Dina Meyer Tackled Her Starship Troopers Director to Win the Role — Here’s Where the Cult Classic’s Dizzy Flores Is Now

With nearly 100 acting credits and a career that reaches back to the early ’90s — Dina Meyer remains a working actress, a regular at fan conventions, and a name fans still love. While she’s best known for horror and sci-fi roles (like Dizzy Flores in Starship Troopers [72% on Rotten Tomatoes ] and Allison Kerry in Saw [50% on Rotten Tomatoes]), Meyer proved that she has plenty of range. So, how did she go from studying business to making her acting debut? And does she have any exciting projects in the pipeline? Dina Meyer’s Early Life: From Queens Child Model to Acting Student Born on December 22, 1968, in Queens, NYC — Dina Meyer grew up in a Jewish family with two brothers. While she worked as a commercial child model from just nine years old, her upbringing was relatively ‘normal’, and she took a keen interest in dancing. Meyer had a passion for performing, but her parents pushed her to take the ‘sensible’ route by pursuing a college degree. And she listened.

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