Heidi Lenhart

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| name = Heidi Lenhart

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| othername = Heidi Saban
Heidi Stills

| yearsactive = 1988-2009

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{{marriage|Robin Dunne|2002|2005|end=divorced}}
{{marriage|Chris Stills|2006|2011|end=divorced}}

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| children = 2

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| mother = Cheryl Saban

| family = Tifanie Lenhart Chaney (sister)
Haim Saban (step-father)

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Heidi Lenhart is a former American actress best known for her lead role in the Au Pair film series and the sitcom California Dreams, and for her anime dubbing work under the name Melody Lee (sometimes spelled Melodee Lee), in particular in El Hazard: The Magnificent World and El Hazard: The Wanderers.

Family

Lenhart is the daughter of Cheryl Saban and Ray Lenhart, a disc jockey. She has an older sister, Tifanie, who is a voice actress. Neither Lenhart nor her sister have a relationship with their birth father.{{Cite web|last=Ephron|first=Amy|title=Cheryl Saban Turns Her Artistry to Glass Blowing|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/cheryl-saban-turns-her-artistry-to-glass-blowing|access-date=2020-09-16|website=Vogue|date=9 April 2018 |language=en-us}}

Acting career

Lenhart was an original cast member as Jenny Garrison in the NBC teen comedy series California Dreams. She was written out of the show at the beginning of the second season when the show decided to focus on the band rather than the Garrison family.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/remember-TV-65761.aspx|title=I remember a TV show that I ...|date=13 April 2006|publisher=|accessdate=20 November 2017}} Lenhart later went to star as Suzanne Carson in the syndicated television drama Fame L.A. from 1997 to 1998,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&q=Heidi+Lenhart+Fame+L.A.&pg=PA324|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed.|first=Vincent|last=Terrace|date=12 November 2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786486410|accessdate=20 November 2017|via=Google Books}} and had a recurring role in the final season of Fox prime time soap opera Beverly Hills, 90210 (2000).

In film, Lenhart played the leading role of Jennifer "Jenny" Morgan in Au Pair (1999), and its two sequels Au Pair II: The Fairytale Continues (2002), and Au Pair 3: Adventure in Paradise (2009).

Philanthropy career

Lenhart served as a board member for her mother's non-profit, the Cheryl Saban Self-Worth Foundation for Women and Girls, as a parenting, health and wellness, and education advocate and subsequently was named a director of the organization.{{Cite web|title=Cheryl Saban Self Worth Foundation For Women and Girls|url=https://www.grantmakers.io/profiles/v0/264200302-cheryl-saban-self-worth-foundation-for-women-and-girls/|access-date=2021-07-31|website=Grantmakers.io|language=en}}

Personal life

In 2002, Lenhart married actor Robin Dunne, with whom she co-starred in Au Pair II: The Fairytale Continues. They divorced in 2005. Lenhart subsequently married actor-musician Chris Stills in 2006, with whom she has two daughters.{{Cite web|date=August 26, 2011|first=Marty|last=McFly|title=Celebrity Real Estate: Heidi Saban Stills Lists Encino Home for $3.58 Million; Former Home of Melissa Joan Hart and Adam Venit, Talent Agent for Adam Sandler|url=http://sanfernandovalleyblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/celebrity-real-estate-heidi-saban.html|access-date=2020-09-16}} Lenhart filed for divorce in 2011.{{Cite web|title=Heidi Saban Stills vs Christopher Stephen Stills|url=https://unicourt.com/case/ca-la2-heidi-saban-stills-vs-christopher-stephen-stills-856094|access-date=2020-09-16|website=UniCourt|language=en}} She writes poetry and lives in a suburb of Los Angeles.{{Cite web|title=Heidi Saban's Profile|url=https://profile.typepad.com/1214283011s32525|access-date=2021-07-31|website=profile.typepad.com}}{{Cite web|title=Animal Kingdom|url=https://thequietwords.typepad.com/blog/2015/09/animal-kingdom.html|access-date=2021-07-31|website=The Quiet Words}}

