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...as Nevala
Valerie Wildman (born 6 August 1953; age 70) played the role of Nevala in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Message in a Bottle".
Her uniform, which was later worn by Marilyn Blizzard, was sold on It's A Wrap! sale and auction for $1,475.01. [1]
1980s Origins
Wildman made her film debut in the 1984 Ron Howard directed Splash with Patrick Cronin, Clint Howard and Bill Smitrovich. Wildman followed this debut with the 1985 Cold War drama The Falcon & the Snowman with Jerry Hardin. Wildman appeared in the 1986 war film Salvador with Tony Plana and fellow VOY guest star John Savage. That same year Wildman returned to comedy in Blake Edwards:A Fine Mess alongside James Cromwell, Castulo Guerra, Darryl Henriques, Keye Luke and Paul Sorvino. Henriques and Wildman shared in the box office success of their next film, the Jerry Bruckheimer/Don Simpson produced, Tony Scott directed Beverly Hills Cop 2(1987) joining Ronny Cox, John Hostetter, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr. and Dean Stockwell. Towards the twilight of the 1980s, Wildman took her first telefilm roles. All in 1988 beginning with Justin Case with Molly Hagan, Richard McGonagle and Kenneth Tigar, Deadline:Madrid with Marta Dubois and finally in Break of Dawn, Wildman reunited with Tony Plana & they worked with Kamala Dawson.
Career Growth in the 1990s
Wildman took her first big screen roll in the sexually-themed police thriller Internal Affairs(1990) with Victoria Dillard and Marco Rodriguez. That same year was the Mafia comedy My Blue Heaven with Ellen Albertini Dow, Ed Lauter and Joel Polis. Wildman took her first Sci-Fi role in Neon City with Monte Markham and Dangerous Women with Paul Carr and Leonard Kelly-Young both in 1991. The next film in which Wildman appeared was Josh & S.A.M. with Raye Birk, Ronald Guttman, Brent Hinkley and Don McManus. Wildman was surrounded my many Trek alumni in 1995's My Family, Mi Familia teamed with Scott Bakula, Bibi Besch, Bruce Gray, Paul Robert Langdon and Benito Martinez
External links
- ValerieWildman.com - official site
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- Valerie Wildman at SpeedReels.com