Jennifer Hetrick is a veteran character actor. Working steadily for over 30 years (1979 to present), mostly in Television.

She is probably most well-known in the Sci-Fi genre for the character "Vash" on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). She was also on Sliders (1995) for two separate roles.

She has only been in 5 movies over the years. Her first movie was also her first major acting role, in 1979, titled Squeeze Play (1979). She had second billing. Her most recent movie was an uncredited part in (500) Days of Summer (2009) in 2009.

She has mostly played authoritative and independent figures.