Jeri Ryan
Biography
Jeri Lynn Ryan (born February 22, 1968) is an American actress best known for her roles as the liberated ("de-assimilated") Borg, Seven of Nine, on Star Trek: Voyager (1997–2001) and Veronica "Ronnie" Cooke on Boston Public (2001–04).
She was a regular on the science fiction series Dark Skies (1997) and the legal drama series Shark (2006–08). From 2011 to 2013, she starred as Dr. Kate Murphy in the ABC drama series Body of Proof and in 2009 she guest starred as Tara Cole on Leverage.
Ryan was born Jeri Lynn Zimmermann in Munich, West Germany, the daughter of Gerhard Florian "Jerry" Zimmermann. She has one older brother, Mark. As a "military brat", Ryan grew up on Army posts in Kansas, Maryland, Hawaii, Georgia and Texas.When she was eleven, her father retired from the Army and the family settled in Paducah, Kentucky. She graduated from Lone Oak High School in 1986 (as a National Merit Scholar), and then attended Northwestern University, where she was a member of the Alpha Phi sorority.
In 1989, Ryan was chosen Miss Illinois. She was the third runner-up in the 1990 Miss America Pageant, winning the preliminary swimsuit competition. She graduated from Northwestern in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre.
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Full filmography
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Patrice Larue
- NCIS (2003) as Rebecca Chase
- Criminal Minds (2005) as Susan Cartwright
- Arrow (2012) as Jessica Danforth
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- Two and a Half Men (2003) as Sherri
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) as Naomi Halloran
- Tracker (2024) as Dr. Serena Jukic
- Star Trek: Voyager (1995) as Seven of Nine
- Melrose Place (1992) as Valerie Madison
- Psych (2006) as Kimberly Phoenix
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Laura Gibson
- Bosch (2015) as Veronica Allen
- Jeopardy! (1984) as Self
- The O.C. (2003) as Charlotte Morgan
- Diagnosis: Murder (1993) as Melissa Farnes
- Boston Legal (2004) as Courtney Reese
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
- MacGyver (2016) as Gwendolyn Hayes
- Warehouse 13 (2009) as Amanda Lattimer
- Matlock (1986) as Carrie Locke
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self
- American Idol (2002) as Self