Michelle Burke is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Jodi Kramer in the 1993 Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater

-Early life:Linklater was born in Houston, Texas. He studied at Sam Houston State University and left midway through his stint in college to work on an off-shore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. While working on the rig he read a lot of literature, but on land he developed a love of film through...

 film Dazed and Confused

Dazed and Confused

"Dazed and Confused" is a song by Jake Holmes, which was covered by The Yardbirds, and later reworked by Led Zeppelin who hold a separate copyright on the song.-Jake Holmes:...

 and as Connie Conehead in the movie Coneheads

Coneheads (film)

Coneheads is a 1993 film based on the Saturday Night Live sketches about the Coneheads. The film was directed by Steve Barron and produced by Lorne Michaels...

. She also appeared in the 1994 sequel Major League II

Major League II

Major League II is a 1994 sequel to the 1989 film Major League. Major League II stars most of the same cast from the original, including Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, and Corbin Bernsen. Absent from this film is Wesley Snipes, who played Willie Mays Hayes in the first film and who by 1994 had become...

.

Burke's hobbies include collecting antiques and playing the guitar.

Burke is sometimes credited as Michelle Rene Thomas and Michelle Thomas, especially in works after 1997.

Personal life

Burke is married to Ringside

Ringside

Ringside is an indie rock band from Hollywood, California, originally formed in Los Angeles. They specializing in fusing indie rock with electronic beats. The band consists of Scott Thomas, who does the vocals, guitar, and keyboard, Kirk Hellie , Sandy Chila , Max Allyn , and actor Balthazar Getty...

 band member Scott Thomas. They have three children.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Parker Lewis Can't Lose Parker Lewis Can't Lose Parker Lewis Can't Lose is an American teen sitcom that originally aired on FOX from September 1990 to June 1993. During the last season, the series sported the simpler title Parker Lewis. The series was produced by Columbia Pictures Television and was strongly influenced by the feature film Ferris...	Stacy	TV guest role; episode: "The Bitch is Back"
	Coneheads Coneheads (film) Coneheads is a 1993 film based on the Saturday Night Live sketches about the Coneheads. The film was directed by Steve Barron and produced by Lorne Michaels...	Connie Conehead
	Dazed and Confused Dazed and Confused "Dazed and Confused" is a song by Jake Holmes, which was covered by The Yardbirds, and later reworked by Led Zeppelin who hold a separate copyright on the song.-Jake Holmes:...	Jodi Kramer
1994	Major League II Major League II Major League II is a 1994 sequel to the 1989 film Major League. Major League II stars most of the same cast from the original, including Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, and Corbin Bernsen. Absent from this film is Wesley Snipes, who played Willie Mays Hayes in the first film and who by 1994 had become...	Nikki Reese
	Tales from the Crypt Tales from the Crypt (TV series) Tales from the Crypt, sometimes titled HBO's Tales from the Crypt, is an American horror anthology television series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO...		TV guest role; episode: "Operation Friendship"
1995	Caged Hearts	Ranch Inmate
	Diagnosis: Murder Diagnosis: Murder Diagnosis: Murder is a mystery/medical/crime drama television series starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan, a medical doctor who solves crimes with the help of his son, a homicide detective played by his real-life son Barry Van Dyke. The series began as a spin-off of Jake and the Fatman...	Tara Sampson	TV guest role; episode: "My Baby is Out of This World"
	The Last Word	Sara
1996	Midnight in Saint Petersburg Midnight in Saint Petersburg Midnight in Saint Petersburg is a 1996 thriller film starring Michael Caine for the fifth time as British secret agent Harry Palmer.It served as semi-sequel to Bullet to Beijing which had been released the year before, the two films having been shot back-to-back...	Brandy
	Sliders Sliders Sliders is an American science fiction television series. It was broadcast for five seasons, beginning in 1995 and ending in 2000. The series follows a group of travelers as they use a wormhole to "slide" between different parallel universes. The show was created by Robert K. Weiss and Tracy Tormé...	Melinda	TV guest role; episode: "Dragonslide"
1997	The Notorious 7	Sarah Valentine
	The Last Don	Claudia De Lena	TV mini-series
1998	Scattering Dad	Taylor
	The Last Don II	Claudia De Lena	TV mini-series
	Telling You	Kristen's Friend
1998–1999	Little Men Little Men (TV series) Little Men is a Canadian television show that first aired on November 7, 1998 on the PAX TV network and was shown in Canada on CTV beginning January 1, 1999. The show is set as a continuation from the 1871 Louisa May Alcott novel Little Men as a follow-up to Little Women...	Josephine Bhaer	TV series
2001	Diagnosis: Murder Diagnosis: Murder Diagnosis: Murder is a mystery/medical/crime drama television series starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan, a medical doctor who solves crimes with the help of his son, a homicide detective played by his real-life son Barry Van Dyke. The series began as a spin-off of Jake and the Fatman...	Claire Sheldrake	TV guest role; episode: "Less Than Zero"
	Mysterious Ways	Jena Owens	TV guest role; episode: "Dead Dog Walking"
2002	The Division The Division The Division is an American Lifetime Television original series about a team of women police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. The series premiered on January 7, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2004 after 88 episodes.-Synopsis:...	Melissa Llewellyn	TV guest role; episode: "Hide and Seek"
2009	Struggle	Nita	Post-production
2011	LOL: Laughing Out Loud	Lauren	Post-production

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