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Jeri Ryan Profile |
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Birth Date: February 22, 1968
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Birth Place: Munich, Germany
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Birth Name: Jeri Lynn Zimmerman
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Height: 5'8"
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Biography |
Jeri Ryan was born on February 22, 1968 in Munich,
Germany to parents Sharon and Jeri Zimmerman. Jeri and her
brother lived the childhoods of typical army brats, moving
from base to base throughout the country before finally
settling down in Paduch, Kentucky.
By this time, Jeri was already 11 years old, her father had
retired and her mother had decided to pursue a career in
social work. Unwittingly, Jeri had already been started on
her own career track: the family's frequent moves to this
date had taught her how to become somewhat of an actress
without even making an effort as she was constantly changing
schools and forced to make new friends.
Jeri took the stage for the first time in the fourth grade,
starring in Market House Theater productions of Gracie at
the Bat, Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.
In 1986, Jeri graduated at the top of her class from Lone
Oak High School. Fittingly enough, she was voted most
talented by all of her classmates. Jeri went on to attend
Northwestern University and earn a degree in theater.
In 1989, while studying at Northwestern, Jeri won the sixth
annual Miss Northwestern Alpha Delta Phi Pageant. That same
year, she won the Miss Illinois Pageant and went on to come
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, Jeri 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 by doing some commercials and then moved on to her
first guest-starring role. It was in the sitcom Who's the
Boss?, which starred Charmed vixen, Alyssa Milano.
Jeri was soon guest-starring on a slew of popular television
shows including Matlock, Murder, She Wrote, Reasonable
Doubts, Time Trax, Melrose Place, and Diagnosis Murder.
Ryan's stint on television continued with roles in the
made-for-TV movies Coed Call Girl, Nightmare in Columbia
County and NBC's In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco.
Jeri also starred in some independent films, including The
Last Man and Men Cry Bullets. In 2000, she played a reporter
who turns vampire in Dracula 2000.
Jeri's first attempt at a starring role on a TV show did not
succeed, as NBC's Dark Skies was cancelled soon after its
debut. Her Star Trek Voyager role (as Seven of Nine),
however, quickly developed something of a cult following.
Paramount signed Jeri for the duration of the series, which
ended in 2001.
That same year, Jeri sighed in relief as a chapter in her
personal life also came to a close. That spring, a
California judge sentenced Marlon Esracio Pagtakhan to five
years' probation. Pagtakhan had been stalking Jeri.
With this behind her, Jeri met with famous television writer
David E. Kelley. He was so impressed with her that he wrote
her into his new high school drama, Boston Public.
She officially joined the cast in 2001 and remained in this
capacity until the show's 2004 demise. In 2003, she had a
small part as Gwendolyn in the Rene Zellweger/Ewan McGregor
romantic comedy Down with Love.
In the summer of 2004, Jeri found her name and image
splashed over the tabloids as a sex scandal involving her
ex-husband, Jack Ryan, came to light. Jeri and Jack were
married in 1991, produced a son, Alex, in 1995, and then
divorced in 1999. Their relationship became newsworthy again
when it was revealed in June of 2004 that Jack, at that time
running as a Republican Senate candidate, had petitioned
Jeri to engage in public sexual acts with him at sex clubs.
The release of this piece of news effectively ended Mr.
Ryan's Senate bid. |
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Other
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Son, with Ryan, Alex [1995]
Miss Illinois 1989
Came fourth in the 1990 Miss America Pageant.
Was a national merit scholar and graduated from Northwestern
University.
Appeared on Jeopardy! Celebrity Invitational on Wednesday,
April 29, 1998. Jeri played for St. Jude's Hospital.
Graduated from Lone Oak High School in Paducah, Kentucky in
1986.
Was a member of Alpha Phi Sorority while at Northwestern
University (Beta Chapter).
VH-1 Rock across America
Named after her father.
Turned down a cameo in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) because of
her busy schedule on "Boston Public" (2000). The cameo was
subsequently given to her "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995)
castmate, Kate Mulgrew.
Parents: Jeri and Sharon Zimmermann
Sibling: Mark
Her ex-husband, Jack Ryan, was running for Senator in
Illinois, but dropped out of the race when allegations in
their divorce proceedings were made public. [2004]
Winner of the swimsuit competition in the 1990 Miss America
Pageant
Ranked #65 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The
World" (2002)
Bust size in 1989 - 36D
In 2005, she and boyfriend, chef Christophe Emé, opened a
California restaurant named Ortolan.
Has appeared in episodes of two different series entitled
"The Gift": "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) and "Dilbert"
(1999).
On Star Trek: Voyager, the holographic Doctor's name played
by Robert Picardo was given the moniker "Doc Zimmerman,"
which is Jeri's real last name.
Restaurant scenes in the Boston Legal episode "Spring Fever"
were filmed in Ryan's Los Angeles restaurant Ortolan. |
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