Series: TNG

Character: Diana Giddings, Stand-In for numerous characters

Lorine Mendell is the former actress who portrayed the recurring background character Diana Giddings during the seven year run of Star Trek: The Next Generation. She also served as main stand-in and photo double for actress Gates McFadden on The Next Generation and the seventh feature film Star Trek Generations. Mendell received no on-screen credit for her appearances.

Mendell reprised her role as Diana Giddings for the final episode of Webster, titled “Webtrek”, in 1989. Filmed during the second season of The Next Generation, she shared her bridge scenes with Michael Dorn, James G. Becker, and Dexter Clay as well as Webster star Emmanuel Lewis.

In addition, Mendell worked as stand-in for the following guest stars on The Next Generation:

Marsha Hunt in “Too Short a Season”
Suzie Plakson in “The Schizoid Man”
Pamela Winslow in “Clues” and “In Theory”
Carolyn Seymour in “First Contact”
Susan Gibney in “Galaxy’s Child”
Maryann Plunkett in “Identity Crisis”
Mona Grudt in “Identity Crisis”
Saxon Trainor in “The Nth Degree”
Jennifer Hetrick in “Qpid”
Ann Shea in “The Drumhead”
Majel Barrett in “Half a Life” and “Cost of Living”
Michelle Forbes in “Half a Life”, “Ensign Ro”, “Disaster”, “Conundrum”, “Power Play”, and “The Next Phase”
Barbara March in “Redemption” and “Redemption II”
Ellen Geer in “Silicon Avatar”
Katherine Moffat in “The Game”
Ashley Judd in “The Game”
Joanna Miles in “Unification I”
Harriet Leider in “Unification II”
Denise Crosby in “Unification II”
Shay Garner in “A Matter of Time”
Sheila Franklin in “New Ground”, “The Masterpiece Society”, and “Imaginary Friend”
Dey Young in “The Masterpiece Society”
Patricia Tallman in “Power Play”
Melinda Culea in “The Outcast”
Tracey D’Arcy in “Cost of Living”
Famke Janssen in “The Perfect Mate”
Jennifer Gatti in “Birthright, Part I” and “Birthright, Part II”
Caitlin Brown in “Gambit, Part I” and “Gambit, Part II”

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