Cameron


Cameron  is the actress who portrayed Ensign Kellogg during the last four seasons of  and in two . Born Roberta Jean Oppenheimer, she is known only by "Cameron" professionally, and credited as such in all her Star Trek-related appearances. In addition she played some other background parts like a Cardassian, a Klingon and a Prytt. Cameron was also the second unit stand-in and photo double for Gates McFadden's Doctor Beverly Crusher, when McFadden's first unit stand-in Lorine Mendell was unavailable in episodes such as  in which Mendell stood in for guest actress Famke Janssen, in , , , and . She also worked as stand-in for several guest actresses including Gwynyth Walsh in the episodes  and .

On Tuesday , Cameron auditioned for the stand-in part for Seven of Nine actress Jeri Ryan on  along with six other actresses. She was cast and first worked as stand-in for Ryan on Friday  on Paramount Stage 8 during the production of the fourth season episode . She also stood-in occasionally for guest stars but left the production of Star Trek: Voyager in the mid-fourth season. She was replaced by Brita Nowak. In addition, she appeared as a Trill officer on the promo photo for Star Trek: The Experience for which she was photographed on . She also reprised her role as Kellogg for the video sequence "".

According to the call sheets, Cameron filmed scenes (scene 40 and 81) for the TNG fourth season episode  on the bridge and in a corridor. These scenes were cut from the final episode. Cameron was also scheduled to be part of the security team in the cave scenes in the fifth season episode  and in Ten Forward scenes in the episode  but did not appear. Her costume from the seventh season episode  was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay.  Parts of her Klingon costume from the episode "Redemption" were also worn by Spice Williams in  and by Gabrielle Union in the  episode . This costume was later also sold off on eBay. 

For the Voyager fourth season episode , Cameron filmed her scene on Thursday  on Paramount Stage 16. For the episode "The Raven", she filmed her scene on Wednesday  on Paramount Stage 8.

As a child Cameron produced and created her own shows in her family's garage and had the dream to be a show star. Years later she portrayed such characters in Las Vegas shows including Les Folies Bergere and The Moulin Rouge and earned the title "Showgirl of Showgirls". 

Beside her work on stage Cameron appeared in several movies. She played a Nymph in the 1990 television movie Columbo: Columbo Cries Wolf (alongside fellow Trek performers David Huddleston, Jimmy Ortega, Rainelle Saunders, and Sandra Wild), a Go-Go dancer in the 1991 action thriller Out for Justice (with Nick Dimitri, Raymond Cruz, Athena Massey, Kane Hodder and Brian J. Williams), Crystal in the television drama Somebody's Daughter (1992, with Michael Cavanaugh, Richard Lineback, Lenore Kasdorf and Mina Badie), a burlesque show star in the drama Sunset Strip (1993), a Conehead in the science fiction comedy Coneheads (1993, with Michael McKean, Barry Kivel, Jason Alexander, Susan Lewis, and Arvo Katajisto), an image maker in the horror film Tales from the Hood (1995, with Clarence Williams III, Tom Wright, and Corbin Bernsen), and the android Marta 7 in the science fiction film Tomorrow Man (1996, with Craig Wasson, James Saito, Deborah May and Marcy Goldman). She also appeared as a sexy woman in the restaurant in the Seinfeld episode "The Fix Up" (1992, with Jason Alexander).

In addition she was a set security officer for the film Oh, What a Night (1992) and a stand-in and stunt performer in 's Pulp Fiction (1994). Also in the early '90s, she did a promotional tour for  where she portrayed the Bajoran officer Kira Nerys alongside fellow Star Trek background performers Tracee Lee Cocco (as a Ferengi), Joycelyn Robinson (as Ensign Gates), and Michael Braveheart (as a Klingon). In 1998 Cameron was featured in the US magazine Celebrity Sleuth, having a four page article and pictorial under the headline "The Space Girls: Posh Space" (Vol. 11, Iss. 6, p. 54-57).

In 2003 Cameron created the burlesque show "Cameron's Bump and Grind" on which she worked as writer, producer, director, seamstress, set painter, carpenter and lead actress portraying the show star Crystal Divienne. She reunited with several old friends to create this show including  whom she met on the set of The Next Generation.

Star Trek appearances

Appearances as Kellogg 
 
  (Season 4)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  (Season 5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
  (Season 6)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  (Season 7)

Stand-in work 
  as stand-in for Jeri Ryan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  as stand-in for guest actresses
  – stand-in for Nikki Tyler
  – stand-in for Nikki Tyler
  – stand-in for Lise Simms
  – stand-in for Gwynyth Walsh

External links 
 
  – former official site
  – former official production site

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