Maren Jensen was born in Glendale, California, on September 23, and
has blue eyes and brown hair. The actress majored in theatre arts
during three years at UCLA. She appeared in several college
productions, but admits, "I did absolutely nothing professional,
not even the California equivalent of off-off-off-Broadway." She
did, however, begin a successful modeling career which included
Cosmopolitan and Seventeen magazine covers. When a mutual friend
introduced her to agent Barbara Gale, she was surprised by the
agent's obvious enthusiasm. She was even more surprised when Ms.
Gale started sending her on calls that resulted in two network
commercials and a guest shot on "The Hardy Boys Mysteries." But
even more startling, she recalls, was being signed for a stellar
role in "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA." "It's been an incredible learning
experience," she says. "No matter what you think you're learned in
school, when you face a camera - a real camera - for the first
time, it's different. There's no way to teach what I've absorbed
simply playing scenes with people like Lorne Greene and Ray
Milland." Ms. Jensen comes from a "totally non-theatrical" family.
Her father is a physician and her mother is a membership secretary
with the Los Angeles Zoo. Ms. Jensen is single - and plans to keep
it that way for at least a while - as her career moves rapidly
forward. Her hobbies are "almost all musical," including singing
and playing piano.
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