Jeri Ryan

Jeri Lynn Ryan born February 22 1968 is an American actress best known for her roles as the liberated deassimilated Borg Seven of Nine on Star Trek Voyager 19972001 and Veronica Ronnie Cooke on Boston Public 200104 She was a regular on the science fiction series Dark Skies 1997 and the legal drama series Shark 200608 From 2011 to 2013 she starred as Dr Kate Murphy in the ABC drama series Body of Proof and in 2009 she guest starred as Tara Cole on Leverage Ryan was born Jeri Lynn Zimmermann in Munich West Germany the daughter of Gerhard Florian Jerry Zimmermann She has one older brother Mark As a military brat Ryan grew up on Army posts in Kansas Maryland Hawaii Georgia and TexasWhen she was eleven her father retired from the Army and the family settled in Paducah Kentucky She graduated from Lone Oak High School in 1986 as a National Merit Scholar and then attended Northwestern University where she was a member of the Alpha Phi sorority In 1989 Ryan was chosen Miss Illinois She was the third runnerup in the 1990 Miss America Pageant winning the preliminary swimsuit competition She graduated from Northwestern in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre