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Elaine Hendrix Through hard work, diversity, and a creative prowess all her own, screen gem Elaine Hendrix is said to have “earned her stripes” by legendary film critic Roger Ebert, having over 100 film, television, and stage credits under her belt.

Elaine can currently be seen starring in the hit FX music comedy “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll.”

The series created, written by, and also starring Denis Leary, centers on Johnny Rock (Leary), the lead singer of NYC’s legendary early-’90s band The Heathens, who is trying to get both his band and his life back together. Elaine plays Ava, Johnny Rocks’ longtime love and backup singer/percussionist for The Heathens.

Ava has stuck by Johnny Rock’s side through thick and thin, and now with his new lease on life, Ava is hoping her and Johnny can finally start the family she’s always wanted. The role of Ava was rewritten, and then tailored for Elaine, when Denis Leary discovered firsthand her range as an actress and singer.

Although her resume reads like a Hollywood encyclopedia, Elaine is best known for her dynamic roles in such films as Disney’s The Parent Trap, Inspector Gadget 2 (for which her character has four collectable Happy Meal toys,) SNL’s Superstar, What the Bleep Do We Know?, and the cult classic Romy & Michelle’s High School Reunion. Her television projects include “Transparent," “Maron," “Castle," "Criminal Minds," "Two and a Half Men," “NCIS: Los Angeles.” She also had recurring roles on “Mistresses," and "Anger Management" as well as two years on the critically acclaimed CBS series "Joan of Arcadia.”

In addition to her mainstream body of work, Elaine has starred in a notable list of diverse independent films which include Dear Lemon Lima, Spork, Hated, Good Intentions and the multi-award winning Coffee Date. She received critical acclaim at the Austin Film Festival for her dramatic portrayal of “Patsy Wallrath” in the indie film Deep in the Heart. Showing her reach as an actress, Elaine made her New York theater debut in the Off-Broadway play It’s Just

Sex. She also starred as “Blanche DuBois” in a regional production of A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Tony®-nominated Randal Myler.

Elaine’s greatest passion is the humane treatment of animals. She spends her time off screen traveling to rescue, lobby, educate and build new habitats on their behalf. She is the founder of ThePetMatchmaker.com, a non-profit dedicated to celebrating and inspiring the rescue, foster and adoption of homeless animals everywhere. Elaine is also on the board of Stray Rescue St. Louis and the advisory boards of the National Museum of Animals & Society.

For her extensive work in this field, Elaine received the Guardian Award at the National Animal Rights Conference, among numerous other awards and honors.

Originally from East Tennessee, Elaine now lives in Los Angeles with her boyfriend, his two children, and their rescued companions: canines Ellie and Bixby, and felines Kimbo and Goodie Cornbread.

CURRENT PROJECT

Role: Ava, Johnny Rock’s love interest.

Ava is the one person on Earth capable of putting up with Johnny’s bullshit and somehow talking him out of his destructive, self-sabotaging behavior back in the old days, they each had their own sexual escapades while sharing an ‘open’ relationship. The truth is, Ava’s escapades outnumbered Johnny’s by quite a lot. She’s got the brains and the balls in this relationship.

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Actress Elaine Hendrix In Off Broadway Play "It's Just Sex" You may recognize her many film and television roles... "Parent Trap", "Castle", "Criminal Minds" but now actress Elaine Hendrix is taking center stage in her new off Broadway play "It's Just Sex".

August 12, 2013

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ith a name like Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll,

you know that FX’s newest series is going to push the limits. Premiering tonight at 10 p.m.

EST, the show follows the life of an ‘80s rock star named Johnny Rock (Denis Leary), who struggles to reclaim the spotlight after his fall from fame—and his old band mates are right by his side and ready for round two. Among Johnny’s crew is his main squeeze and backup singer Ava, played by The Parent Trap and Romi and Michele’s High School Reunion star and real-life singer Elaine Hendrix. InStyle recently chatted with the actress, and we asked her why the new show is a mustwatch. Hendrix’s blunt response? “Because it’s sex and drugs and rock and roll.” Fair enough.

