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Maren Jensen

Maren Jensen

Actor · Born September 23, 1956 (70) · Arcadia, California, USA

Maren Kawehilani Jensen (born September 23, 1956) is an American former model and actress, best known for portraying Lieutenant Athena in the 1978–79 television series Battlestar Galactica. Jensen also made guest appearances in several US television series, such as The Love Boat and Fantasy Island.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 23, 1956 (70)
From
Arcadia, California, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 27% in 30 days

What are Maren Jensen's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
56%
Society
13%
Power
11%
Morality
11%
Ideas
9%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Thrilling
2
Hopeful
2
Dread
1
Cold
1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Maren Jensen's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Maren Jensen's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

8 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Deadly Blessing(1981)

    as Martha

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • Beyond the Reef (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Diana

  • Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • Battlestar Galactica(1978)

    as Lt. Athena

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Battlestar Galactica (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 21 episodes · as Lt. Athena

  • The Love Boat(1977)

    Show 2 episodes · as Sharon Patrick · as Suzanna Wells

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
  • The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Battle of the Network Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 86th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 8 titles from 1976 to 1981.

Film career

  • 1978Screen debut· Battlestar Galactica
  • 1978First film· Battlestar Galactica
  • 1981First top-billed film· Deadly Blessing

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting8 of 8: 8 only acting, 0 with another role

By decade

1970s7 · acting1980s1 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Maren Jensen's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 4 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th1
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

None of their 4 titles divides audiences: 2 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed1

Reviewers score the acting 58/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 67, detractors 28. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Maren Jensen work with?

People who share at least 2 of Maren Jensen's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Glen A. Larson shares the most, 2.

Writers

Actors