Jeri Ryan Movies
Jeri Lynn Ryan is the stunning actress adored by science fiction fans for her portrayal of the Borg-human Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager. She was born in Munich, Germany, but was raised on several military bases all over the world. Settling on Illinois for college, she joined a sorority and competed in beauty pageants, making it all the way to the Miss America Pageant in 1990. She started her acting career with TV movies (Co-Ed Call Girl) and made several guest appearances on shows like Matlock and Melrose Place. In 1997, she gained a reoccurring role on the short-lived NBC series Dark Skies and joined the cast of Voyager. She has since gained a loyal fan base for this role, which requires a costume so tight it takes nearly an hour to get into it. In 2001, she moved on to the role of Ronnie Cooke on the Fox drama Boston Public. She made her feature film breakthrough in Men Cry Bullets, followed by starring roles in The Last Man and Down With Love. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
Director Peyton Reed and screenwriters Eve Ahlert and Dennis Drake pay homage to the frothy romantic comedies of the early '60s -- in particular the Doris Day/Rock Hudson vehicles -- in this light-hearted and affectionate spoof. Barbara Novak (Renée Zellweger) is a sweet but savvy small-town librarian who has arrived in New York City with big plans to take on the town. Embracing a feminist philosophy years before it becomes common or fashionable, Novak writes a book called "Down With Love," in which she presents her theory that romantic relationships cause more problems than they solve for women, and urges women to focus instead on what will truly make them happy -- self-reliance, a solid career, and a healthy sex life (or chocolate if the latter is unavailable at the moment). Almost overnight, "Down With Love" becomes a minor scandal and a major bestseller, but not every man is America is happy with the new breed of liberated (and demanding) women spawned by the book's success, and Catcher Block (Ewan McGregor), a lady-killing bachelor who writes for Know Magazine, decides to put Novak to the test. Posing as a shy, retiring type, Block is determined to make Novak fall in love with him, and then share the details with the world through an article in Know. Block's editor Peter MacMannus (David Hyde-Pierce) thinks this is a splendid idea, but to Block's distress, he discovers himself developing real feelings for Novak. Down With Love also features Tony Randall, who significantly appeared in three films with Rock Hudson and Doris Day. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, (more)
- 2001
Commander Chakotay (Robert Beltran) is rendered unconscious by a temporal energy blast from the warp core. Upon awakening, Chakotay finds that the Voyager has been "time-zoned," half of the ship is in the past, and half is in the future. In addition to offering a fascinating crash course in Voyager's history (with the help of a few judicious chosen clips from earlier episodes), this episode also marks a return appearance by Dr. Chaotica (Martin Rayner), the central character in the Doctor's (Robert Picardo) holographic novel. "Shattered" was first telecast on January 17, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roxann Dawson
- 2001
This episode opens on a note of exultation, as B'Elanna Torres (Roxann Dawson) and Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill) learn they are going to have a baby. Joy turns to anguish when Torres discovers that the baby will likely have dominant Klingon features. Manipulating the mind of the Doctor (Robert Picardo), Torres tries to force him to change her unborn child's DNA, leading to a remarkable and unexpected denouement. "Lineage" made its U.S. TV debut on January 24, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roxann Dawson
- 2001
The Voyager is assigned to transport a group of condemned prisoners to their place of execution. Among the unfortunate "guests" is Nygean prisoner Iko (Jeff Kober), whose death sentence is as much the result of his heritage as his actual crimes. A series of probing conversations with Iko causes Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) to suffer pangs of guilt over her previous association with the Borg Collective -- 20 full years of killing without any sort of punishment. "Repentance" first aired on January 31, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roxann Dawson
- 2001
A group of Klingon refugees, unaware of the long-standing treaty between their people and the Federation, arrive on the Voyager. Thanks to a coincidental chain of signs and portents, refugee leader Kohlar (Wren T. Brown) becomes convinced that B'Elanna Torres' (Roxann Dawson) unborn baby is destined to be the Klingon messiah. A chilling confrontation between Torres' lover, Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill), and Klingon religious fanatic T'Greth (Sherman Howard), who believes that Torres has "mongrelized" his race, climaxes the story. "Prophecy" initially aired on February 7, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roxann Dawson
