Jennifer Cooke


Jennifer Cooke is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Elizabeth Maxwell on the NBC science fiction television series V and as Megan Garris in the slasher film .

Career

She is perhaps best known for her role as the "Star Child", Elizabeth, who is half Human/half Visitor in the 1984 television series V. She also starred in the soap opera Guiding Light as Morgan Richards Nelson from 1981–83. Cooke played "Debbie" on the NBC miniseries A Year in the Life. Her only well-known film role is in the 1986 horror film as Megan. Cooke's only guest appearance on TV is on the HBO series The Hitchhiker.
After appearing in Friday the 13th Part VI, Cooke retired from acting, but is active in the Urantia Brotherhood/Fellowship. She has been married to Celestial Seasonings co-founder Mo Siegel since 1989 and give birth 2 children. She briefly returned to the public eye in 2013 when she was interviewed for Crystal Lake Memories, a retrospective documentary about the Friday the 13th film series, in which she recalled her role in Part VI.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1978Tom and JoannAmy HammilTV pilot
1978Daddy, I Don't Like It Like ThisHelenTV film
1979ABC Afterschool SpecialsRosemaryEpisode: "A Movie Star's Daughter"
1981–1983Guiding LightMorgan Richards Nelson
1984SummerMelinda DansonTV special
1984Gimme an 'FPam Bethlehem
1984–1985VElizabeth Maxwell19 episodes
1985CovenantAlexandra NobleTV film
1985The HitchhikerEleanor ShepardEpisode: "Man's Best Friend"
1986'Megan Garris
1986A Year in the Life''Debbie NesbitTV miniseries