Dina Meyer


Dina Meyer is an American actress. She began her career appearing in a recurring role on the Fox teen drama series Beverly Hills, 90210, before landing a female leading role opposite Keanu Reeves in the 1995 film Johnny Mnemonic.
Meyer has had starring roles in films Dragonheart, Starship Troopers, Bats, D-Tox, and . She played Detective Allison Kerry in the Saw film franchise. On television, Meyer starred as Barbara Gordon/Oracle/Batgirl in the short-lived The WB series Birds of Prey and was regular on Secret Agent Man and Point Pleasant.

Early life

Meyer was born in Queens, New York, to a Jewish family; her Jewish grandparents were from Austria and Germany. In 1991, she graduated from Long Island University in Brookville, New York with the Bachelor of Business Administration. She trained in acting for three years at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York.

Career

Meyer moved to Los Angeles in 1993 to appear in a recurring role of Lucinda Nicholson in the Fox teen drama series, Beverly Hills, 90210. Shortly afterwards, she was cast as the female lead in the action film Johnny Mnemonic opposite Keanu Reeves. The following year, she starred in the fantasy film Dragonheart directed by Rob Cohen. In early 1997, Meyer had a recurring role as Kate Miller in the NBC sitcom Friends. Later that year, she went to star alongside Casper Van Dien in the science fiction film Starship Troopers directed by Paul Verhoeven. The film underperformed at box-office. The following year, she starred alongside James Caan in the neo-noir film Poodle Springs, which was released on HBO. In 1999, she starred in the horror film Bats, the film was a moderate box office success. In 2002, she starred opposite Sylvester Stallone in the thriller film D-Tox. Also in 2002, Meyer appeared as Romulan Commander Donatra in the science-fiction film '.
In 2000, Meyer starred in the UPN spy drama series Secret Agent Man, which was canceled after one season. From 2002 to 2003, she starred as Barbara Gordon/Oracle/Batgirl in the short-lived The WB superhero series Birds of Prey. She reprised this role in 2019, on the CW series The Flash during "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover. In 2003, she had a recurring role in the Fox comedy-drama Miss Match, and in 2005 was regular cast member in the Fox prime time soap opera, Point Pleasant. Meyer also played the leading roles in the Lifetime television movies Deception, Crimes of Passion, His and Her Christmas, The Boy Next Door, and Web of Desire.
In 2004, Meyer played Detective Allison Kerry in the horror film Saw. She reprised her role in Saw II, Saw III and Saw IV. She later starred in a number of straight-to-video horror films, include Crazy Eights, and
'. She appeared in the 2010 horror-comedy film Piranha 3D and 2017 horror film The Evil Within. In 2013, Meyer appeared in the western film Dead in Tombstone opposite Mickey Rourke. Meyer also played the leading roles in tho more Lifetime Movie Network films, Lethal Seduction as a sexy, psychotic woman determined to get her man, and Flight 192, playing an FBI Agent who is caught between a rock and a hard place when finds out shortly after boarding a flight to Washington, DC, that her husband and son have been taken hostage.
Meyer has made several guest appearances on television series, including Ally McBeal, Six Feet Under, Nip/Tuck, The Mentalist, Castle, NCIS, , and American Horror Story. She had a recurring roles ABC comedy-drama Scoundrels in 2010, and on The CW teen drama 90210 from 2011 to 2012. In 2014, she starred opposite Patrick Warburton and Jesse Bradford in the Crackle series Sequestered. In 2018, she had a recurring roles on SyFy fantasy series The Magicians, as in the fourth season of Showtime’s critically acclaimed drama, The Affair. In 2019, she began appearing in an recurring role in the CW sports drama All American as Gwen Adams, Asher's mother.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games