Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey (born 17 April 1956; age 69) is the actress who played Luisa Kim in the Star Trek: The Next Generation first season episode "Home Soil". She was born in Oahu, Hawaii.
In 1978, Lindsey was named Miss Hawaii and represented her state at the Miss America pageant. [1] The following year, she made her television debut in an episode of Fantasy Island, starring Ricardo Montalban.
In 1982, Lindsey had a brief recurring role as Tiki on Tales of the Gold Monkey, which starred Stephen Collins and Marta Dubois. Perhaps Lindsey's best-known acting role was the recurring character of Mai in China Beach, starring Robert Picardo, Megan Gallagher, Jeff Kober and Concetta Tomei. Other Trek actors Lindsey worked with on this series included Carlos LaCamara, Patrick Massett, Marco Rodríguez, Skip Stellrecht, Cameron Thor, Ned Vaughn, Tom Wright, David Youse and director Michael Ray Rhodes.
Lindsey's other television credits during the 1980s include appearances on Charlie's Angels (1981, directed by Kim Manners and also featuring Joanna Cassidy and Branscombe Richmond), Magnum, P.I. (with Miguel Ferrer), Dynasty (starring Joan Collins and Lee Bergere), Mike Hammer (with Anthony De Longis and Marcy Lafferty), Simon & Simon (1984, written by Alan Brennert and featuring Mary Carver, Michael Keenan and Vladimir Velasco), and Matt Houston (with Phillip Pine, Davis Roberts, Ted Barba and directed by Charles Picerni). She also appeared in the TV movies Challenge of a Lifetime (directed by Russ Mayberry and co-starring Keone Young) and Blood & Orchids (1986, with Merritt Butrick, David Clennon, George Coe, George O'Hanlon, Jr. and James Saito).
In 1990, Lindsey was seen in the NBC TV movie Last Flight Out with Dion Anderson, Rosalind Chao, Molly Hagan and Keone Young. In 1994, Lindsey had a recurring role on The Byrds of Paradise. She also appeared on Life Goes On (starring Bill Smitrovich, with Robert Pine) and made an appearance on Fantasy Island, starring Malcolm McDowell and Mädchen Amick. In addition, she appeared in Bulworth (1998, with Deborah Lacey, Sarah Silverman and Paul Sorvino) and had a supporting role in The Corruptor (1999). She was also co-writer and director of the 1996 short documentary Then There Were None, which told how modern culture has affected indigenous Hawaiian traditions and populations. Her most recent on-screen acting work was a short film in 2005 called True Love & Mimosa Tea, which also starred fellow Next Generation guest Cary-Hiroyuki.
Lindsey received her PhD in Cultural Anthropology from The Union Institute in 1999. She was also nominated for the institute's prestigious Circle of Scholars Award that same year. [2] Lindsey was the first female National Geographic fellow and the first Polynesian explorer at the National Geographic Society. In 2010, she received the Visionary Award from the United Nations for her contributions in intercultural engagement and understanding including her work with the Dali Lama and with Islands First. [3]
External links[]
- ElizabethLindsey.com – official website
- Elizabeth Lindsey at the Internet Movie Database
- Elizabeth Lindsey's TED Talk Speaker page
- Elizabeth Lindsey at Wikipedia