Reiko Aylesworth Movies
Actress
Reiko Aylesworth honed and sharpened her dramatic gifts on-stage, with work in such off-Broadway productions as
John Patrick Shanley's Kissing Christine/Missing Marisa and Marshall Mason's Robbers. After making her screen debut on the daytime soap
One Life to Live,
Aylesworth checked in as something of a television stalwart during the mid- to late '90s, with guest appearances on such programs as
Law & Order,
The Dead Zone, and
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and occasional bit parts in films including
You've Got Mail (1998) and
Random Hearts (1999). Devotees of the action thriller series
24 will invariably recall
Aylesworth on that program, in her role as CTU agent Michelle Dessler -- love interest, then wife and ex-wife, of Tony Almeida -- a role she maintained for several seasons. In the late 2000s,
Aylesworth appeared on the popular medical drama
ER as a hospital chaplain, tackled a supporting role as an attorney in
Bruce A. Evans' psychological thriller
Mr. Brooks, and signed for one of her premier big-screen leads as the heroine in
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007). ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide