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

• Tracker — Dr. Serena Jukic
• 2023Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event — Seven of Nine
• Dark Winds — Rosemary Vines
• Leverage: Redemption — Tara Cole
• Star Trek: Picard — Seven of Nine, Seven of Nine / Annika Hansen
• 2019Devil's Revenge — Susan
• 2016Against the Wild II: Survive the Serengeti — Jennifer Croft
• MacGyver — Gwendolyn Hayes
• Bosch — Veronica Allen
• Helix — Constance Sutton
• Arrow — Jessica Danforth
• Major Crimes — Linda Rothman
• Body of Proof — Kate Murphy
• Mortal Kombat: Legacy — Sonya Blade
• 2010Dead Lines — Sophie Fyne
• 2010Secrets in the Walls — Rachel
• Warehouse 13 — Amanda Lattimer
• Leverage — Tara Cole, Tara Carlisle
• Psych — Kimberly Phoenix
• Shark — Jessica Devlin
• Criminal Minds — Susan Cartwright
• Boston Legal — Courtney Reese
• 2004Sudbury — Gillian Owens
• 2003Down with Love — Gwendolyn
• NCIS — Rebecca Chase
• The O.C. — Charlotte Morgan
• Two and a Half Men — Sherri
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Naomi Halloran
• Boston Public — Ronnie Cooke
• 2000Dracula 2000 — Valerie Sharpe
• 2000Star Trek: Voyager - Scorpion — Seven of Nine
• 2000The Kid — Larry King's Guest
• 2000The Last Man — Sarah
• Dilbert — 7 of 9 Alarm Clock (voice)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Patrice Larue
• 1999Star Trek: Voyager - Dark Frontier — Seven of Nine
• UFOs & Aliens — Narrator
• 1998Men Cry Bullets — Lydia
• 1996Co-ed Call Girl — Kimberly
• Dark Skies — Juliet Stuart
• The Sentinel — Alexis Barnes
• Charlie Grace — Claire
• Star Trek: Voyager — Seven of Nine
• The Client — Jennifer
• Diagnosis: Murder — Melissa Farnes
• 1993In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco — Rebecca
• Melrose Place — Valerie Madison
• 1992The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade — Felicia Kane
• The Jackie Thomas Show
• Top of the Heap — Tyler
• 1991Victim of Beauty — Dawn Elizabeth Smith
• The Flash — Felicia Kane
• Matlock — Carrie Locke
• Murder, She Wrote — Laura Gibson
• Who's the Boss?
• Miss America — Miss Illinois 1989
• Unplugged — C.J. Skye (voice)

Appearances as themselves (13)

• 2024To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager — Self
• The Ready Room — Self
• 201650 Years of Star Trek — Self
• 2011The Captains — Self
• The Talk — Self
• 2006Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner — Self - Audience (uncredited)
• Celebrities Uncensored — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• American Idol — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Jeopardy! — Self