- 2001
Pulled into a seemingly inescapable black void, the Voyager ends up in the middle between two eternally warring (and equally trapped) starships. In hopes of saving her crew, Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) struggles to negotiate a détente between the two fighting factions. But can either side be trusted? And how does The Phantom of the Opera figure into all this? "The Void" made its UPN network bow on February 14, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roxann Dawson
- 2001
In the first installment of the two-part "Workforce," a radiation leak, caused by a collision between the Voyager and a floating space mine, forces the crew members to evacuate to the planet Quarra. Here they are captured, brainwashed, and placed into forced labor. Her mind under the complete control of her captors, and with no memory of her previous existence, Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) so loves her new job that she ends up a prime candidate to carry out a diabolical assassination scheme. "Workforce, Part I" was originally broadcast on February 21, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roxann Dawson
- 2001
In the conclusion of the two-part "Workforce," Chakotay (Robert Beltram) tries to disable the Quarran energy shield, which is holding the Voyager crew in mind-controlled subjugation. Though Chakotay manages to rescue B'Elanna Torres (Roxann Dawson, who also directed the episode), he has trouble convincing her that she has had any life outside her servitude on Quarra. Meanwhile, the brainwashed Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) is prepared to carry off an assassination -- and her target is Chakotay! The supporting cast includes former Happy Days regular Don Most and John Aniston, father of Friends co-star Jennifer Aniston. "Workforce, Part II" originally aired on February 28, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roxann Dawson
- 2001
Hoping to polish up her human social skills, Seven of Nine goes to the holodeck, where she creates duplicates of the Voyager crew. Unfortunately, her relationships with both her real and holographic colleagues -- to say nothing of her emotions and her sense of duty -- go quite askew. The episode's highlight is the "faux" baby shower for Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill) and B'Elanna Torres (Roxann Dawson). "Human Error" was first telecast on March 7, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roxann Dawson
- 2001
John de Lancie returns as the mercurial life force Q, this time with his troublesome son Q2 (played by de Lancie's real-life son, Keegan de Lancie) in tow. Having gone from infant to adolescent in only four years, Q2's personality hasn't quite matured to the level of his physiology, and before long he all but wrecks the Voyager with his destructive pranks. Much to Janeway's (Kate Mulgrew) dismay, Q leaves his son behind on Voyager, hoping that the crew will be able to straighten the boy out. "Q2" originally aired on April 11, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roxann Dawson
- 2001
The Voyager crew tests out Operation Watson, a method of transmitting live messages to Starfleet on Earth. The crew's family members back home are gratified to communicate with their loved ones after so many years. But joy degenerates into confusion and resentment when the Doctor's (Robert Picardo) ongoing holographic novel begins insinuating itself into the transmissions. Dwight Schultz makes a return appearance as Reginald Barclay. "Author, Author" first aired on April 18, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roxann Dawson
- 2001
Now that a live transmission system has been set up between Voyager and Earth, the crew receives its first Starfleet order in years. Their mission: To search for Friendship One, an Earth probe that has been missing since the year 2067 A.D. Tracing the probe to a planet held in the grip of nuclear-winter radiation, the Away Team is captured by a band of hostile aliens, who hold all humans responsible for their dismal existence. Janeway's (Kate Mulgrew) only hope to rescue her colleagues is to find a new home planet for the aliens -- but this may not be possible for several years to come. As originally conceived, this episode was to have featured James Cromwell in his Star Trek: First Contact role of Zephram Cochran, but Cromwell was unavailable. "Friendship One" initially aired on April 25, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roxann Dawson
- 2001
