Jeri Ryan Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the Miss Illinois pageant in 1989 and came in fourth place in the 1990 Miss America pageant
• Her Star Trek: Voyager character Seven of Nine required a costume that was so tight at first, she passed out on set
• David E
• Kelly wrote the role of Ronnie Cooke on Boston Public specifically for her
• During divorce proceedings, she alleged that her ex-husband Jack Ryan had pressured her into visiting sex clubs
• This information became public in 2004 when he was campaigning for Illinois State senate and prompted him to withdraw from the race
• Opened the French restaurant Ortolan in Los Angeles with her then-fiancé, now husband, chef Christophe Eme, in 2005
• The restaurant appears in an episode of Boston Legal featuring Ryan