Acting credits
31
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Brenda James
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.9
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Movies: 19Series: 12
TMDB ID: 77898
IMDb ID: nm0416319
Known for: Acting
Place of birth: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1984 - 2025
Years active: 42
Average TMDB rating: 6.65
Also known as
Brenda Lynn Klemme • Brenda Klemme
Biography
Star and monster of the Cult Classic "Slither" Brenda James started out as a 1980's commercial actress in Los Angeles. She was cast as a regular in one of the very first cable sit-coms "Safe at Home" for Ted Turner's network. Brenda spent decades either in guest star roles, like the pregnant murderer in "The Practice" or screaming in slasher movies like "Cutting Class" where she starred along with Brad Pitt in his first feature. Not only did Brenda James play the "Brenda Blob" for James Gunn but she worked in the MTV boy band series "2Gether" as sleazy manager, Liz Porter, produced and written by Brian Gunn and Mark Gunn. Touring Europe as Agnes in "Agnes of God" was one of her career highlights as well as being the inspiration in "Patriot Games" for Harrison Ford to bring back a crucial memory that twists the plot for the entire movie conclusion. The 2000's brought Brenda James into the sci-fi genre where she played Dr. Katie Brown the horticultural love interest for David Hewlett's character Rodney McKay. She worked alongside Anthony Michael Hall and Ally Sheedy in the Breakfast Club themed cliff hanger episodes of "The Dead Zone."
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Brenda James.
Dorothea
as Dorothy Miller
2025 Movie
6.5
Slither
as Brenda Gutierrez
2006 Movie
5.9
Jenifer
as Ruby
2005 Movie
3.8
Paper Moon Affair
as Lucinda Staub
2005 Movie
6.5
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
as Barbara the Tailor
2005 Movie
4.5
Saving Milly
as Mary
2005 Movie
7.2
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
as Virginia
2004 Movie
5.9
Red Rover
as Diane
2003 Movie
6.0
The Stranger Beside Me
as Margo
2003 Movie
5.6
The Barber
as Sally
2002 Movie
5.6
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
as Morten
2001 Movie
5.0
The Attic Expeditions
as Nurse One
2001 Movie
5.2
Nice Guys Sleep Alone
as Kate
1999 Movie
6.2
Safe House
as Asthma Girl Interviewee
1998 Movie
5.2
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Lucille
1998 Movie
6.7
Patriot Games
as Secretary
1992 Movie
3.7
The Channeler
as Blair
1991 Movie
6.1
Stone Cold
as Marie
1991 Movie
5.1
Cutting Class
as Colleen
1989 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Brenda James.
7.1
Masters of Horror
as Ruby • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.0
Stargate Atlantis
as Dr. Katie Brown • 4 eps
2004 Series
7.4
Taken
1 eps
2002 Series
5.1
American Dreams
as Bonnie Pratt • 2 eps
2002 Series
7.3
The Dead Zone
as Erin Moore • 1 eps
2002 Series
6.7
The Lone Gunmen
as Publicist • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.5
Dark Angel
as Valerie Cale • 1 eps
2000 Series
2gether: The Series
as Liz Porter • 10 eps
2000 Series
7.2
First Wave
as Rae • 1 eps
1998 Series
7.6
The Practice
as Carrie Novak • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.7
The Outer Limits
as Marcy Newhall • 1 eps
1995 Series
6.8
It's Your Move
as Girl • 1 eps
1984 Series