En route to a peace conference, the shuttle carrying Chakotay (Robert Beltran) and Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) is damaged, marooning them on a seemingly primitive planet populated by a backward, isolated race called the Ventu. It soon develops that a higher intelligence on the planet has deliberately cut off the Ventu with an energy barrier -- and the Voyager crew wants to learn the reason. Meanwhile, Paris is required to pass an exacting Starfleet test, which may force him to bypass an opportunity to rescue his colleagues. "Natural Law" first aired on May 9, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roxann Dawson
- 2001
Tracing the source of some Talaxian messages, Neelix (Ethan Phillips) locates a colony of his own people on an asteroid -- which happens to be in the thick of a devastating war fomented by greedy miners. Now he is forced to make a momentous choice between his Neelix heritage and his loyalty to Voyager. Without giving away the ending, it can be noted that this episode represented Ethan Phillips' final series appearance. "Homestead" was originally broadcast on May 9, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roxann Dawson
- 2001
Commander Chakotay (Robert Beltran) is unpleasantly surprised when Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) evinces a willingness to hand over important Voyager technology to the untrustworthy R'Kaal Collective. She explains that, after years of attempting to return to Earth, she no longer wants to endanger the lives of her crew, and thus sees no need to hold on to the precious technology. Though the Doctor (Robert Picardo) insists that, according to her last checkup, Janeway is still mentally sound, Chakotay begins to suspect that the Captain isn't quite "herself" -- and he's right! The highlight of this penultimate Star Trek: Voyager adventure is the Doctor's surprising gift for mimicry. "Renaissance Man" first aired on May 16, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roxann Dawson
- 2001
The seven-year saga of Star Trek: Voyager ended with the two-part "time-straddling" adventure "Endgame." "Endgame, Pt. 1" begins some ten years after Voyager was able to return to earth, having spent 23 long years in the Delta Quadrant. Presiding over a reunion with her surviving crew, an elderly, white-haired Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), now a Starfleet Admiral, seems strangely unhappy and distant -- especially when someone brings up the name of Seven of Nine. "Borrowing" some downloaded information from Cmdr. Barclay (Dwight Schultz), Janeway travels back in time to help her younger self return home via a quicker route than the Delta Quadrant -- and, she hopes, to spare several of her colleagues from their ultimate dismal fates. Hopscotching between the future and the present, "Endgame, Pt. 1" originally aired on May 23, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roxann Dawson
The seventh and final season of Star Trek: Voyager opens with the resolution of the previous season's cliffhanger, in which the loyalties of Voyager crew member Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) perilously vacillate between Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and the evil Borg Queen (Susanna Thompson). Pushing ever forward in hopes of returning to their home base in Alpha Quadrant, Janeway's crew encounters numerous other adventures and challenges. Along the way, the crew person Neelix (Ethan Phillips) helps his fellow Talaxians vanquish their evil miner oppressors on a distant asteroid, and is ultimately appointed Starfleet ambassador to the Delta Quadrant. The series concludes with a "flash-forward" set 33 years in the future -- ten years after the Voyager had successfully returned to the Alpha Quadrant. Janeway has been promoted to Admiral, former ensign Harry Kim (Garrett Wang) is now a captain, Lt. Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill) is a successful author, the daughter of Tom and B'Elanna (Roxann Biggs-Dawson) is herself a Starfleet officer, the holographic Doctor (Robert Picardo) has become sufficiently human to fall in love -- and, tragically, the Vulcan Tuvok (Tim Russ) is gravely ill and Seven of Nine is long dead. Stealing a Klingon device that enables her to go back in time, the elderly Janeway hopes to help her younger self in the battle against the Borg Queen (now played by Alice Krige) which cost Seven of Nine her life -- and the ex-captain may have to sacrifice herself in the process. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, (more)
- 2000
