Jeri Ryan

Name: Jeri Ryan
Birth Name: Jeri Lynn Zimmerman
Height: 5' 8"
Sex: F
Nationality: Germany
Birth Date: February 22, 1968
Birth Place: Munich, German
Profession: actress
Education: Lone Oak High School in Paducah, Kentucky (graduated in 1986 with a GPA of 3.69)
  Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois (BA, Theater, 1990)
Husband/Wife: Jack Ryan (investment banker; born in 1960; married in 1991; separated; divorced in 1999)
Relationship: Brannon Bragga (executive producer for Star Trek Voyager: born on August 14, 1964; began dating in 2000)
Father: Jerry Zimmerman (retired master sergeant in US Army)
Mother: Sharon Zimmerman
Son: Alex Ryan (born in 1994)
Claim to fame: as Seven of Nine in Star Trek Voyager
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Paramount Studios 5555 Melrose Ave.
Hollywood, CA 90038
USA

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JERI RYAN NEWS AND TRIVIA
  • She was Miss Illinois 1989
  • She was a national merit scholar and graduated from Northwestern University.
  • Turned down the role of Seven of Nine in STAR TREK: VOYAGER (1995) four times; she only accepted the part after repeated lobbying by executive producer Jeri Taylor.
  • Sometimes Credited As: Jeri Lynn, Jeri Lynn Ryan,
  • Came fourth in the 1990 Miss America Pageant.
  • Appeared on Jeopardy! Celebrity Invitational on Wednesday, April 29, 1998. Jeri played for St. Jude's Hospital.
  • Was a member of Alpha Phi Sorority while at Northwestern University (Beta Chapter).
  • VH-1 Rock across America
  • Named after her father.
  • Turned down a cameo in STAR TREK: NEMESIS because of her busy schedual on Boston Public. The cameo was subsequently given to her STAR TREK: VOYAGER castmate, Kate Mulgrew.
  • Was paid $45,000 per episode for BOSTON PUBLIC (2000)

Quotes
  • "You can't really prepare yourself for being greeted by a dozen Klingons drinking blood wine. So, it can be a bit off-putting coming in from the outside. But it's great fun and there are no fans like Star Trek fans."
  • Regarding her ultratight costume for VOYAGER: "It was so tight originally that I passed out four times...They would bring nurses to the set with oxygen, and I wouldn't say anything. But after the fourth time passing out, I spoke up."

Awards
  • Saturn Award: Best Supporting Actress on Television, Star Trek: Voyager (2001)
  • Golden Satellite Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama, Star Trek: Voyager (1999)
FAN SITES  
  • 007 of Nine: The Borg is not Enough
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    Offers biography, news, pictures, filmography, links.
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