Age: 50
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, US
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Lanei Chapman
Born: January 23, 1973
Age: 50
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, US
Age: 50
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, US
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Biography
Lanei Chapman (born January 23, 1973) is an American actress. She has appeared in a variety of television series and movies, including as the main cast character Lt. Vanessa Damphousse, in Space: Above and Beyond.
Chapman first appeared on television at the age of 13 in a Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial.[1] She went on to appear in a number of films and television shows, including White Men Can't Jump, Seinfeld, The Wonder Years and China Beach.[2] She made her science fiction television debut in Star Trek: The Next Generation as Ensign Sariel Rager, a recurring character who served as a conn officer in numerous episodes, though she only received an on-screen credit for speaking parts in four episodes.[2][3]She made her debut in the series Space: Above and Beyond during the pilot episode, playing main cast character Lt. Vanessa Damphousse.[1] While filming the pilot and the early part of the series, Chapman was on a leave of absence from a post-graduate film production programme at the University of Southern California.[2]
She initially auditioned with Randy Stone, senior vice-president of talent and casting at Twentieth Century Fox Television, and then two days later with David Nutter, the director of the pilot.[1] By her own admission, the character didn't have a great deal to do in that initial two-part episode, so much so that when she was required to audition, the lines she read were from a different character as they hadn't yet developed Damphousse. The writers took elements of Chapman's own experiences and backstory and wrote it into the new character's as they were developing her.[2] The series was cancelled after one season, despite an organised fan campaign to renew it.[4]
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Personal life
Chapman is a graduate of Dartmouth College with a degree in Spanish.[2] She had originally chosen to major in Drama, but switched part-way through after discovering the extent of the foreign language programme at the college.[1] She also wrote a short play while there, called Home Run,[2] which she sent to actress Chip Fields to appear in and assist Chapman in directing. She is also a qualified teacher in California, and for a short time taught kindergarten until she chose to pursue acting full-time.[1]
Filmography
- Thief
- episode "In the Wind" (as Lanai Chapman) ...
- episode "No Direction Home" (as Lanai Chapman) ... as Sheronda Jones
- Dense (2004) ... as Yvette
- The Division
- episode "Wish You Were Here" (as Lanai Chapman) ... as Prosecutor
- episode "Beyond the Grave" (as Lanai Chapman) ... as District Attorney
- The District ... as Jenny McClure
- episode "Goodbye, Jenny"
- episode "Drug Money"
- Judging Amy ... as Winnie Van Exel
- episode "The Frozen Zone" (as Lanai Chapman)
- episode "Between the Wanting and the Getting (as Lanai Chapman)
- episode "Everybody Falls Down" (as Lanai Chapman)
- Rat Race (2001) ...as Merrill Jennings
- C-16: FBI ... as Angela Robinson
- episode "My Brother's Keeper"
- episode "The Art of War"
- The Pretender
- episode "Under the Reds" ... as Julie Thorton
- Space: Above and Beyond ... as Lt. Vanessa Damphousse
- episode "...Tell Our Moms We Done Our Best"
- episode "And If They Lay Us Down To Rest..."
- episode "Sugar Dirt"
- episode "Stardust"
- episode "R&R
- episode "Pearly"
- episode "Dear Earth"
- episode "Toy Soldiers"
- episode "The Angriest Angel"
- episode "Never No More"
- episode "Level of Necessity"
- episode "Who Monitors the Birds?"
- episode "The River of Stars"
- episode "Choice or Chance"
- episode "Hostile Visit"
- episode "The Enemy"
- episode "Eyes"
- episode "Ray Butts"
- episode "Mutiny"
- episode "Pilot"
- The Secrets of Lake Success ... as Melanie Jones
- Seinfeld ... as Sid Fields' Housekeeper
- episode "The Pilot, Part 2"
- episode "The Old Man"
- The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992) TV Mini Series... Played Katherine's sister, name is unknown.
- Star Trek: The Next Generation ... as Ensign Sariel Rager, a conn officer of the Enterprise-D
- silently played the role in numerous episodes, only received an on-screen speaking credit in four episodes
- episode "Schisms"
- episode "Relics"
- episode "Night Terrors"
- episode "Galaxy's Child"
- Martin
- episode "Things I Do for Love" (voice) ... as Caller #1
- White Men Can't Jump (1992) ... as Lanei
- The Wonder Years
- episode "Kodachrome" ... as Miss Shaw
- The Importance of Being Earnest (1992) ... as Cecily
- China Beach
- episode "Souvenirs" ... as Glitter
- A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story (1989) ... Mary (16 years)
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