Produced by the prolific David E. Kelly, the Fox network comedy-drama series Boston Public is as quirky, volatile and overpopulated with colorful and eccentric characters as any other Kelly effort. Set within the walls of Boston Public High School, the series is told from the viewpoint of the dedicated but harried principal Steven Harper (Chi McBride). The challenges facing Harper include aging teacher Harvey Lipshultz (Fyvush Finkel), whose often nonsensical rambling indicates that senility is quickly settling in; ongoing clashes between faculty and the students' parents, who are convinced that not enough/too much is being done for/to their youngsters; various student cliques, ranging from a girls' group that rates the potential sexual prowess of the teachers to a bunch of bullying punks; and such one-day-at-a-time crises as the teacher who decides to counter potential student violence by bringing a gun to class and firing it over his charges' heads. In addition to McBride and Finkel, the huge ensemble cast includes Loretta Devine as Marla Hendricks, Jessalyn Gilsig as Lauren Davis, Anthony Heald as Scott Guber, Rashida Jones as Louisa, Nicky Katt as Harry Senate, Sharon Leal as Marilyn, Thomas McCarthy as Kevin Riley, Joey Slotnick as Milton Buttle, and Sarah Thompson as Dana Poole. Boston Public first aired on October 23, 2000. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jessalyn Gilsig, Chi McBride, (more)
- 2000
Intergalactic con artists Dela (Kaitlin Hopkins) and Mobar (Greg Daniel) hit upon a scheme to cheat various unfortunates out of crucial supplies. Using a seemingly endless array of disguise materials, the two crooks pose as Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and other members of the Voyager crew. In order to avoid arrest for the crimes committed by their lookalikes, the crew volunteers to capture Dala and Mobar -- only to be hoodwinked themselves! "Live Fast and Prosper" originally aired on April 19, 2000, thereby breaking a month-long rerun cycle on Star Trek: Voyager. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roxann Dawson
- 2000
Former series regular Jennifer Lien returns to her role of Kes in this tense episode. It is an angry, futuristic version of Kes who arrives on the deck of Voyager, intending to get even with Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), whom she holds responsible for her current misfortunes (even though Kes had left the crew on her own accord, when she found herself unable to control her telekinetic abilities). Harnessing her newly acquired Ocampian powers, which have enhanced her mental skills, Kes sets in motion a plan to extract vital body parts from Janeway and the Voyager crew on behalf of the parasitic Vidiians (who likewise haven't been seen on the series for awhile!). "Fury" first aired on May 3, 2000. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roxann Dawson
- 2000
Torres Roxann Dawson and Kim (Garrett Wang) set out in the Delta Flyer in search of valuable dilithium. Crash landing on a warlike planet, Torres finds herself being exploited as the inspiration for alien poet Kelis (Joseph Will). Seeking to curry favor with the local warlord (Stoney Westmoreland), Kelis writes a surreptitiously pacifistic theatrical piece, compelling Torres to play the central character. But when the audience threatens to turn hostile -- and deadly -- Torres has to do a bit of clever and resourceful "improvising." "Muse" made its first U.S. television appearance on April 26, 2000. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roxann Dawson
- 2000
In this follow-up to the earlier episode "Pathfinder," Robert Picardo plays the dual role of the holographic Doctor and the Doctor's creator, Lewis Zimmerman. With the help of a transmitter rigged by Reginald Barclay (Dwight Schultz), the Doctor is transported to the Alpha Quandrant, in hopes of saving the life of the mortally ill Zimmerman. Alas, Zimmerman turns down this help, on the grounds that the Doctor is a mere Mark One Hologram, and thus dreadfully outdated. Co-written by actor Picardo, "Life Line" first aired on May 10, 2000. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roxann Dawson
- 2000
Season six of Star Trek: Voyager came to a traditional climax with Part I of the cliffhanger "Unimatrix Zero." In a dream, Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) envisions a world called Unimatrix Zero, where all Borg Drones briefly become individuals during the Borg Collective's regeneration process. It turns out that this strange new world is very real, and when the Borg Queen (Susanna Thompson) finds out about the "recessive mutation" of her minions, she vows to destroy Unimatrix Zero. Combining forces with Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), Seven of Nine attempts to stop the Queen by fomenting an all-out mutiny against the Collective. Former Star Trek: The Next Generation star Brent Spiner makes a cameo appearance as an "uncompleted" Drone. "Unimatrix Zero, Part I" first aired on May 24, 2000. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roxann Dawson
