From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Renee Props born February 15 1962 in Cordell Oklahoma is an American actress She is best known for the role of Ellie Snyder on the CBS daytime soap opera As the World Turns which she played for four years She is also known to Seinfeld fans as Lois in the episode The Race from the 6th season and for the role of Nicki in the film Get Shorty with Danny DeVito and John Travolta Her early break came with a starring role in the Maigret en Arizona episode of the French television series Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret and a couple of years later with John Hughes placing her in his 1985 film Weird Science Description above from the Wikipedia article Renee Props licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia