Karen Hensel

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Karen Hensel plays the recurring role of Doris Collins in soap opera The Young and the Restless.

Hensel was born in Ventura, California. At 12, her family relocated to Libya, as her father was in the Foreign service. The family relocated to a few more places such as Ethiopia, France, Australia and the Philippines before settling back in California. Karen attended The American College in Paris, UC Santa Barbara and The American Academy of Dramatic Arts where she majored in Theatre Arts.

She has numerous television credits which include guest starring primetime television, feature films and several stage productions. When Karen is not acting, she is the Director of Conservatories at The Southcoast Repertory.

She also teaches classical theater at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Hensel has also guest starred in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Murder, She Wrote and Knots Landing. She also appeared in feature films Chained Heat, Faith and Psycho III.

[edit] Roles

• The Young and the Restless - Doris Collins (1994 - Present) (Recurring)
• Woman With A Past - female driver (1992)
• Locked Up: A Mother's Rage - Cookie (1991)
• Caged Fear - Scary Mary (1992)
• Pyscho III - Sister Catherine (1986)

[edit] External links

• Karen Hensel at the Internet Movie Database
• Karen Hensel article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.