Lena Banks Lena Banks is the actress , model , scriptwriter and teacher who worked as regular background actress on the last three seasons of . She also appeared in the two and and the pilot episode of , . Banks filmed her first scenes for " The Next Generation " on Wednesday on Paramount Stage 9 . She was also on set the following day when the cast and crew learned about the death of Gene Roddenberry . Most of her scenes from " Star Trek VI " were cut from the final aired version and only scenes with her in the background remained in the final film . As one of the regular background performers on the TNG sets , Banks was scheduled to appear in engineering scenes in the fifth season episode according to the call sheets but was not part of the final episode . Her operations division Starfleet uniform was one of the items sold on the It ' s A Wrap ! sale and auction on eBay . Life and career . Banks attended the Broward Community College in Fort Lauderdale , Florida and graduated in Associate of Arts and Psychology . She then spent a summer session in Political Science and Government at the UCLA and went to the Florida Atlantic University where she graduated in Political Science and Psychology . In 1992 , she served for five months as staff assistant for Senator Ted Kennedy at his office in Washington D . C . followed by one year and two months as executive assistant for Spelling Television . Between 1997 and 1998 , Banks worked as executive assistant to president Elliot Silverstein at The Artists Rights Foundation . Banks studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute with coaches David Groh and John Matthews . Her drama coach was Paul Garcia , comedy with Nick Anderson and commercial techniques with Shancy Pierce at the TVI . While studying stage acting at the Metropolitan Educational Theatre she appeared in versions of " Annie " , " Music Man " , and " Secret Garden " . She later performed in " Midsummer Night ' s Dream " at Globe Theatre and in " Lysistrata " at the Underground Theater . Beside acting , she is skilled in dance and voice work , and can also be seen in music videos for artists such as and commercials such as the 1994 Miller Lite commercial . Starting in the early 1990s and founding her company Think Tank Inc . in 1996 , Banks has been working as mentor , teacher and muse providing workshops in scriptwriting technique and creativity , Hollywood hand - holding for scriptwriters of all levels , and mentoring for committed scriptwriters . Banks is living in Los Angeles , California , USA and Edinburgh , Scotland , UK and has one daughter , Angelica Banks . Television . Working around five years professionally in film and television productions in Los Angeles , Banks was featured in episodes of " Herman ' s Head " ( 1991 , starring Molly Hagan ) , " Sisters " ( 1991 , directed by James A . Contner , starring Elizabeth Hoffman and Ashley Judd , and with Steve Vinovich and Ron Fassler ) , " Melrose Place " ( 1992 , with Zach Galligan and Simon Templeman ) , " The Ben Stiller Show " ( 1992 , with Andy Dick and Paul Dooley ) , " Mad About You " ( 1992 ) , " Life Goes On " ( 1992 , directed by Kim Friedman and starring Bill Smitrovich ) , " Doogie Howser , M . D . " ( 1993 , with Rif Hutton and Laura Walsh ) , and " Beverly Hills , 90210 " ( 1993 , with Cyril O ' Reilly and Vidal Peterson ) . Beside recurring roles in soaps and series such as " General Hospital " , " Murphy Brown " , " Top of the Heap " ( 1991 , with Leslie Jordan and Rod Arrants ) , and " Picket Fences " ( 1993 ) , she was also featured in " Dr . Quinn , Medicine Woman " ( 1993 , starring Joe Lando , Chad Allen , Erika Flores , Frank Collison , and Helene Udy ) , " Cheers " ( 1993 , starring Kirstie Alley , Kelsey Grammer , and Bebe Neuwirth ) , " Married with Children " ( 1993 ) , " It Had to Be You " ( 1993 ) , " The Secrets of Lake Success " ( 1993 , with Lanei Chapman , Samantha Eggar , Stan Ivar , Liz Vassey , Brian Keith , Ray Wise , Jeff Rector , and James Ingersoll ) , " Lois & Clark : The New Adventures of Superman " ( 1994 , starring Teri Hatcher , Tracy Scoggins , and K Callan and with Michael Cavanaugh and Margot Rose ) , and " Second Chances " ( 1994 , with Ray Wise and Michelle Phillips and cinematography by Lowell Peterson ) . Television movies include the crime drama " Precious Victims " ( 1993 , with Cliff DeYoung , Glenn