Filmography

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Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1987 \| Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise \| Riqunni Nonderaiko \| Anime film; Credited as Melody Lee
1988 \| Perfect Victims \| Young Model \|
1988 \| Noozles \| Sandy Brown \| Anime series
1988 \| Little Women \| Josephine March \| Anime series
1990 \| The Girl Who Came Between Them \| Betty \| rowspan="2" \| Television film
1990 \| A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder \| The Neighbor
1991 \| A Christmas Adventure \| Voice \| Anime film{{cite web \|title=A Christmas Adventure \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr0C3qib6nY \|website=YouTube \|access-date=12 January 2022 \|date=3 December 2021}}
1992-1994 \| California Dreams \| Jenny Garrison \| Series regular, 16 episodes Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a New Television Series Nominated — Young Artist Award for Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Youth Series or Variety Show
1994 \| Shadow of Obsession \| Patty Abruzzi \| rowspan="2" \| Television film
1994 \| Blindfold: Acts of Obsession \| Young Girl
1994 \| Creepy Crawlers \| Additional Voices \| Animated Series; Credited as Melodee Lee
1994 \| Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills \| Gail \| Television film
1994 \| Moldiver \| Agent Sayuri \| OVA; Credited as Melody Lee
1994 \| Trigger Fast \| Lucille \|
1995 \| Deadly Sins \| Marie \| Television film
1995 \| Orguss 02 \| Natamura \| OVA; Credited as Melodee Lee
1995 \| El Hazard: The Magnificent World \| Afura Mann \| rowspan="2" \| OVA; Credited as Melody Lee
1996 \| Hyper Doll \| Mew Fumizuki
1996-1997 \| The Why Why Family \| Voice \| 25 episodes
1996-1997 \| Eagle Riders \| Voice \| 65 episodes
1996 \| Maybe This Time \| Monique \| Episode: "St. Valentine's Day Massacre"
1996 \| The Burning Zone \| Arla McKee \| Episode: "Night Flight"
1997 \| El Hazard: The Wanderers \| Afura Mann \| Series; Credited as Melody Lee
1997 \| Red Meat \| Mia \|
1997 \| Silk Stalkings \| Sarah \| Episode: "The Babysitter"
1997 \| Pacific Blue \| Sheila Brighton \| Episode: "Rumplestiltskin"
1997 \| Born Bad \| Laura \|
1997-1998 \| Fame L.A. \| Suzanne Carson \| Series regular, 21 episodes
1998 \| Addams Family Reunion \| Melinda Adams \| Television film
1999 \| Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane \| Subway Girl \| Episode: "Down and Out at Bleeker and Houston"
1999 \| Au Pair \| Jennifer "Jenny" Morgan \| Television film
1999 \| Little Men \| Isabelle McGregor \| 2 episodes
1999 \| The Pretender \| Shea / Carrie Goltz \| Episode: "Extreme"
2000 \| Beverly Hills, 90210 \| Ellen \| 6 episodes
2000 \| Final Ascent \| Beth \| rowspan="2" \| Television film
2002 \| Au Pair II: The Fairytale Continues \| Jennifer "Jenny" Morgan
2002 \| Crocodile 2: Death Swamp \| Mia Bozeman \|
2009 \| Au Pair 3: Adventure in Paradise \| Jennifer "Jenny" Morgan \| Television film

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Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1987

| Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise

| Riqunni Nonderaiko

| Anime film; Credited as Melody Lee

1988

| Perfect Victims

| Young Model

1988

| Noozles

| Sandy Brown

| Anime series

1988

| Little Women

| Josephine March

| Anime series

1990

| The Girl Who Came Between Them

| Betty

| rowspan="2" | Television film

1990

| A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder

| The Neighbor

1991

| A Christmas Adventure

| Voice

| Anime film{{cite web |title=A Christmas Adventure |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr0C3qib6nY |website=YouTube |access-date=12 January 2022 |date=3 December 2021}}

1992-1994

| California Dreams

| Jenny Garrison

| Series regular, 16 episodes
Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a New Television Series
Nominated — Young Artist Award for Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Youth Series or Variety Show

1994

| Shadow of Obsession

| Patty Abruzzi

| rowspan="2" | Television film

1994

| Blindfold: Acts of Obsession

| Young Girl

1994