Biography
Brenda Bakke is an American actress. Born on 15 May 1963 in Klamath Falls, Oregon, she began acting in a Portland stage production of Years Ago at the age of 15. After graduating from Sunset High School near Beaverton in 1981, she moved to Los Angeles to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Bakke made her screen debut in the 1986 film Hardbodies 2 and appeared in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation the following year. She is known for her roles in 1990s films including Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) as Michelle Rodham Huddleston, Gunmen (1994), Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995), Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995), and L.A. Confidential (1997) as Lana Turner.
In later years she has had guest roles in television series such as Grey's Anatomy (2005), Supernatural (2005), The Mentalist (2008) and Colony (2016).
