Jeri Ryan's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Leverage Tara Star Trek: Voyager Seven of Nine Body of Proof Dr. Kate Mu… Shark Jessica Dev… Boston Public Ronnie Cooke

Main Movie Roles 2003 - Down with Love 2000 - Wes Craven Presents Dracula 2000 2000 - The Kid 2000 - The Last Man

BIOGRAPHY:

Jeri Lynn Zimmerman was born on February 22, 1968 in Munich, West Germany to Jeri and Sharon Zimmerman. She and her brother Mark grew up on several Military bases, including Kansas, Maryland, Georgia and Texas. Finally, at the age of 11, her family settled down in Paducah, Kentucky. Later, after graduating from Lone Oak High School in 1986, she attended Northwestern University Chicago as a National Merit Scholar. While studying there, she won a number of beauty contests (a.o.- 6th annual Miss Northwestern Alpha Delta Phi Pageant in 1989).

With a BS in theater, she came to Los Angeles and since then she's been on several TV shows and movies - including popular shows like "Matlock" (1986), "Melrose Place" (1992), "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) as well as "Dark Skies" (1996). Her television experience also includes roles in a variety of telefilms including Co-ed Call Girl (1996) (TV), Nightmare in Columbia County (1991) (TV), NBC's Ambush in Waco: In the Line of Duty (1993) (TV), "The Sentinel" (1996), The Last Man (2000), Men Cry Bullets (1997), Dracula 2000 (2000), Down with Love (2003). Jeri Ryan resides in an area of Los Angeles with her husband chef Christophe Eme, her son Alex and daughter Gisele.


TRIVIA:

• After Jack Ryan dropped out of the 2004 Senate race, the election was won by 'Barack Obama' (qv).
• Came fourth in the 1990 Miss America Pageant.
• Appeared in underwear along with 'Yasmine Bleeth' (qv), 'Alyssa Milano' (qv), 'Melissa Joan Hart' (qv), 'Garcelle Beauvais' (qv), 'Carmen Electra' (qv), 'Peta Wilson' (qv) and 'Jamie Luner' (qv) on the cover and inside the October 1997 issue of "Details" magazine.
• Her fans, like WWE wrestler Chris (Y2Jericho) Irvine's, call themselves "The Jeri-holics".
• Has appeared in episodes of two different TV series titled "The Gift": _"Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) {The Gift (#4.2)}_ (qv) and _"Dilbert" (1999) {The Gift (#2.1)}_ (qv).
• Her husband, 'Christophe Émé', is a French chef who owns the restaurant Ortolan. Ortolan is located on Third Street in Los Angeles, California. The restaurant serves French food with a modern interpretation.
• Winner of the swimsuit competition in the 1990 Miss America Pageant
• Was a national merit scholar and graduated from Northwestern University.