Acting
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.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV
The Daily Show
1996 · TV
NCIS
2003 · TV
Criminal Minds
2005 · TV
Jeopardy!
1984 · TV
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · TV
Arrow
2012 · TV
Two and a Half Men
2003 · TV
Tracker
2024 · TV
Psych
2006 · TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV
Melrose Place
1992 · TV
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · TV
Star Trek: Voyager
1995 · TV
The O.C.
2003 · TV
Bosch
2015 · TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · TV
American Idol
2002 · TV
Boston Legal
2004 · TV
Diagnosis: Murder
1993 · TV
The Talk
2010 · TV
Dark Winds
2022 · TV
MacGyver
2016 · TV
Matlock
1986 · TV
Warehouse 13
2009 · TV
Boston Public
2000 · TV
Star Trek: Picard
2020 · TV
Who's the Boss?
1984 · TV
Body of Proof
2011 · TV
Leverage
2008 · TV
Major Crimes
2012 · TV
Shark
2006 · TV
The Sentinel
1996 · TV
Leverage: Redemption
2021 · TV
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999 · TV
Dilbert
1999 · TV
The Flash
1990 · TV
Helix
2014 · TV
The Ready Room
2019 · TV
Mortal Kombat: Legacy
2011 · TV
Dark Skies
1996 · TV
Charlie Grace
1995 · TV
The Client
1995 · TV
The Kid
2000 · Movie
Dracula 2000
2000 · Movie
The Jackie Thomas Show
1992 · TV
Down with Love
2003 · Movie
Unplugged
· Movie
Top of the Heap
1991 · TV
UFOs & Aliens
1999 · TV
The Captains
2011 · Movie
Sudbury
2004 · Movie
Secrets in the Walls
2010 · Movie
Mortal Kombat: Rebirth
2010 · Movie
Victim of Beauty
1991 · Movie
50 Years of Star Trek
2016 · Movie
Devil's Revenge
2019 · Movie
In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco
1993 · Movie
The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade
1992 · Movie
Co-ed Call Girl
1996 · Movie
The Last Man
2000 · Movie
Against the Wild II: Survive the Serengeti
2016 · Movie
Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner
2006 · Movie
Men Cry Bullets
1998 · Movie
Star Trek: Voyager - Dark Frontier
1999 · Movie
Dead Lines
2010 · Movie
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
2024 · Movie
Celebrities Uncensored
2003 · TV
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
2023 · Movie
