Template:Realworld Marijane Cole is an actress and stuntwoman who appeared in several episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise and also worked as stand-in on the series. She received no credit for her appearances but is listed on the call sheets of the episodes. She filmed her scenes for "Broken Bow" on 5 June 2001 on Paramount Stage 18.
Cole attended the Edgewater High School in Orlando, Florida and graduated from the Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. During this time she was an active swimmer, tennis, volleyball, softball, basketball, and badminton player and a member of the Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Association for two seasons. Cole also studied acting at the Samford University and later under coaches Debbie McLeod and John Lewis. Jim Vickers trained her film fighting and she also trained sword play and at the Pro Drivers Association.
In 1992, Cole worked for Dennis Madalone as stunt double and stand-in for actress Teri Garr on the science fiction comedy Mom and Dad Save the World. Fellow Trek stunt performers Lynn Salvatori, Tim Trella, Warren A. Stevens, Lincoln Simonds, Rex Pierson, Frank Orsatti, John Nowak, Tom Morga, Pat McGroarty, Alan Marcus, Alan Oliney, Irving E. Lewis, Ken Lesco, Gene LeBell, Dan Koko, Rosine "Ace" Hatem, Christopher Doyle, B.J. Davis, Mitchell R. Danton, George Colucci, Tony Cecere, Chuck Borden, and Christine Anne Baur also worked on this film. Also in 1992 she performed stunts as a pro volleyball player in an episode of Tequila & Bonetti. Stunt coordinator was Diamond Farnsworth while the episode featured series regular Charles Rocket.
She was one of the stunt doubles for Daryl Hannah on the science fiction drama Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman in 1993; Patricia Tallman and Maria R. Kelly also worked as doubles for Hannah. In 1994 she worked for Ernie Orsatti on the television thriller Shattered Image in which she doubled leading actress Bo Derek and portrayed the featured part of FBI agent Hamilton. John Savage, Michael Harris, and Kevin Brophy were among the cast while Noon Orsatti performed stunts. Beside doubling actress Joan Allen in Oliver Stone's drama Nixon in 1995, Cole appeared in an 1996 episode of General Hospital as a prisoner and worked as stunt double for Elizabeth Marvel on the crime series The District, coordinated by Corey Eubanks, as double for Sarah Hagan on four episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002-2004), as double for Elaine Hendrix on Charmed (2004, with Trampas Thompson and stunt coordinator Noon Orsatti), as double for Stephanie Romanov on Angel, coordinated by Mike Massa, and as double for Leslie Bibb on Crossing Jordan (2006, with Mark Muñoz).
Cole appeared in three episodes of the science fiction comedy series 3rd Rock from the Sun, in 1996, 1998, and 2000. The first episode featured Trek actor Wayne Thomas Yorke and the second one Kathleen Garrett.
Further film work include the part of a bitchy bridesmaid in the independent film Jeremy's Egg (1999), utility stunts in the comedy The Hot Chick (2002) and stunt doubling for Daryl Hannah in the drama The Job (2003) and in the horror film Shark Swarm (2008, with Kevin Derr, Bevin Kaye, and Darlene Ava Williams). More recently she was interviewed for the documentary Tell Me About... (2009) along with Enterprise actor Joe Davis.
Beside her work on film and television Cole portrayed Vicki Vale in a Batman live stunt spectacular show at Magic Mountain and Cher for a Barry Manilow New Year Special at the Universal Amphitheatre. Her sports skills also snatched her roles in commercials for Health Net, Reebok, Miller Lite Beer, Arcoxia Pain Reliever, and in a Body Blade informercial. Cole is a member of the Stunt Academy, the Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Hollywood Divers, and the Sunken Treasure Society.
Star Trek appearances
Stand-in work
- ENT: "Oasis" - stand-in for Annie Wersching
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