Morshower , and Darwyn Carson ) , the comedy " The Day My Parents Ran Away " ( 1993 , with Matt Frewer , Brigid Brannagh , Aaron Lustig , Jack Shearer , and John Christian Graas ) , the drama " Broken Promises : Taking Emily Back " ( 1993 , with Tim Ransom , Michael Krawic , and James Harper ) , the drama " Baby Brokers " ( 1994 , with Jeffrey Nordling , Gary Werntz , Scott Jaeck , and Catherine MacNeal ) , the comedy sequel " Revenge of the Nerds IV : Nerds in Love " ( 1994 , with Christina Pickles , Robert Picardo , Stephen Davies , Brian Tochi , James Cromwell , and Bernie Casey ) , the crime drama " Parallel Lives " ( 1994 , with LeVar Burton and Paul Sorvino ) , the short film " Leslie ' s Folly " ( 1994 , with Clara Bryant ) , the drama " Family Album " ( 1994 , with Keone Young , Jeffrey Byron , and Brett Cullen ) , and the drama " The O . J . Simpson Story " ( 1995 , with Darwyn Carson , Martin Cassidy , Richard Fancy , and Bumper Robinson ) . Through her production company Think Tank Inc . , Banks worked as host on the series " Space Today " and " 2 Global Girls Travel " . Film . Throughout her five years in the film business , Banks appeared in a number of movies mostly in featured and background parts . Among these films are the crime drama " Bugsy " ( 1991 , with Robert Beltran and Bebe Neuwirth ) , the thriller " Poison Ivy " ( 1992 , with Time Winters ) , the comedy " The Distinguished Gentleman " ( 1992 , with Victor Rivers , Noble Willingham , Daniel Benzali , Julianna McCarthy , and Dion Anderson ) , ' s crime drama " Hoffa " ( 1992 ) , the comedy " Loaded Weapon 1 " ( 1993 , with William Shatner , James Doohan , F . Murray Abraham , J . P . Hubbell , Charles Napier , and Whoopi Goldberg ) , the comedy " Born Yesterday " ( 1993 ) , the drama " Indecent Proposal " ( 1993 ) , the comedy sequel " Hot Shots ! Part Deux " ( 1993 ) , the action comedy " Last Action Hero " ( 1993 ) , and the thriller " In the Line of Fire " ( 1993 ) . Banks was among the stunt drivers on ' s science fiction sequel " Terminator 2 : Judgment Day " ( 1991 , with Jenette Goldstein ) and appeared in the music drama " The Mambo Kings " ( 1992 , with Jonathan Del Arco , Joycelyn O ' Brien , and Susie Stillwell ) . In ' s comic sequel " Batman Returns " ( 1992 ) , she worked as stand - in for lead actress and filled in as photo double for the " Ice Princess " , played by . In addition , she appeared as one of Cobblepot ' s supporters in a crowd scene along with Brian Demonbreun . And in the 1994 thriller " Color of Night " , Banks can be seen as ' wife on a picture of his desk . Further film work includes the thriller " Dream Lover " ( 1993 , starring Mädchen Amick ) , the western " Geronimo : An American Legend " ( 1993 ) , the comedy " House Party 3 " ( 1994 , with Mikki Val ) , the comedy " I ' ll Do Anything " ( 1994 ) , ' s drama " Reality Bites " ( 1994 , starring Winona Ryder ) , the sport drama " Blue Chips " ( 1994 ) , the thriller " On Deadly Ground " ( 1994 ) , the romance " Angie " ( 1994 ) , the comedy sequel " Naked Gun 33 1 / 3 : The Final Insult " ( 1994 , with Joyce Robinson ) , the sequel " D2 : The Mighty Ducks " ( 1994 ) , the comedy " Cops and Robbersons " ( 1994 ) , the drama " When a Man Loves a Woman " ( 1994 ) , the thriller " Dead Connection " ( 1994 ) , the comic adaptation " The Flintstones " ( 1994 , with Kevin Grevioux ) , the sequel " Beverly Hills Cop III " ( 1994 ) , the thriller " Pentathlon " ( 1994 ) , the action comedy " I Love Trouble " ( 1994 ) , the thriller " Speed " ( 1994 ) , the horror film " Wolf " ( 1994 ) , the fantasy comedy " The Mask " ( 1994 ) , the comic adaptation " The Shadow " ( 1994 ) , the drama " Corrina , Corrina " ( 1994 , with Whoopi Goldberg and Brent Spiner ) , the horror sequel " New Nightmare " ( 1994 , starring Heather Langenkamp ) , the comedy " It ' s Pat " ( 1994 ) , the drama " S . F . W . " ( 1994 ) , the drama " Ed Wood " ( 1994 ) , the comedy " Exit to Eden " ( 1994 , with Iman , Stephanie Niznik , Rosemary Forsyth , Keegan de Lancie , and Rachelle Roderick ) , and the drama " Love Affair " ( 1994 ) . More recently , Banks worked as casting associate and associate producer on Bryan Bockbrader ' s horror thriller " VANish " which will be released in 2015 . Banks also has a supporting role as cell phone neighbor and the film features fellow " Trek " alumni Tony Todd and Joe Davis .