Underappreciated Actors: Jenette Goldstein
Filed Under (Movies) by admin on 27-04-2009
Tagged Under : Aliens, James Cameron, Jenette Goldstein, Underappreciated Actors
This particular underappreciated actor is a woman who has proven herself so capable that she is turned to with regularity by James Cameron to fill notable female roles in his films.
Jenette Goldstein first rose to prominence in the 1986 action classic Aliens, in a cast that also included Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Paul Reiser and Mark Rolston, several of these names also fellow underappreciated actors.
While this group made up quite possibly the single toughest military platoon in movie history, it was Goldstein who would set the James Cameron mold for the muscular military-trained female ultrasoldier, an archetype that would he would revisit with a buffed-up Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2. Of course, the movie would not have been complete without Goldstein, who was cast as John Connor’s stepmother.
Cameron would again turn to Goldstein in the Best Picture winner Titanic, and across these three roles, Goldstein would prove herself to be a true character actor. Addition or subtraction of a tan and an accent and she could convincingly cross the divide between Mexican marine and white trash ginger stepmom. If you weren’t watching closely or checking the credits, you would never think it was the same person, and that is what solid acting is all about.
Like virtually all great underappreciated actors, Goldstein would on a Star Trek uniform. It’s almost a requirement to be part of this exclusive club. Like several others in the club she would also guest star on 24 and Alias. Other notable film and TV appearances include ER, L.A. Law, The Presidio and Lethal Weapon 2.
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