Full Name
Roxann Dawson
Job Title
Lieutenant
Organization
Starfleet
Speaker Bio
Roxann Dawson (born 11 September 1958; age 60) is the actress best known for portraying Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres on Star Trek: Voyager. She was initially credited on the show as Roxann Biggs-Dawson. She also directed two episodes of Star Trek: Voyager and ten episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise.
Born Roxann Caballero, Dawson is the ex-wife of actor Casey Biggs (Damar on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) and whom she met before either was involved in Star Trek. She is currently married to casting director Eric Dawson. They have a daughter, Emma, with whom Dawson was pregnant during the fourth season of Star Trek: Voyager. Their second daughter, Mia, was adopted from China. Roxann is of Hispanic descent.
Prior to Star Trek, Dawson had a recurring role on the daytime TV soap opera Another World in 1985. Her Star Trek: Voyager co-star Jennifer Lien joined the show during the 1991-92 season. In 1988, she had a role in the TV movie Broken Angel, alongside Star Trek: The Original Series actor William Shatner. She has appeared in a handful of other films, most notably the 1991 drama Guilty by Suspicion, the 1992 telefilm Mortal Sins in which she co-starred along with famous actor Christopher Reeve, and the 1996 direct-to-video science fiction sequel Darkman III: Die Darkman Die. Dawson and her Star Trek: Voyager co-star Robert Picardo went on to have recurring roles on the short-lived NBC series The Lyon's Den in 2003.
Although she continues to make occasional film and television appearances, Dawson built her directorial debut on Voyager into a successful second career as a television director. In addition to her Voyager and Enterprise work, she has directed episodes of such programs as Crossing Jordan, The O.C., J.J. Abrams' Lost, Cold Case, Heroes starring Zachary Quinto, The Closer starring Raymond Cruz and Gina Ravarra, Lie to Me, The Good Wife, The Mentalist and The Cape. She also directed a 2006 episode of Close to Home guest-starring Enterprise's Connor Trinneer and served as a producer for Cold Case from 2007 to 2009.
Born Roxann Caballero, Dawson is the ex-wife of actor Casey Biggs (Damar on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) and whom she met before either was involved in Star Trek. She is currently married to casting director Eric Dawson. They have a daughter, Emma, with whom Dawson was pregnant during the fourth season of Star Trek: Voyager. Their second daughter, Mia, was adopted from China. Roxann is of Hispanic descent.
Prior to Star Trek, Dawson had a recurring role on the daytime TV soap opera Another World in 1985. Her Star Trek: Voyager co-star Jennifer Lien joined the show during the 1991-92 season. In 1988, she had a role in the TV movie Broken Angel, alongside Star Trek: The Original Series actor William Shatner. She has appeared in a handful of other films, most notably the 1991 drama Guilty by Suspicion, the 1992 telefilm Mortal Sins in which she co-starred along with famous actor Christopher Reeve, and the 1996 direct-to-video science fiction sequel Darkman III: Die Darkman Die. Dawson and her Star Trek: Voyager co-star Robert Picardo went on to have recurring roles on the short-lived NBC series The Lyon's Den in 2003.
Although she continues to make occasional film and television appearances, Dawson built her directorial debut on Voyager into a successful second career as a television director. In addition to her Voyager and Enterprise work, she has directed episodes of such programs as Crossing Jordan, The O.C., J.J. Abrams' Lost, Cold Case, Heroes starring Zachary Quinto, The Closer starring Raymond Cruz and Gina Ravarra, Lie to Me, The Good Wife, The Mentalist and The Cape. She also directed a 2006 episode of Close to Home guest-starring Enterprise's Connor Trinneer and served as a producer for Cold Case from 2007 to 2009.
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