Tina Gayle Hernandez was born on December 11, 1959. After graduating from high school, Tina applied at the age of eighteen to join the Dallas Cowboy cheerleading squad at the urging of her father. She is an American actress and member of the famous Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders in the late 1970's and early 1980's. She is famous for playing officer Kathy Linahan in twenty-two episodes of "CHiPs" (1977) from 1982 to 1983. Tina appeared as a member of the NBC team in "Battle of the Network Stars XIII" in 1982 along with her fellow NBC teammates, Daniel J. Travanti, Dean Butler, Melissa Gilbert, Ricky Schroder, Leigh Taylor-Young, Betty Thomas and Michael Warren. She appeared in the movie "Fury to Freedom" (1985) and in the video "Tactical in 2008. Show less «