Renée Coleman
Born: 1962-01-08 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Known For: Acting
Biography
Renée Coleman (born January 8, 1962) is a Canadian actress who has appeared in several TV shows and movies. She is best known for her role in the NBC TV series Quantum Leap, in which she played the role of Alia, the "evil leaper." Coleman is also known for her role in the 1992 box office hit A League of Their Own as left-fielder and substitute catcher Alice Gaspers,[1] and in Who's Harry Crumb?, as kidnapping-victim Jennifer Downing. Coleman appeared in several more films through the mid-'90s, including Pentathlon (one of her last domestic roles), the Mexican film El Jardín del Edén (1994), the Polish film Gracze (1995), and the Swiss film Waiting for Michelangelo (1995). In 1995, Coleman left the film business and returned to school, where she earned her Mythological Studies doctorate (with an emphasis on Depth Psychology) at Pacifica Graduate Institute in 2002. She currently lives with her husband and their four children in Santa Clarita, California, where she works in a private practice as a certified DreamTender. In August 2012, Coleman's first book, Icons of a Dreaming Heart - The Art and Practice of Dream-Centered Living, was published.
Filmography
1995
- Waiting for Michelangelo as Kelly Hildon
1994
- Pentathlon as Julia Davis
- The Garden of Eden as Jane
1993
- Diagnosis: Murder as Gloria
1992
- Melrose Place as Celeste Campbell
- A League of Their Own as Alice Gaspers (LF/C)
1989
- Quantum Leap as Alia
- Who's Harry Crumb? as Jennifer Downing
1988
- Rocket Gibraltar as Waitress
- After School as September Lane
1987
- Anna as Woman #4 / Woman in Bonnet
1986
- Matlock as Theresa Lavelle / Susie Baron