Jeri Lynn Zimmermann Ryan (born February 22, 1968) is an American actress best known for her roles as the liberated Borg, Seven of Nine, on Star Trek: Voyager; Tara Cole on Leverage; and Veronica “Ronnie” Cooke on Boston Public. 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. After Voyager ended in 2001, Ryan joined the cast of Boston Public in the role of Veronica Cooke, nicknamed “Ronnie,” a frustrated lawyer who quits the bar to become a high-school teacher. The show did not air between January 27 and April 29, 2008. Ryan next won a 7-episode role on the TNT drama Leverage in Season 2 as grifter Tara Cole to fill in while Gina Bellman (Sophie) was on maternity leave. She was in the Kevin Tancharoen-directed short film Mortal Kombat: Rebirth as Sonya Blade. The web series officially launched in March 2011.
