Roxann Dawson is Chief Engineer B'Elanna Torres on Star Trek: Voyager.
"B'Elanna is strong willed, independent and confused,Caught between two worlds, she attempts to deny and suppress her powerful Klingon side." - Roxann explains.
Roxann Dawson is Chief Engineer B'Elanna Torres on Star Trek: Voyager.
"B'Elanna is strong willed, independent and confused,Caught between two worlds, she attempts to deny and suppress her powerful Klingon side." - Roxann explains.
After a brilliant but troubled two years heading toward an engineering specialty at Starfleet Academy, subject Torres seemed to be constantly at odds with the Klingon heritage of her aternal side and after several disruptive episodes agreed to leave school. She and her Klingon mother had lived on Kessick IV along among humans after her father, a human Starfleet officer, left them when she was 5.
She later joined the Maquis rebellion in its early stages and by mid-2370 was acting as engineer for former Starfleet officer Chakotay's crew, her position at last report and the crew to which Lt. Tuvok of the U.S.S. Voyager under Captain Kathryn Janeway had infiltrated undercover. Her ship was last heard from a week before the Voyager went looking for it in the Badlands.
When she turns to recreation as an outlet, she has been know to play both hoverball and Parrises Squares.
More about Roxann Dawson:
Roxann was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.
Roxann was a Theater Arts major at the University of California at
Berkeley.
The talented and attractive actress soon found her first role as Diana Morales in the Broadway production of "A Chorus Line." Her theatrical credits continued as she performed in numerous plays as a member of the Circle Repertory Company. In addition to her work off Broadway in "The Tempest" for the Classic Stage Company, Roxann appeared in "Accelerando" at the American Contemporary Theater, among other regional theaters. Roxann was a series regular in the NBC series Nightingales and The Round Table . Additionally,
she had leading roles in USA Network's movies-of-the-week "Mortal Sins" and "Dirty Work", the NBC telefilm "Broken Angel" and the syndicated movie-of-the-week "Pointman." She has also guest starred various television series including "The Untouchables" , "Jack's Place" and "Equal Justice". Roxann appeared in the feature film "Guilty By Suspicion" and the feature film, "Darkman II.
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Roxann resides in Los Angeles with her husband, casting director Eric
Dawson.
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