Marjean Holden

• Name — Marjean Holden • Birth Name — Margaret Jean Holden • Born — 3 November 1964 • Birthplace — Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. • Occupation — Actress, stuntwoman, martial artist, author, director • Years Active — 1985–present • Spouse — Anton Knezevich

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in Vail, Colorado, Holden attended Battle Mountain High School, where she was a hitter on the volleyball team. She attended Northern Arizona University, where she had a volleyball scholarship, and Arizona State University.

Holden made her professional acting debut in 1989 in the feature film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. She has guest-starred in JAG, Tales from the Crypt, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, La Femme Nikita, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Suddenly Susan, and The Steve Harvey Show. She was featured in Steven Spielberg's The Lost World and Jan de Bont's Speed 2: Cruise Control, as well as other films including Philadelphia Experiment II as Jess after Courteney Cox bowed out of the role. Holden is known for such television roles as Arina in the adventure series BeastMaster. Holden played a role as an Earthforce navigator on board the Excalibur, in the Babylon 5 movie Babylon 5: A Call to Arms. In the short-lived Babylon 5 spin-off television series Crusade she served as Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sarah Chambers on the same ship. She appeared as Sheeva in the film Mortal Kombat Annihilation, and starred as Jesse Gavin, an undercover cop specializing in martial arts alongside Cory Everson in Ballistic (1995). In 2023, it was announced that Holden was making her feature film directorial debut. The project will be centered around a group of veteran police officers who go undercover as an '80s rock band to stop a drug kingpin.

Outside of the world of film and television, Holden has worked with combat veterans, and received an award from the Military Order of the Purple Heart in 1996 for "caring about combat-wounded veterans and veterans as a whole". In 1998 she married writer Anton Knezevich, and they have one daughter together.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1989–1990 — A — Nikki — Episode: "Great Expectations" and "Hillman Isn't Through with You Yet" • 1990 — So Proudly We Hail — Harvard Student — TV film • 1990 — Jake and the Fatman — Sarah Fox — Episode: "You Took Advantage of Me" • 1992 — True Colors — Tiffany — Episode: "Half a Man" • 1993 — The — Shantay — Episode: "Bundle of Joy" • 1993 — Where I Live — Karen — Episode: "I Live Where?" • 1993 — Renegade — Lieutenant Sharon Miller / Tigress — Episodes: "Fighting Cage: Parts 1 & 2" • 1994 — The — Gillian — Episode: "The Dog Episode" • 1994 — Wings — Marjean — Episode: "Exclusively Yours" • 1994 — One Woman's Courage — Sandra Widdoes — TV film • 1994 — Tales from the Crypt — Andrea Johnson — Episode: "The Pit" • 1995 — Pointman — Shanda — Episode: "Everything in the World" • 1995 — Hangin' with Mr. Cooper — Doreen — Episode: "Hero" • 1995 — In the House — Rogina — Episode: "Birthday Presence" • 1996 — JAG — Lieutenant Sanford M.D. — Episode: "The Brotherhood" • 1996 — Suddenly Susan — Wendy — Episode: "Hoop Dreams" • 1997 — Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Stolzoff — Episode: "Empok Nor" • 1997 — Pacific Blue — Biggs — Episode: "Only in America" • 1998 — The — Maxine — Episode: "Just My Imagination" • 1999 — Babylon 5: A Call to Arms — Earthforce Navigator — TV film • 1999 — La Femme Nikita — Aurora — Episode: "Hand to Hand" • 1999 — Crusade — Dr. Sarah Chambers — Main role (13 episodes) • 2000–2002 — BeastMaster — Arina — Recurring role (22 episodes) • 2001 — Code Red — Lieutenant Joyce Darwin — TV film • 2009 — ER — Elise Warner — Episode: "T-Minus-6" • 2022 — Garrison7