Hilary Shepard Turner

Hilary Shepard (born Hilary Shapiro on December 10, 1959), alternately billed as Hilary Shepard-Turner, is an American actress and singer. She began her career in the mid-1980s, as co-lead singer and percussionist in the girl group American Girls, while also starting to appear in small roles in film and on television. Her film and television career expanded with larger roles in numerous series and films. She may be best known for her starring role as the evil pirate queen Divatox in Power Rangers Turbo and Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, as well as the genetically enhanced Lauren in two episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Biography Shepard was born in New York City, New York. In the mid-1980s, Shepard was a co-lead singer and percussionist in the short-lived all-female group American Girls. American Girls originally started as a film project, which fizzled. After some personnel changes and more rehearsing, the band sustained many comparisons to the Go-Go's, who were popular at the time as well assigned to the same label, IRS Records. However, American Girls featured veterans of the all-women band scene including Brie Howard who had played drums for Fanny and Miiko Watanabe who played bass with the Screamin' Sirens. They recorded one album only, which was intended as a demo but was pressed to vinyl in its original form. The eponymous debut album was released in March 1986. The cover shows the band in a hotel room, with alcohol, a deck of cards, and a copy of The National Enquirer. The video for their single "American Girl" received some airplay on MTV. Their song "Androgynous" appeared in the 1986 film Tough Guys and the song "American Girl" appeared on the soundtrack for Out of Bounds. They also opened for The Lords of the New Church on 1986 tour dates.

When that group ended, she moved into acting, appearing in numerous motion picture and television series.

Career Shepard's film career includes: Summer Lovers (1982), Weekend Pass (1984), Private Resort (1985), Radioactive Dreams (1985), Tough Guys (1986), Hunk (1987), Lucky Stiff (1988), Troop Beverly Hills (1989), Peacemaker (1990), Scanner Cop (1994), Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), and Going Shopping (2005).

In 1992, she guest-starred in two episodes of Full House'''s sixth season as KFLH D.J. Julie in "Radio Days" and "Lovers And Other Tanners". In 1994, she played Zena in the film Scanner Cop.

She has appeared as a guest star in several other television series, including The Golden Girls, Full House, Roswell, So Little Time, Crossing Jordan and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Shepard may be best known for her recurring role as the evil pirate queen, Divatox, in the Power Rangers franchise, starting with Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie. During the first half of the Power Rangers Turbo season, Shepard was replaced by actress Carol Hoyt in the role of Divatox while she was on maternity leave.

In 1996, she portrayed two characters on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: the Benzite ensign Hoya in “The Ship” and the genetically enhanced Lauren in "Statistical Probabilities" and "Chrysalis". Her 1996 film, Theodore Rex starring Whoopi Goldberg, was originally intended for theatrical release; the film went direct-to-video, and consequently became the most expensive direct-to-video film ever made at the time of its release.

In 1998, she starred in the TV movie Addams Family Reunion, alongside Tim Curry, Daryl Hannah, Haylie Duff and Ed Begley Jr. Only released on VHS and LaserDisc, the film has never been released on DVD.

Shepard portrayed the lead villain, the chain-smoking Virginia Svelte, in Jurgen Vsych's 2001 film Ophelia Learns to Swim.

In 2017, she was cast in the short film The Order, alongside other former Power Rangers cast members.

In 2018, she acted in the Netflix musical film Paradox, the directorial debut of her friend, actress Daryl Hannah.

Others Shepard and actress Daryl Hannah co-created two board games, "Love It or Hate It" and "LIEbrary," the latter having been previewed by Hannah on The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' in December 2005.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1982 Soup for One Girl #4 Summer Lovers Camp Fire Girl 1984 Weekend Pass Cindy Hazard 1985 Radioactive Dreams Biker Leader Private Resort Shirley 1986 Tough Guys Sandy 1987 Hunk Alexis Cash 1988 Lucky Stiff Cissy 1989 Troop Beverly Hills Salesgirl 1990 Peacemaker Dori Caisson 1992 I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore Ada Fishbine 1993 Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman Nurse TV movie 1994 Scanner Cop Zena Video 1996 Theodore Rex Sarah Jiminez Last Exit to Earth Lilith TV movie 1997 Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie Divatox 1998 Addams Family Reunion Katherine Adams 1999 Avalanche Annie 2001 A Woman's a Helluva Thing Melanie Ophelia Learns to Swim Virginia Svelte 2005 The 40-Year-Old Virgin Bar Girl Going Shopping Shopper 2016 The Wrong Roommate Louise TV movie The Order Helena Short 666: Teen Warlock Rogers TV movie A Husband for Christmas Natasha Tate TV movie 2018 Paradox Lady The Wrong Friend Mrs. Andrews TV movie The Wrong Teacher Mrs. Peterson TV movie 2021 The Wrong Fiancé Detective Connelly TV movie Deceived by My Mother-In-Law Bridget TV movie Mommy's Deadly Con Artist Bridget TV movie

Television Year Title Role Notes 1985 It's Your Move Meg Robinowitz Episode: "The Dregs of Humanity: Part 1" 1987 Friday the 13th: The Series Lady Die/Sarah Berrell Episode: "A Cup of Time" 1988 Family Ties Yvette Episode: "Designing Woman" 1989 Murphy Brown Jessie Episode: "It’s How You Play the Game" The Golden Girls Yvonne Episode: "Rites of Spring" 1990 Dream On Date #2 Episode: "The First Episode" Doctor Doctor Rose Hulse Episode: "Who's Zoomin' Who?" 1991 Princesses Actress #1 Episode: "Her Highness for Hire" 1992 Full House Julie Hartman Episodes: "Radio Days", "Lovers and Other Tanners" 1993 Dark Justice Helen Episode: "The Merchant" 1996–98 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Hoya/Lauren Guest Cast: Season 5–7 1997 Power Rangers Turbo Divatox Recurring Cast 1998 Power Rangers in Space Divatox Recurring Cast 1999 Diagnosis: Murder Brenda Locke Episode: "Rescue Me" Roswell Nurse Susan Episode: "Blood Brother" 2000 L.A. 7 Janis Episode: "Misguided" 2001 So Little Time Date with Sock Puppet Episode: "Siblings in the City" 2002 Crossing Jordan Trudi Episode: "With Honor" CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Mrs. Del Nagro Episode: "Revenge Is Best Served Cold" 2023 BRYCE Tammy Tankthrust Main Cast As Luck Would Have It Meghan David Episode: "Murder 101"

Music videos + Year Artist Song Role 1995 Meat Loaf "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" Villain