
Jeri Ryan
Acting • Born 1968-02-22
Biography
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.
Filmography
70 credits
Dracula 2000
Movie • 2000
Valerie Sharpe

Down with Love
Movie • 2003
Gwendolyn

The Last Man
Movie • 2000
Sarah

Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
Movie • 2023
Seven of Nine

Co-ed Call Girl
Movie • 1996
Kimberly

Secrets in the Walls
Movie • 2010
Rachel

Dead Lines
Movie • 2010
Sophie Fyne

Sudbury
Movie • 2004
Gillian Owens

Men Cry Bullets
Movie • 1998
Lydia

To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
Movie • 2024
Self

In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco
Movie • 1993
Rebecca

Nightmare in Columbia County
Movie • 1991
Dawn Elizabeth Smith

The Captains
Movie • 2011
Self

Against the Wild II: Survive the Serengeti
Movie • 2016
Jennifer Croft

50 Years of Star Trek
Movie • 2016
Self

The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade
Movie • 1992
Felicia Kane

The Kid
Movie • 2000
Larry King's Guest

Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner
Movie • 2006
Self - Audience (uncredited)

Star Trek: Voyager - Dark Frontier
Movie • 1999
Seven of Nine

Devil's Revenge
Movie • 2019
Susan

Mortal Kombat: Rebirth
Movie • 2010
Sonya Blade

Unplugged
Movie
C.J. Skye (voice)

Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Laura Gibson

Boston Public
TV • 2000
Ronnie Cooke

Dark Skies
TV • 1996
Juliet Stuart

The Flash
TV • 1990
Felicia Kane

Who's the Boss?
TV • 1984

Shark
TV • 2006
Jessica Devlin

The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self

Star Trek: Voyager
TV • 1995
Seven of Nine

Matlock
TV • 1986
Carrie Locke

Two and a Half Men
TV • 2003
Sherri

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Patrice Larue

The Ready Room
TV • 2019
Self

Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
Melissa Farnes

The O.C.
TV • 2003
Charlotte Morgan

American Idol
TV • 2002
Self

Melrose Place
TV • 1992
Valerie Madison

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest

Boston Legal
TV • 2004
Courtney Reese

Celebrities Uncensored
TV • 2003
Self

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TV • 1999
Self

Charlie Grace
TV • 1995
Claire

The Jackie Thomas Show
TV • 1992

Body of Proof
TV • 2011
Dr. Kate Murphy

Major Crimes
TV • 2012
Linda Rothman

Star Trek: Picard
TV • 2020
Seven of Nine

Psych
TV • 2006
Kimberly Phoenix

NCIS
TV • 2003
Rebecca Chase

The Client
TV • 1995
Jennifer

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Naomi Halloran

Arrow
TV • 2012
Jessica Danforth

UFOs & Aliens
TV • 1999
Narrator

Helix
TV • 2014
Constance Sutton

Dark Winds
TV • 2022
Rosemary Vines

Bosch
TV • 2015
Veronica Allen

Top of the Heap
TV • 1991
Tyler

Warehouse 13
TV • 2009
Amanda Lattimer

Dilbert
TV • 1999
7 of 9 Alarm Clock (voice)

Leverage
TV • 2008
Tara Carlisle

Leverage
TV • 2008
Tara Cole

Star Trek: Picard
TV • 2020
Seven of Nine / Annika Hansen

The Sentinel
TV • 1996
Alexis Barnes

MacGyver
TV • 2016
Gwendolyn Hayes

Mortal Kombat: Legacy
TV • 2011
Sonya Blade

Leverage: Redemption
TV • 2021
Tara Cole

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self

Jeopardy!
TV • 1984
Self

Miss America
TV • 1954
Miss Illinois 1989

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self