---
name: "Bess Motta"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bess-motta"
fi1m_id: "bess-motta"
imdb_id: "nm0609477"
tmdb_id: 2715
wikidata_id: "Q4896367"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 February 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:21:55.296144+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bess Motta

## Identity

Bess Motta

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bess-motta
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bess-motta
- **IMDb ID:** nm0609477
- **TMDB ID:** 2715
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4896367
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bess_Motta, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4896367, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0609477/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2715

Actor. Born 10 February 1958 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 February 1958, Woodland Hills, California, USA
- **Also known as:** Bess Motter, Bess Antoinette Motta, Бесс Мотта
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bess_Motta, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4896367, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0609477/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2715

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Terminator*](https://film.one/film/the-terminator.md) (88)

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## Biography

Bess Motta is an American actress, singer and choreographer. She is known for her role as Ginger Ventura, Sarah Connor’s roommate, in James Cameron’s *The Terminator* (1984), in which she performed her own stunts. She was also the lead instructor and choreographer for the Canadian television exercise series *:20 Minute Workout* (1983–1984), which ran in international syndication for many years.

Born in Burbank, California, on 10 February 1958 and raised in Woodland Hills, Motta trained as a competitive ice skater and studied drama from the age of thirteen. She appeared in Los Angeles theatre productions and later took roles in series including *New Monkees* (1987) and *The Home Show*. She has continued working as a voice-over artist.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, bessmotta.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Terminator* (1984), Fi1m 88, as Ginger — [page](https://film.one/film/the-terminator.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Monty* (2016), as Judy Garland
- *Dirty Work* (1998), as Aerobics Instructor (archive footage)
- *Broken Angel* (1988), as Woman at Carwash
- *You Talkin' to Me?* (1987), as Judith Margolis
- *New Monkees* (1987), series, as Rita
- *The Terminator* (1984), as Ginger — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-terminator.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/bess-motta