American actress best known for her title role in the 1985 film The Journey of Natty Gann, which won her Best Actress in a Drama award at the Young Artist Awards. After starring in four more films by her eighteenth birthday, including A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon, she left Hollywood for Harvard to further her education.
Salenger resumed her acting career upon her return to Hollywood. Recent credits include Lake Placid and The Third Wheel. Salenger has also appeared in independent films, including Quality Time and Sparkle & Charm. Other major roles include The Kiss (1988) and Dream a Little Dream (1989).
Salenger recorded a song entitled “Flow Through Me” with Koishii and Hush; and she appeared as a background member of the Counting Crows video for “Hanging Around”.
Salenger has done the voices of several characters in Cartoon Network’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars, including Jedi Padawan Barriss Offee and Ione Marcy during second season, Che Amanwe Papanoida during third season, and Pluma Sodi during fourth season. She also appeared as Lisa Sanders in the Nick at Nite series Hollywood Heights, as well as several characters in Mad and Robot Chicken television series.
Salenger recently finished filming 80 episodes of a one-hour drama Hollywood Heights. She can be seen opposite Elias Koteas in Jake Squared along with Virginia Madsen and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
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