds "Amplification" (Dr. Linda Kimura)
The Eye [2008] (Mrs. Cheung)
Heroes (Ishi Nakamura)
Stargate SG-1 / Stargate Atlantis (Ambassador Shen Xiaoyi)
Womens' Murder Club "Maybe Baby"
24 (Jenny Dodge)
Eureka (Kim Anderson/Kim Anderson Clone)
Pandemic (Melissa Lo)
Threat Matrix "Under the Gun"
The Shield "Pilot"
The Agency (Elizabeth)
FreakyLinks "Subject: the Final Word"
JAG (Lt. Cmdr. Tracy Manetti)
James Bond 007: NightFire [VG] (Makiko Hayashi)
Highlander "Samurai"
Day After Tomorrow (Janet Tokada)
Runaway Virus (Monique Chao)
Robot Stories (Marcia)
Burning Zone (Dr. Kimberly Shiroma)
Babylon 5 "The Gathering" (Lieutenant Commander Laurel Takashima)
Last Man on Planet Earth (Agent Kara Hastings)
Killing Jar (Diane Sanford)
Murder She Wrote "Death in Hawaii"
Vanishing Son (Lan Chi)
Time Trax "Return of the Yakuza"
Quantum Leap "Temptation Eyes: February 1, 1985"
Raven (Kim Tanaka)
Check out...
Tamlyn's FaceBook page

Fantastic Femmes on "The Carrie Dairies"

The prequel series to Sex and the City premieres tonight on the CW featuring two Fantastic Femmes!

Freema Ageyman as Carrie's mentor, Larissa Loughton

 Ellen Wong as Carrie's best friend, Jill "Mouse" Thompson

Indira Varma

It's fascinating how many British actresses are appearing in US tv series, usually using very-well done American accents.
Not Indira Varma.
She may do upper-crust. She may do Cockney. She may do Desi. But she doesn't do American.
She does do a helluva lot of genre, though!
From her current stint on Game of Thrones to several major BBC sci-fi and detective series, Indira's made herself known both for her acting versatility and her sheer on-screen presence, including tastefully-done nude scenes in the cable series Rome and feature film Kama Sutra: a Tale of Love. (Hey, I'm only human!)

Genre appearances include...
Game of Thrones (Ellaria Sand)
World Without End [2012] (Mattie Wise)

Human Target (Ilsa Pucci)

Quatermass Experiment[2005] (Judith Carroon)

Inspector Lynley Mysteries "In the Blink of an Eye"

Bones "Yanks in the UK"

Law & Order: Criminal Intent "Assassin"

Basic Instinct 2 (Denise Glass)

Torchwood (Suzie Costello)

Luther (Zoe Luther)

Hustle (DCI Lucy Britford)

Check out..

Wait!

There are NO sites dedicated to this talented and beautiful actress?

If anyone knows of one, please contact me. I'll be more than happy to list it!

Other actresses to play Judith Caroon include...
Isabel Dean in Quatermass Experiment [1953]
Margia Dean in Quatermass Xperiment aka Creeping Unknown
Note: the two Deans are not related.

Jeannine Kaspar

"There are no small parts, only small actors."
Meet Jeannine Kaspar, a talented actress who proves the adage.
With just two appearances on Nip/Tuck and a minor role in Iron Man, she grabbed my attention.
Then I saw Paper Covers Rock on Sundance Channel!
WOW!
Let this lady loose on the screen and magic happens!
I'm not a "chik flik" fan by any measure, but I watched this one start-to-finish.
Keep an eye on her.

Genre appearances include...
Iron Man(Flight Attendant)
Five Hours South (Paola)
FenceWalker (Cathy)
After the Snow (June)
In Plain Sight "When Mary Met Marshall"
Death of an Agent (Sara Johnson)
Absolute Trust (Model)
Law & Order: SVU "Uncle"

Check out...
Jeannine Kaspar (Official Site)