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Michelle Johnston (born 30 November 1964; age 60) is a professional dancer and choreographer who played a holosuite dancer in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine seventh season episode "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang".

Johnston was born in California and made her first on-screen steps as a background dancer in the early '80s. She appeared in One from the Heart (1982, starring Terri Garr) and Staying Alive (1983, with Kurtwood Smith). In 1985 she got her breakthrough role as Beatrice Anne "Bebe" Benson in A Chorus Line, which also featured Roxann Dawson. This was also her first meeting with choreographer Jeffrey Hornaday, for whom she appeared in the next years in several projects and co-choreographed many as well.

After this step to fame she appeared in Dick Tracy (1990, with Chuck Hicks, Seymour Cassel, Ed O'Ross, John Schuck, Kathy Bates, Paul Sorvino, Colm Meaney, Ed McCready, and Michael J. Pollard), A Gnome Named Gnorm (1990), Showgirls (1995, with Gina Ravarra), The Replacements (2000), and Chicago (2002).

In addition she appeared in Tracey Takes On... (1997, with Alan Altshuld) and American Dreams (2003, with Ethan Dampf), and performed the song "Tame my Heart" in the 1991 independent film California Casanova, for which she also served as choreographer. Other films and television series she has contributed her knowledge as choreographer include Tales from the Crypt (2 episodes in 1990, starring Natalia Nogulich in one), The Girlie Show: Live Down Under (1993), The Odd Couple II (1998), Boomtown (2002-2003, starring Neal McDonough), A Cinderella Story (2004), Mad Men (2007), My Best Friend's Girl (2008) and Another Cinderella Story (2008).

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