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name: "Jennifer Balgobin"
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# Jennifer Balgobin

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 1984–1997

## Biography

Jennifer Balgobin is an actress. She played Debbi in the film *Repo Man* (1984).

Of East Indian descent, she settled in Los Angeles in 1983 and began her acting career. She appeared in three films directed by Alex Cox: *Repo Man* (1984), *Straight to Hell* (1987) and *Repo Chick* (2009). Writer-director John Hughes cast her in *Weird Science* (1985) after seeing her performance in *Repo Man*. She also appeared in *Out of Bounds* (1986) alongside Anthony Michael Hall.

Her other credits include *Cherry 2000* (1987), *Vibes* (1988), *Baby Boom* (1987), *Contact* (1997) as Dr Patel, and television appearances in *ER* (1995), *Babylon 5* (1996–1998) and *Space: Above and Beyond* (1996).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Contact* (1997), Fi1m 76, as Dr. Patel — [page](https://film.one/film/contact.md)
- *Repo Man* (1984), Fi1m 83, as Debbi — [page](https://film.one/film/repo-man.md)

## Also known for

- *Weird Science* (1985), Biker Girl
- *Baby Boom* (1987), Nanny
- *Cherry 2000* (1987), Glory Hole Clerk
- *Beauty and the Beast* (1987), Maria
- *Space: Above and Beyond* (1995), Lt. Price
- *Vibes* (1988), Gloria
- *Clockwatchers* (1997), Attractive Woman (uncredited)
- *Dr. Caligari* (1989), Ramona Lodger

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