Jeri Ryan

Age: 41
Height: 5' 8"

Birth Place: Munich, Germany
Born: Feb. 22nd, 1968

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Jeri Ryan's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Star Trek: Voyager	Seven of Nine
Shark	Jessica Dev…
Boston Public	Ronnie Cooke

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

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:

Favorite tearjerker movie is _E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)_ (qv). Has watched it several times and cried every time.
After Jack Ryan dropped out of the 2004 Senate race, the election was won by 'Barack Obama' (qv).
Son, with Jack Ryan, Alex Ryan 8-15-94.
Winner of the swimsuit competition in the 1990 Miss America Pageant
Jeri and her husband, 'Christophe Eme' (qv), became the parents of a girl, Gisele Lynn Eme, on March 2, 2008 in Los Angeles. Gisele weighed in at 7lbs. 13oz.
Parents: Gerhard Florian "Jeri" and Sharon Zimmermann.
Named after her father.
Restaurant scenes in _"Boston Legal" (2004) {Spring Fever (#2.26)}_ (qv) were filmed in Ryan's Los Angeles restaurant "Ortolan".