Jeri Ryan
Biography
Jeri
Lynn Zimmerman was born on February 22, 1968 in Munich, Germany
to her parents Sharon and Jeri Zimmerman. Jeri has one younger brother
and is an a self-professed army brat. She was raised on military
bases all over the US before her family finally settled down in
Paduch, Kentucky.
By this
time, Jeri was already 11 years old and her father decided to retire
at which point her mom decided to begin her career in social work.
Because of all the moving around Jeri had done as a young child,
she learned how to become somewhat of an actress without even making
an effort since she was constantly changing schools and forced to
make new friends.
Although
Jeri initially wanted to be a veterinarian, her acting career began
when she was in the fourth grade whereupon she starred in Market
house Theater productions of Gracie at the Bat, Cinderella, Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (as
Lucy), and The Drunkard in the mid 80's.
In 1986,
Jeri graduated at the top of her class from Lone Oak High School
with. Fittingly enough, she was voted most talented by all of her
classmates. Jeri attended Northwestern University and earned a BS
in theater.
While
studying at University, Jeri won the sixth annual Miss Northwestern
Alpha Delta Phi Pageant in 1989. That same year, she won the Miss
Illinois Pageant and went came in fourth in the 1990 Miss America
Pageant.
Her professional
career began when she was cast as an extra in the movie Planes,
Trains and Automobiles. Unfortunately, however, the scene Jeri was
in did not make the final cut.
But soon
enough, Jeri began getting call ins for auditions for television
shows and she began acting professionally right after she graduated
from University. Like most stars, she began doing some commercials
in her senior year and then got her first guest-starring role in
the sitcom Who's the Boss?, which starred Charmed vixen, Alyssa
Milano.
Jeri
was guest-starring on a slew of popular television shows including
Matlock, Who's the Boss?, Murder, She Wrote, Reasonable Doubts,
Time Trax, Melrose Place and Diagnosis Murder.
Ryan's
stint on television was far from over as she starred in the made-for-TV
movies Coed Call Girl, Nightmare in Columbia County and NBC's In
the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco.
As well,
Jeri starred in some independent films which include The Last Man
and Men Cry Bullets.
Although
Jeri's attempt at her own starring role on a television showed did
not succeed as NBC's Dark Skies was cancelled soon after its debut,
her more recent Star Trek Voyager has somewhat of a cult following.
Jeri has even signed with Paramount for another three years.
More
recently, Jeri stars in Boston Public and was married to Jack Ryan
with whom she has one son, Alex. Jeri is now divorced and lives
alone with her 5-year-old son.
Jeri Ryan Filmography
Down with Love (2003)--Gwendolyn
Boston Public (2000) TV Series--Ronnie Cooke (2001-2004)
Dracula 2000 (2000)--Valerie Sharp
The Kid (2000)--Larry King's Guest
The Last Man (2000)--Monique
Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force (1999)--Seven of Nine
Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments (1999) (TV) (archive
footage)
Men Cry Bullets (1997)--Lydia
Dark Skies (1996) TV Series--Juliet Stuart
Pier 66 (1996) (TV)--Beth Saunders
Co-ed Call Girl (1996) (TV)--Kimberly
Star Trek: Voyager (1995) TV Series
Seven of Nine (1997-2001)
Matlock: The Fatal Seduction (1993) (TV)--Carrie
In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco (1993) (TV)--Rebecca
Just Deserts (1992) TV Series--Nicole
Nightmare in Columbia County (1991) (TV)--Dawn Elizabeth Smith
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) (scenes deleted) |
