
Brenda James
Biography
Star and monster of the Cult Classic "Slither" Brenda James started out as a 1980's commercial actress in Los Angeles. She was cast as a regular in one of the very first cable sit-coms "Safe at Home" for Ted Turner's network. Brenda spent decades either in guest star roles, like the pregnant murderer in "The Practice" or screaming in slasher movies like "Cutting Class" where she starred along with Brad Pitt in his first feature. Not only did Brenda James play the "Brenda Blob" for James Gunn but she worked in the MTV boy band series "2Gether" as sleazy manager, Liz Porter, produced and written by Brian Gunn and Mark Gunn. Touring Europe as Agnes in "Agnes of God" was one of her career highlights as well as being the inspiration in "Patriot Games" for Harrison Ford to bring back a crucial memory that twists the plot for the entire movie conclusion. The 2000's brought Brenda James into the sci-fi genre where she played Dr. Katie Brown the horticultural love interest for David Hewlett's character Rodney McKay. She worked alongside Anthony Michael Hall and Ally Sheedy in the Breakfast Club themed cliff hanger episodes of "The Dead Zone."
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Dorothea as Dorothy Miller
2006Slither as Brenda Gutierrez
2005Jenifer as Ruby
2005Masters of Horror as Ruby
2005Paper Moon Affair as Lucinda Staub
2005The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants as Barbara the Tailor
2005Saving Milly as Mary
2004Stargate Atlantis as Dr. Katie Brown
2004The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie as Virginia
2003Red Rover as Diane
2003The Stranger Beside Me as Margo
2002The Barber as Sally
2002Taken
2002Taken as Dr. Ellen Greenspan
2002American Dreams as Bonnie Pratt
2002The Dead Zone as Erin Moore
2001L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve as Morten
2001The Attic Expeditions as Nurse One
2001The Lone Gunmen as Publicist
2000Dark Angel as Valerie Cale
20002gether: The Series as Liz Porter
1999Nice Guys Sleep Alone as Kate
1998First Wave as Rae
1998Safe House as Asthma Girl Interviewee
1998The Man in the Iron Mask as Lucille
1997The Practice as Carrie Novak
1995The Outer Limits as Marcy Newhall
1992Patriot Games as Secretary
1991The Channeler as Blair
1991Stone Cold as Marie
1989Cutting Class as Colleen









