Belinda Balaski (born December 8, 1947 in Inglewood, California) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her large supporting role as Terri Fisher in Joe Dante's The Howling (1981), and has continued to appear in most of Dante's films, including Piranha, Gremlins, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Matinee and Small Soldiers, as well two segments that Dante directed for Amazon Women on the Moon. She also co-starred in The Food of the Gods and Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw, both featuring Marjoe Gortner, and in Cannonball! as a navigator in a cross-country car race.