While the title may be self-explanatory, the show is as outrageous as it sounds—and things get wild. Actually, wild “is too tame a word to describe how these people were back in the day,” said Hendrix. And when the band was set to hit mega-stardom in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, her character was in the center of the chaos. “Ava lived with Johnny and two other women, and it really was sex and drugs and rock and roll for them,” Hendrix said. But Johnny

learned that the free love didn’t come without its consequences. “He ended up having a daughter through one of his other relationships, but no one ever knew about her.”

Which brings the show to the present. “After Johnny crashed and burned and took everyone down with him, he’s struggling—but suddenly his daughter shows up and wants to be famous,” said Hendrix. “He finds out she really is über-talented, and now the band thinks that they’re going to get a second chance because of her.” And even though his glory days may be behind him, Leary’s character still has game. “Ava and Johnny are very committed to one another,” said Hendrix. “As dysfunctional as they are, they have an intense love where they can’t live with each other and can’t live without each other— and I think that’s pretty typical in the rock world.

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She may play the woman behind the man hogging the spotlight on “Sex&Drugs&RockRoll,” but Elaine Hendrix will be the first to tell you that her role on the new Denis Leary-created FX series – which airs its second episode tonight –is not about fading into the background. “There are so few jobs that come along where you get to act, be funny, sing and dance,” Hendrix told Speakeasy in a recent telephone interview. “Denis loves strong women, and he wants me and Liz [Gillies, who plays Leary’s daughter on the show] to shine, and that’s rare.”

As Ava, the long-term live-in girlfriend/backup singer of Leary’s character, Hendrix far and away encapsulates the term “better half” when it comes to her relationship with an insecure has-been like Johnny Rock. Ava is Johnny’s entire support system, demonstrating unyielding patience with a guy she should’ve dumped years earlier, because unlike the rest of their old band, the Heathens (John Corbett‘s character, especially), Ava still sees something special in Johnny.

Hendrix, whom millennials will remember fondly as Lindsay Lohan’s nemesis in the 1998 “Parent Trap” remake (she played Dennis Quaid‘s gold-digging fiancée), talked at length about why she can’t stop gushing about her “SDRR” gig (“It’s a dream come true!”), her second career as an animal advocate and the importance of empowered women. An edited transcript of our conversation follows: Did you use anyone in particular as inspiration for the character of Ava? There was already enough on the page, but one of my best friends is an attorney, and he knows everything about drugs, he knows everything about rock and roll. He represents Steve Vai – he’s so in that world. I did a lot of communicating with him about that scene – not just appreciating the music, but the history of it. And I watched as many rock and roll documentaries as I could, including [the backup-singer documentary] “20 Feet From Stardom.” I also took my own sense of who Ava was and just tried to infuse it with as much ammunition as possible.

My role, as Johnny’s backup singer, but also being his longtime companion – we’ve been together forever – that brought another rich element to it.

Which to me, makes it work. Denis likes to joke, “Really, Ava is the one who is controlling everything.” And I say, yeah, Ava’s job is to protect Johnny as much as possible, usually from himself. But really, when it’s all said and done, if he’s going off the cliff, she’s going off the cliff with him.

It’s funny that you say that, because my question is, “Why does she stay with him?” She’s so talented on her own and he’s such a wreck!

[Laughs] I think it’s just that we are comfortable together, we know each other so well. I certainly know people like this in my life – it’s like, how could you ever stay together, but somehow it works, and you look at them with admiration, like, wow, you’ve committed! I don’t think I would have stuck in that situation as me, but hats off to you for being so committed.

Do you have a favorite Ava moment yet?

I gotta say that my favorite moments with Ava, and there’s a few of them, are the bedroom scenes with Johnny. It’s in the pilot, there’s a great one in the third episode, For the full interview, click here http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/07/23/sexdrugsrockroll-star-elaine-hendrix-on-sharingbedroom-scenes-with-denis-leary/

Elaine Hendrix on ‘The Parent Trap’ and Embracing Her Type In most cases you might categorize putting rocks in someone’s backpack or a lizard on their water bottle as an awful prank. However, if you saw 1998’s “The Parent Trap” you likely found this to be a fitting fate for the evil Meredith Blake.

Elaine Hendrix is the actor best known for her portrayal as Meredith. Her devilish smile and steamy line delivery immediately earned her villain status.

As “The Parent Trap” turns 17 this week, Backstage chats with Hendrix (currently starring on FX’s“Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll”) to discuss how her experience as a Disney villain impacted her career and to hear all about her new role.

On her “last minute” audition for “The Parent Trap.”

Little did Hendrix know when she went in to audition, but Meredith was proving to be a difficult role to cast for the filmmakers.

“My first audition for it was somewhat last minute. I got the appointment in the morning and went in that afternoon. The casting office was in Burbank and they put me on tape—which was a new process at that time. Then I got a callback, which was in [director] Nancy Meyers and [producer] Charles Shyer’s office at Disney reading with Denis Quaid and the then unknown Lindsay Lohan,” she says. “It wasn’t a screen test. In fact, it was fairly informal despite what my nerves told me. They had food and we sort of hung out and read. Nancy gave some direction, I took it, and that was it. Next thing I know I booked the role and found out I was the 433rd actress they had seen for it!”

On what Meredith Blake gave her.

As “The Parent Trap” turns 17, fans can reflect on what the film has given them: a great

remake, childhood memories, and iconic lines such as, “I have class and you don’t.” But for the actors involved, included Hendrix, the film has afforded so much more.

“Being a part of that movie has given me opportunities I’m probably not even aware of completely, ranging from more work to a nice ego boost and everything in between. It’s become an iconic piece of Hollywood cinema. It still plays in people homes on a daily basis.

What’s most important to me is the visibility it’s afforded me for my charity work. Everything points back to my animal advocacy,” she says.

On being typecast as a villain.

“Right after the film came out, I [misguidedly] got it in my head that I didn’t want to be ‘stereotyped,’ so I turned down a lot of chances to play other roles like [Meredith]—even though I did play some,” Hendrix admits. “That was a silly move. Now I wish I had taken every single role like her I could and cornered the market on ‘bitch,’ which is so fun to play.

Live and learn.”

On overcoming her struggles.

“Now more than ever it’s hard to break into the entertainment industry and make a good living in it. I constantly keep my ego in check and think of myself as going back to square one. Stick to the basics and make it about the work.

“I still go to class. I still get coaching. I’m now also teaching and coaching others, so I get to remind myself on a regular basis what it truly takes to be a working actor.”

On how the FX comedy “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll” differs from anything she’s ever done.

“The biggest difference playing Ava is that [writer-creator] Denis Leary allows me to do whatever I want with her. The freedom on the show is staggeringly refreshing and inspiring.

Couple that with doing multiple episodes and I really get to explore many sides of her. She’s multidimensional, which can be rare on TV. Plus, I get to sing, dance, and play instruments.

When does that ever happen on a project?!”

On the best piece of advice she has for aspiring actors.

“If this is the business you want to pursue, or at least try out to see if it’s for you, get really comfortable with the idea that you will lead a ‘gypsy life,’ ” Hendrix urges.

“There will never be job security. There will never be a steady paycheck. You will always be shifting. The idea of ‘making it’ is an illusion, a myth. You can have other things like success, which is determined solely by your own measurements, fun, which is determined only by your willingness, adventures, which is simply ‘life,’ etc.

“But there will never be a line you’ll cross where your career becomes automatic. So, if all this along with exercising qualities like discipline, savvy, talent, commitment, persistence, etc., sounds good to you…then go for it!”

