Heidi Lenhart is a former American actress best known for her lead role in the ''Au Pair'' film series and the sitcom ''

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'', and for her anime

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work under the name Melody Lee (sometimes spelled Melodee Lee), in particular in '' El Hazard: The Magnificent World'' and '' El Hazard: The Wanderers''.

Family

Lenhart is the daughter of

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and Ray Lenhart, a disc jockey. She has an older sister, Tifanie, who is a voice actress. Neither Lenhart nor her sister have a relationship with their birth father.

Acting career

Lenhart was an original cast member as Jenny Garrison in the NBC teen comedy series ''

''. She was written out of the show at the beginning of the second season when the show decided to focus on the band rather than the Garrison family. Lenhart later went to star as Suzanne Carson in the syndicated television drama '' Fame L.A.'' from 1997 to 1998, and had a recurring role in the final season of Fox prime time soap opera ''

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'' (2000). In film, Lenhart played the leading role of Jennifer "Jenny" Morgan in ''

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'' (1999), and its two sequels '' Au Pair II: The Fairytale Continues'' (2002), and '' Au Pair 3: Adventure in Paradise'' (2009).

Philanthropy career

Lenhart served as a board member for her mother's non-profit, the Cheryl Saban Self-Worth Foundation for Women and Girls, as a parenting, health and wellness, and education advocate and subsequently was named a director of the organization.

Personal life

In 2002, Lenhart married actor Robin Dunne, with whom she co-starred in '' Au Pair II: The Fairytale Continues''. They divorced in 2005. Lenhart subsequently married actor-musician

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in 2006, with whom she has two daughters. Lenhart filed for divorce in 2011. She writes poetry and lives in a suburb of Los Angeles.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lenhart, Heidi American film actresses American child actresses American television actresses American voice actresses American voice directors Living people Actresses from Los Angeles 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Year of birth missing (living people)