Astrometrics, Seven Of Nine

Seven Of Nine, born Annika Hansen in 2350 is the daughter of eccentric exobiologists Magnus and Erin Hansen & was born on the Federation Tendara colony. Her parents were investigating the existence of the Borg & with premission from the Federation they had the use of the USS Raven, in 2356 they were captured by the Borg & assimilated, Annika was only 6 at the time. She spent the next 18 years as a borg drone & given the designation of Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01. In early 2368, Seven of Nine, along with three other drones in her unimatrix, crash-landed on a planet in the Delta Quadrant. The other drones, who were assimilated as adults, began to regain their identities upon being severed from the Borg Collective, but Seven was frightened as she knew nothing else but life as a drone. She forcibly linked the other drones together into a temporary collective in order to suppress their identities, and they were retrieved soon after. In late 2373 the borg were in the middle of a war with the other-realm aliens they designated Species 8472, the USS Voyager was caught between the two belligerents. Seeking to protect her crew, and being made aware of the extreme threat to the galaxy posed by Species 8472, Captain Kathryn Janeway forged an alliance with the Borg & they assigned Seven of Nine to work with Voyager. When the war ended the Collective broke the alliance and Seven of Nine attempted to take Voyager to be assimilated but Janeway had a contingency plan which was successfully enacted which permanently severed Seven’s link to the Collective. Much to the dismay of her crew Janeway decided to keep Seven of Nine aboard & help her transition back to humanity.

Jeri Ryan

Jeri Ryan who was born Jeri Lynn Zimmermann, is a German-born American actress born in Munich on, 22nd February, 1968. Jeri is the daughter of Gerhard Florian Zimmermann, a Master Sergeant in the United States Army, and his wife Sharon, a social worker. Ryan grew up on army posts in Kansas, Maryland, Hawaii, Georgia, and Texas. When she was eleven, her father retired from the Army and the family settled in Paducah, Kentucky. She graduated from high school in 1986, & then attended Northwestern University, where she was a member of the Alpha Phi sorority. In 1989, Ryan was chosen Miss Illinois, Jeri was also the third runner-up 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. After college, she pursued acting full-time in Los Angeles. She made her acting debut in Who’s the Boss? & followed that with guest-starring roles in TV shows like Melrose Place, Matlock, and The Sentinel as well as TV movies such as Co-Ed Call Girl & In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco. Her big break came in 1996 when she won a regular role as an extraterrestrial investigator named Juliet Stuart on the TV show Dark Skies, the show was cancelled after one season, but the role had drawn the attention of the science-fiction community & one year she joined the cast of Voyager, Ryan maintained that the main topic about Seven was “humanity” and stated that her character was pivotal to the success of the show, because she “brought conflict to the show, which was lacking, the Voyager crew was just one big happy family.” “Seven of Nine was an outsider who could comment on humanity and all of its follies as well as serve as a foil for Janeway’s character.” She also remarked that “combining non-human qualities with an attractive human appearance,” as in Seven’s character, was a great move by the producers. In terms of portrayal, she said that “keeping a straight face” while showing suppressed emotion was an enjoyable challenge. Regarding her infamous form-fitting one-piece costume, Ryan commented that it was extremely impractical and uncomfortable, but worth the reward of portraying a character like Seven. In 1999 Jeri won The Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actress & in 2001 she picked up an Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, also in 2001 when Voyager came to a end, Jeri joined the cast of the FOX drama Boston Public, playing high school teacher Ronnie Cooke. The series ended in 2004. Ryan had a recurring role on the hit series The O.C., beginning with the episode “The Aftermath” which aired on September 8th, 2005. She starred as attorney Jessica Devlin on the CBS series Shark. This series began airing on 21 September 2006 and aired its final episode on 20 May 2008. Ryan took maternity leave from the series late in the second season and did not appear in the show’s last four episodes, although her name still appeared in the credits. In 2009, it was announced that Jeri will play a recurring role as con artist Tara Carlisle on the series Leverage. She can also been seen as defense attorney Patrice Larue on NBC’s Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.

Personally she married Jack Ryan who was an investment banker-turned-politician on June 15th, 1991. They had one son, Alex born in 1994. The pair divorced in 1999. In 2004, when Jack was running for Senate, Jeri accused her former husband of pressuring her to have sex at swinger’s clubs, you can read the full story here. Following her divorce, she became romantically involved with Voyager executive producer Brannon Braga. On 8 February 2005, Ryan and her current husband, French Chef Christophe Emé, opened a restaurant called “Ortolan” which is located on West 3rd Street in Los Angeles, California. They married on 16 June 2007. The couple’s first child, a daughter Gisele, was born on 2 March 2008. Jeri has no official website but you can view her restaurant’s website by clicking here.