Roxann Dawson

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Roxann Dawson
Date of birth:	11 September 1958
Place of birth:	Los Angeles, California
Roles:	Performer, director
Character(s):	B'Elanna Torres (Primary character)

Roxann Dawson (born 11 September 1958; age 49) is the actress best known for portraying Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres on Star Trek: Voyager (initially credited as Roxann Biggs-Dawson). She also directed two episodes of Star Trek: Voyager and ten episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise.

Contents 1 Directorial credits 2 Trivia 3 Novels 4 External links

Born Roxann Caballero, Dawson is the ex-wife of actor Casey Biggs, who played Damar on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and whom she met before either was involved in Trek. She is currently married to casting director Eric Dawson. They have a daughter, Emma, whom Dawson was pregnant with during the fourth season of Star Trek: Voyager. Their second daughter, Mia, was adopted from China.

Prior to Trek, Dawson had a recurring role on the daytime TV soap opera Another World in 1985. (Her Star Trek: Voyager co-star Jennifer Lien would also join the show during the 1991-92 season.) In 1988, she had a role in the TV movie Broken Angel, alongside Star Trek: The Original Series actor William Shatner. She has appeared in a handful of other films, most notably the 1991 drama Guilty by Suspicion, the 1992 telefilm Mortal Sins, and the 1996 direct-to-video science fiction sequel Darkman III: Die Darkman Die. Dawson and her Star Trek: Voyager co-star Robert Picardo went on to have recurring roles on the short-lived NBC series The Lyon's Den in 2003.

Although she continues to make occasional film and television appearances, Dawson built her directorial debut on Voyager into a second career as a television director. Thus far, in addition to her Voyager and Enterprise work, she has directed episodes of such programs as Crossing Jordan, The O.C., J.J. Abrams's Lost, Cold Case, and Heroes. She also directed a 2006 episode of Close to Home guest-starring Enterprise's Connor Trinneer. Currently, she's a producer for the 2007-08 season of Cold Case.

Dawson is also a published author. She wrote, with co-author Daniel Graham, the Tenebrea sci-fi trilogy.

B'Elanna Torres as a Human VOY: "Faces"	B'Elanna Torres as a Klingon VOY: "Faces"	Dreadnought (voice) VOY: "Dreadnought"	Torrey VOY: "Author, Author"
Automated repair station (voice) ENT: "Dead Stop" (uncredited)

[edit] Directorial credits

[edit] Trivia

• Before Star Trek: Voyager was even thought of, Dawson played another character named "Lieutenant Torres" in the 1991 telefilm N.Y.P.D. Mounted.

• In November 2001, Dawson appeared on the special Trek-themed version of the game show Weakest Link, along with LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, John de Lancie, Robert Picardo, William Shatner, Armin Shimerman, and Wil Wheaton. Burton ended up winning the game, while Wheaton apparently angered Dawson with his flirtatious remarks. Dawson was doubly enraged since her husband was among the audience members. However, after the show, she revealed that it was all in jest and she was having fun sparring with Wil. [1]

• Some sites give Dawson's year of birth as 1964, but IMDb and the majority of reliable sources give it as 1958.

• Dawson appeared on the cover of TV Guide's 'Sexiest Stars in the Universe' in July 2000.

• Dawson appeared in 'Girls of Sci-Fi' feature in the June 2001 issue of the US FHM Magazine.

• The character of B'Elanna Torres was much younger in age than Dawson. When Star Trek: Voyager started Torres was 22 years old when Dawson was really in her thirties. This is not the first time in Star Trek that an actress has been hired to play a character younger than they were. Kira Nerys, played by actress Nana Visitor, was 26 when Star Trek: Deep Space Nine started, however Visitor was really in her mid-thirties at the time.

[edit] Novels

• Entering Tenebrea
• Tenebrea's Hope
• Tenebrea Rising

Star Trek: Voyager regular cast
Robert Beltran • Roxann Dawson • Jennifer Lien • Robert Duncan McNeill • Kate Mulgrew • Ethan Phillips • Robert Picardo • Tim Russ • Jeri Ryan • Garrett Wang

[edit] External links

• RoxannDawson.net - official website
• Roxann Dawson at the Internet Movie Database
• Roxann Dawson at TriviaTribute.com