Jane Badler

Jane Badler (born December 31, 1953) is an American-Australian actress and singer. She gained fame for her portrayal of Diana, the main antagonist in NBC's science fiction series V from 1983 to 1985. Badler reprised her role as Diana in ABC's version of V in 2011, playing the character as the mother of the series' chief antagonist, Anna. Badler is also an accomplished nightclub singer in Australia, where she resides, and has released three albums. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Great Neck, New York and Manchester, New Hampshire. Badler won the title of Miss New Hampshire and competed in the 1973 Miss America Pageant before studying drama at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.