Renée Coleman born January 8 1962 is a Canadian actress who has appeared in several TV shows and movies She is best known for her role in the NBC TV series Quantum Leap in which she played the role of Alia the evil leaper Coleman is also known for her role in the 1992 box office hit A League of Their Own as leftfielder and substitute catcher Alice Gaspers1 and in Whos Harry Crumb as kidnappingvictim Jennifer Downing Coleman appeared in several more films through the mid90s including Pentathlon one of her last domestic roles the Mexican film El Jardín del Edén 1994 the Polish film Gracze 1995 and the Swiss film Waiting for Michelangelo 1995 In 1995 Coleman left the film business and returned to school where she earned her Mythological Studies doctorate with an emphasis on Depth Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute in 2002 She currently lives with her husband and their four children in Santa Clarita California where she works in a private practice as a certified DreamTender In August 2012 Colemans first book Icons of a Dreaming Heart The Art and Practice of DreamCentered Living was published