Jeri Ryan - blue-eyed blonde from science fiction films

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Effective blue-eyed blonde, smiling American actress with German roots, multiple participant in various beauty championships, including Miss America, winner of the Miss Illinois title - it's all about Jerry Ryan.

Biography of the actress

In Germany (Munich), American army officer Gerhard Florian Zimmerman and his wife Sharon on 1968-22-02 had a second child - daughter Jeri Lynn Zimmerman. The girl's childhood was spent on military bases in Kansas, Georgia, Maryland, Texas and Hawaii. When Jeri Ryan's father retired, she was 11 years old and the family was firmly established in Paducah, Kentucky.

After graduating from high school in 1986, she became a member of the Alpha Phi sorority (He althy Heart Women's Fraternity) and began studying at Northwestern Illinois University. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in theater arts in 1990. After studying at the university, the girl began an active search for employment on television and got a job in Los Angeles. 1991 was marked by Jeri Ryan's first cameo appearance ontelevision in "Who's the Boss?" ("Who is the boss in the house?"), then there were several more series during the year, setting a high pace for the career growth of the young actress.

Filmography and career

"Who's the boss?" Debut role of Jeri Ryan. Films with her participation: "Melrose District", "Metlock", "Sentry", "Murder with a Diagnosis", "Murder She Wrote" - followed one after another. In these works, she played short roles. A real breakthrough in a creative career came after getting the first serious job in the TV series "Dark Skies". The alien Juliet Stewart - a well-executed role - attracted the attention of fans of science fiction. Despite the fact that the series was canceled after the release of one season, the actress gained fame.

Real movie star Jeri Ryan made her life's main role as a representative of the race of gods "Seven of Nine" in the science fiction film "Star Trek: Voyager" - 1997-2001. Superbly played, she made Ryan truly famous. In 2001-2004 the girl participates in the filming of the film "Boston Public" or "Boston School", where she plays the role of Roni Cook - a girl who decided to work as a teacher after failures in her legal career. Film producer David Kelly wrote this role especially for Jerry.

After a few years, she started working in James Woods' Shark, doing a great job as JessicaDevlin - County Associate (2006-2008). The actress also has roles in two TV series: "Impact" and "Autumn" (2009-2010). She perfectly performed the role of a doctor in the television series with a criminal plot "Investigation of the Body" - 2010-2013, played in "Mortal Kombat: Rebirth" - 2010. In recent years, the actress has played in the film Men Cry Bullets, "To hell with love! ", "The Last Man", playing the role of the last earthly woman.

When Ryan is not on screen, she can be found in Los Angeles at the Ortolan Restaurant, which she co-owns with her husband Christophe, a renowned French chef.

Personal Facts

While participating in one of the charity events in 1990, Jerry Zimmerman meets a well-known investment figure, banker, politician Jack Ryan. A year after they met, she marries him and becomes a full-fledged Jeri Ryan. Three years later, on August 15, 1994, the couple had a boy, Alex.

Due to circumstances, Jeri and her husband worked and built their careers in different cities, so family life turned into continuous telephone conversations. In such a situation, it was difficult to save the marriage, to maintain family relationships at a distance between Chicago and Los Angeles. Ultimately, this led to a separation, and in 1999 the couple officially divorced by agreement of the two parties, although the former spouses decided not to make the true reasons public.

5 years later, during the period of actively unfolding parliamentary electionJack Ryan's campaign leaked a divorce to the media. As a result, the former spouses were forced to disclose information regarding the separation and the nuances of custody of their son.

In June 2007, in the French city of Loire Valley, a marriage ceremony took place that tied the knot for the second time with the actress Christophe Aimé. At the age of 40, photos of Jeri Ryan appeared in the press of Californian newspapers along with the news of the birth of her second child, daughter Giselle Aimé.

The actress has been nominated several times and is the winner of the Saturn and Satellite awards for Best Actress and Supporting Images. Today, the actress is passionate about the family restaurant business, which gives her pleasure, and is also actively involved in charity work.