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Actress Elaine Hendrix of The Parent Trap Is on the NYC Stage! Part I Posted: 08/12/2013 5:31 pm

By Ilana Rapp Elaine Hendrix stars in the OffBroadway NYC stage production of It's Just Sex through August 28th. Catch the play at The Actors Temple Theatre at 339 W. 47th Street, NYC. 212-9473499.

While Elaine is used to playing different characters, she herself is a character!

Remember her in Disney's The Parent Trap and the cult classic Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion? Yes, that Elaine Hendrix.

Elaine is a huge advocate for pets and started her own project called The Pet Matchmaker. She can also currently be seen on HGTV's "A List Pets" and last summer, she was featured on the AOL and Vuguru (Michael Eisner's independent studio) web series "Fetching." The 15 episode series, which premiered on AOL On Relationships, is about a woman who restarts her life and follows her true dream of opening her own business, a doggy daycare store called Fetching.

Do you have a significant other?

My life is unique, gypsy-like, so to have someone who not only understands that, but accepts, supports and rolls with it is imperative. I'm starting to become a bit more of a "nester", but I love adventures and being out the in the world creating art and advocating for animals. I probably always will, so someone who is outgoing and confident in themselves is a must. Honesty, kindness and trustworthiness are nonnegotiables. Having fun and a positive outlook on life are also non-negotiables. Beyond that, it gets down to individual characteristics like sexiness, chemistry, interests, etc. Of course, they have to be an animal lover, but with me that goes without saying.

I don't have any kids (yet) and I think my ideal is to perhaps be a step-mother. I love kids. I've just not (yet) had a deep pull to have my own. My animals are certainly my kids. I could have hundreds of those and be perfectly happy. I'd probably be open to adopting human kids, just like I do animals. There are so many already here who need a home.

What's it like being on the NY Stage for the first time?

I love doing theatre. I originally came from theatre having grown up doing stage work and then starting my career as a professional dancer. It's not often I have the time to do a full run of a show, but I'm starting to make more time for it now. Last summer I played 'Blanche DuBois' in Streetcar Named Desire with the Tony Award nominated director Randal Myler. It was a phenomenal experience. Now doing It's Just Sex on OffBroadway is a whole new experience, but thrilling in a different way.

Theatre is different than film or TV in that you get immediate feedback. There's nothing like performing in front of a live audience with other actors that you like and trust. If we mess up, we cover for each other and keep moving forward. You mess up in film/TV you often hear, "CUT!" and you have to start again.

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Off-Broadway Gets Swinging! Elaine Hendrix, Matt Walton & More Star in the NY Premiere of It’s Just Sex NEWS By Josh Ferri June 4, 2013 - 11:43AM

The smash Los Angeles comedy It’s Just Sex will swap cities and premiere off-Broadway.

The award-winning show about partnerswapping begins performances on June 4 at the Actors' Temple, with an opening night set for June 25. Written by Jeff Gould and directed by Rick Shaw, the play stars Elaine Hendrix (Disney’s The Parent Trap, Joan of Arcadia) and Matt Walton (Burn After Reading, Onion SportsDome).

It’s Just Sex is billed as a thought-provoking and hilarious look at monogamy, infidelity, lust, trust and the boundaries of relationships. With the kids away at camp, three couples get together for an innocent cocktail party. But as the liquor flows, games are played, secrets are revealed, trust is tested, boundaries are broken and reality gets “swapped” for fantasy.

In addition to Hendrix and Walton, the cast features Jackie Debatin (The Office, According To Jim,), Michael Colby Jones (One Life To Live, Guiding Light, As The World Turns), Gina LaPiana (Days Of Our Lives), Salvator Xuereb (Natural Born Killers, Revenge) and Molly Fahey (Fine, Funny and Female).

It’s Just Sex features set and lighting design by Josh Iacovelli, costume design by Molly Maginnis-Tippe and sound design by Paul Bourgeois.

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