Jeri Ryan (born 22 February 1968; age 54 as Jeri Lynn Zimmerman) is a female Human who is a German-born American actress. She portrayed Jessica Danforth in the fourth season Arrow episode, The Candidate.
She is most widely known for portraying the character Seven of Nine, on Star Trek: Voyager from the fourth season onwards, first appearing in "Scorpion, Part II". She later reprised the role in Star Trek: Picard, first as a recurring guest star in the first season, then promoted to the main cast for the second season and the third season.
Far from being a fan of science fiction, Ryan nearly turned down the role of Seven of Nine. She reportedly had to be convinced by the producers that the role would not simply be "an intergalactic Barbie". According to Ryan, the Borg suit she had to wear as Seven of Nine was initially so tight that she blacked out four times until the problem was fixed.
According to some sources, she would have appeared as Seven of Nine in Star Trek Nemesis, were it not for a scheduling conflict with her role in the television series Boston Public. The cameo went to her Voyager castmate Kate Mulgrew instead. Ryan also expressed interest in appearing as an ancestor of Seven on Voyager's successor series, Star Trek: Enterprise, but only if her schedule allowed it and if it was written by Brannon Braga, her boyfriend at the time.
Several costumes and costume components worn by Ryan throughout the run of Voyager were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay, including a dark blue shirt.
She also portrays Kate Murphy and Seven of Nine in the Star Trek series, Star Trek: Intrepid. She portrays Seven in the season 12 episode Ending A Deadly Threat. Ryan reprised her role of Seven of Nine in 2020 in Seven of Nine and The Admiral and in 2021 in Seven's New Beginnings. Ryan later appeared as Seven of Nine in 2022 in the episodes A New Empire, Reckoning, Part 1 and in 2023 in the episodes Reckoning, Part 2.
She no longer portrays her great-great grandmother Kate Murphy (23rd century) in Star Trek: Excalibur.
In 2014, Ryan reprised the role of Seven of Nine for the Star Trek Online expansion Delta Rising, set 32 years after Voyager. Two years later, she recorded a video of her playtesting the virtual reality game Star Trek: Bridge Crew with LeVar Burton and Karl Urban.
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Arrow[]
Season 4[]
- "The Candidate" Jessica Danforth
Star Trek: Intrepid[]
Season 1[]
Season 7[]
Season 9[]
Season 10[]
Season 12[]
Season 19[]
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- She had one episode role on the 1990 Flash series as Felicia Kane.