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Dina was born in Forest Hills, New York. She has two brothers and her father owns an auto parts and repair shop. Her first experience in the entertainment industry came when she did some modeling from age 9 to 16. She graduated in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in business administration. She started her acting training at The Neighborhood Playhouse, in New York, where she studied Sanford Meisner's acting techniques with Ron Stetson for about 3 years. She got her first part in the TV show Beverly Hills 90210 which required her to move out to LA.
Soon after, She scored the lead in the movie Johnny Mnemonic, where she did almost all of her own stunts establishing herself as an athletic actress. She then did her second movie, Dragonheart, which was also a very physical role. Her very next movie was Starship Troopers. She's now established as an athletic actress. Her next movie role opposite James Caan in Poodle Springs, which aired on HBO.
Since then, she's gone on to score an independant film project as well as other big-budget films which should be coming to theaters in the near future.
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