Jane Badler is an American-Australian actress and singer. She is known for her role as Diana, the main antagonist in NBC's science fiction series V between 1983 and 1985. Following this she had roles in the primetime soap opera Falcon Crest and the 1988 revival of Mission: Impossible, the latter of which was filmed in Australia which has since become Badler's home. She has also become an established nightclub singer in Australia, where she still resides, and has released three albums.
Badler was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her family is Jewish. Badler spent her teen years in Great Neck, New York, moving to Manchester, New Hampshire, when she was in high school. When Badler was 18, her father and brother were killed in a plane crash.
Badler won the title Miss New Hampshire and competed at the 1973 Miss America Pageant. Subsequently, she enrolled at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, to study drama.
Date of Birth | 31st December 1953 |
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Age | 70 Years |
Zodiac Sign | Capricorn |
Country | United States of America |
Current City | Brooklyn |
Birth Place | Brooklyn |
Religion | Judaism |
Nationality | United States of America |
Citizenship | United States of America |
Education |
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Northwestern University School of Communication, Northwestern University, Manchester Central High School |
Instruments | voice |
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Occupation | singer, beauty pageant contestant, television actor, film actor, stage actor, model |