Lena Banks

Lena Banks was born on Mar 21, 1953 in USA. Lena Banks's big-screen debut came with Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country directed by Nicholas Meyer in 1991. Lena Banks is known for Ed Wood directed by Tim Burton, Johnny Depp stars as Ed Wood and Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi. The upcoming new movie Lena Banks plays is VANish which will be released on Sep 30, 2016.

Lena is an independent producer who secures finances for films with known talent attached.A Screen Actors Guild member since 1991, Lena Banks worked on over 125 projects and turned to production and helping scriptwriters in 1993. From beginners to professionals she's Hollywood's Best Kept Secret - a key Gatekeeper for some of the biggest names in Hollywood. The privacy of her clients and their projects is of the utmost importance.She holds a BA degree in Political Science from Florida Atlantic University and attended classes at UCLA. She worked in Sen. Ted Kennedy's office in Washington D.C. before she moved to Hollywood in January 1991.A premonition came true when she was chosen to play the Federation President's Assistant on Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, which then landed her three years on Star Trek: The Next Generation as a Starfleet Engineer. Being part of the Star Trek 'family' has been an honor and opened many doors.On all the film and TV projects she worked on she devoured every single detail of the industry. She drove a stunt car in Terminator where she studied James Cameron's every move. On the Ed Wood and Batman Returns sets she studied every facet of Tim Burton's unique directing style and Johnny Depp's brilliant performance. On Reservoir Dogs she learned from Quentin Tarantino. The list of those she learned from is extensive. She talked with and learned from the greats like Jack Lemmon, Harrison Ford, Danny DeVito, Christopher Walken, Don Ameche, Jack Nicholson, Nicholas Meyer, William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Tippi Hedren, Judd Apatow, Russell T. Davies, Bruce Willis, Jim Carrey, Stephen Hawking (while on Star Trek), to only name a few.Lena turned to freelancing her scriptwriter's services in 1995. She brings first hand insight to her teaching as a Lee Strasberg Institute trained actress as well.Her close association with Aaron Spelling's brilliance as a writer and TV show creator is unsurpassed.For quantum creativity she provides services as The Hollywood Muse.