Elaine Hendrix

Elaine Hendrix occupies a special category in my mind: the actress who made a one-villain legacy feel like a triumph. Meredith Blake in The Parent Trap should have been a disposable antagonist, yet Hendrix played her with such comic precision, vanity shading into desperation, that audiences eventually re-litigated the character in her favor. That takes real craft. I also appreciate her unglamorous route: a dancer and model from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, grinding through 1990s television films before her break. Performers like her remind me that a single perfectly calibrated supporting role can outlast a dozen forgettable leads.

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Name (English)

Elaine Hendrix

Name (Japanese)

エレイン・ヘンドリックス

Reading

えれいん・へんどりっくす

Born

December 28, 1970 (age 55)

Origin

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States

Occupation

actor / dancer / model / television actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dog

• Official sitehttps://www.elainehendrix.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine%20Hendrix
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271620

Tags

• Tennessee
• actor
• dancer
• model

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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