Jeri Lynn Ryan (née Zimmermann; born February 22, 1968)[1][2] is an American actress best known for her role as the former Borg drone Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Voyager (1997–2001), for which she was nominated four times for a Saturn Award and won in 2001.

She graduated from Lone Oak High School[1] in 1986 as a National Merit Scholar,[5] and then attended Northwestern University, where she was a member of the Alpha Phi sorority.

She made her acting debut in Who's the Boss?, and followed that with guest-starring roles in television series such as Melrose Place, Matlock, and The Sentinel as well as TV movies.

She had a regular role as extraterrestrial investigator Juliet Stuart on the television series Dark Skies, which was cancelled after one season.

[9] After Voyager ended in 2001, Ryan joined the cast of Boston Public as Veronica "Ronnie" Cooke, a frustrated lawyer who becomes a high school teacher.

Ryan then co-starred in the legal drama Shark as Los Angeles County District Attorney Jessica Devlin alongside series lead James Woods,[15][16] but she did not return for episodes aired after the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike; she was credited in all four episodes.

[17] She guest-starred as defense attorney Patrice La Rue on the April 7, 2009, episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, her first role since giving birth to her daughter Gisele.

[18] Ryan next had a seven-episode role on the drama Leverage in season 2 as a grifter named Tara Cole, filling in while series regular Gina Bellman was on maternity leave.

[30][31][32] When Jack Ryan's campaign for an open United States Senate seat in Illinois began in 2003, the Chicago Tribune newspaper and WLS-TV, the local ABC affiliate, sought to have his records released.

[33] On June 18, 2004, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Schnider agreed to release the custody files.

It was revealed that six years earlier, Jeri accused Jack of asking her to perform sexual acts with him in public[35] and in sex clubs in New York, New Orleans and Paris.

Although Jeri only made a brief statement,[38] and refused to comment on the matter during the campaign, the disclosure led Jack to withdraw his candidacy;[39][40] his main opponent, Barack Obama, then won the 2004 United States Senate election in Illinois, flipping the Senate seat from Republican to Democratic.

They eventually began a relationship, and Émé moved in with Ryan and her son Alex in their home in San Fernando Valley.