Born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Elaine Hendrix spent her early years in nearby Knoxville and Morristown. At 15 she moved with her divorced mother to Atlanta, Georgia, where she attended the Northside School of Performing Arts. She started her professional career as a dancer and model but gave up dance after she was hit by a car while bicycling. She officially moved to Los Angeles in 1992 and had an agent within a month. She worked her way from commercials to TV guest shots to a starring role on the 1995 Fox revival of "Get Smart" (1995) to features. A member of Women in Film, Women in Theatre and Women of Los Angeles, Hendrix has written a short film that she plans to direct at the end of 1999/beginning of 2000 (as soon as she can take a break from her acting schedule). She has two birds and two turtles and in September 1999 added a dog named Tiloc to her family.

Dated actor David Faustino.Dated actor Mark Sheppard.Is a classically trained jazz and modern dancer. Began her career dancing in a jazz and modern company out of Atlanta, then worked all over the world for companies such as Nike, Levi's, Sun Computers, Mattel, etc. Two of the national Levi's commercials she danced in premiered during the 1996 Superbowl. She was also a part of the corresponding Levi's print campaigns.Rescued a stray cat named Goodie Cornbread living on some fairgrounds while filming "Good Intentions" (2005) in Atlanta, Georgia, October 2005. The locals had named him Cornbread, to which Elaine added Goodie in honor of the film.Rescued an Australian Cattle Dog named Tiloc in 1999. Tiloc made a cameo and received a credit as "trailer trash dog" in the movie Wish You Were Dead (2002), the film she worked on right after getting Tiloc.Her character "G2" from Inspector Gadget 2 (2003) (V) was available as four different collectible McDonald's Happy Meal Toys.Was a hip-hop dancer in several early rap videos for such artists as M.C. Hammer, Whodini, Keith Sweat and Cameo.Won the "Best Actress" award for her role as Samantha in the movie Down the P.C.H. (2006) at the 3rd Annual Festival de Cine de Baja (Baja Film Festival) in September 2006.Offered the role of 'Sonya Blade' in the "Mortal Combat" movies. Had to pass due to scheduling conflicts.Favorite movie of all-time is "Star Wars".Honorary Committee Member for 2008 Genesis Awards.Spokesperson for In Defense of Animals. UpdateYou may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers. They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update. Clicking the 'Update' button will take you through a step-by-step process.Add resumeWith our Resume service you can add photos and build a complete resume to help you achieve the best possible presentation on the IMDb.Click here to add your resume and/or your photos to IMDb. Browse biographies section by nameA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z