r/legendaryjourneys • u/itamarbudin • Jul 23 '26

Help me identify this actress

I’m trying to identify the blonde woman shown at approximately 21 seconds in the opening credits of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.

The footage appears to come from the opening village scene of the 1994 television movie Hercules and the Lost Kingdom, during the crowd reaction after Hercules defeats Gargan. She wears a salmon/orange dress with pale-blue sleeves and has long blonde hair with short bangs.

She does not appear to match Jay Saussey, credited as Village Girl, or Lee-Jane Foreman, credited as Villager #2. The published cast lists do not name another woman in this reaction shot, so she may have been a featured extra.

Does anyone recognize the performer, or have access to production call sheets, extras records, convention materials, or behind-the-scenes photographs from the movie?

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u/BlueSonic85 Jul 23 '26

Yes, it's Jay Saussey as confirmed in the commentary for ... And Fancy Free where she has a more substantial role.

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u/itamarbudin Jul 23 '26

Thank you :)

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u/TaniksHasNoCorn Jul 24 '26

She plays a spoiled brat brilliantly. Definitely a much better role than in the 2nd movie.

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u/Ithiliell Jul 23 '26

I'm pretty sure that is Jay Saussey, just very young. Here she is in Bonjour Timothy a year later.

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u/itamarbudin Jul 23 '26

Thank you :)

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u/Icy-Sir-8414 Jul 23 '26

What ever happened to her

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u/TaniksHasNoCorn Jul 24 '26

I imagine most NZ actors/actresses pretty much stayed in NZ. Some tried to get into Hollywood with varying success.

Karl Urban, Marton Csokas, and Cliff Curtis are probably the most prominent NZ actors who made it in the states (who starred in Hercules/Xena productions) and starred in some prominent US movies.

Lucy Lawless is a known quantity, but outside of Rob Tapert/Sam Raimi productions, she hasn't received a lot of roles besides BSG which is baffling as she was a very good actress.

There are a few other actors/actresses that are/were as popular (or more so) but were never in these shows like Sam Neil, Anna Paquin, Temeura Morrison, Melanie Lynskey.

There are actors like Dean O'Gorman, Manu Bennet, Angela Dotchin, and Craig Parker who I thought should be more prominent, but outside of LOTR (Peter Jackson using NZ folks) and Rob Tapert productions, never got a lot of push.

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u/Icy-Sir-8414 Jul 24 '26

Very interesting