Terry Farrell (actress)

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Terry Farrell (actress)

Farrell at the 2007 Star Trek Las Vegas Convention
Born Theresa Lee Farrell
November 19, 1963 (1963-11-19) (age 44)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.
Spouse(s) Brian Baker (2002–)

Terry Farrell (born November 19, 1963) is an American actress and former fashion model, best known for her roles in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Becker.

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[edit] Early life

Farrell was born Theresa Lee Farrell in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of Kay Carol Christine Bendickson and Edwin Francis Farrell, Jr. Later, her mother married David W. Grussendorf, who adopted Terry and her sister, Christine. Before becoming a model, she played a Christmas elf at a mall in Cedar Rapids. In 1978, at age fifteen, she left her hometown for a summer in Mexico City as a foreign exchange student. That time in her life made her fond of big cities, so in her junior year of high school, the nearly six feet tall Farrell submitted her image to the Elite modeling agency in New York City. Shortly after, at the age of sixteen, she was summoned to NYC and, within two days of arriving, had an exclusive contract with Mademoiselle magazine.

[edit] Career

After eighteen months of modeling, she studied acting with Kate McGregor Stewart while still modeling on the side. Her first major roles were in the short-lived 1983 television series Paper Dolls playing a model and in the feature film Back to School with Rodney Dangerfield. In the spring of 1989, she began studying acting with Stella Adler and appeared in a number of guest-starring roles in series like Quantum Leap and The Cosby Show. In 1992, she played Cat in a second pilot for a U.S. version of Red Dwarf, which was not picked up.

A year later, she was offered a lead role in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Farrell starred as Jadzia Dax, Deep Space Nine's Starfleet science officer; a character who is host to a 300-year-old symbiont and can draw upon the memories and knowledge of the symbiont's six previous hosts. She left the show at the end of the sixth season; as a result, Paramount Pictures decided to kill off Farrell's character.[1]

Farrell then co-starred on Paramount's television comedy series Becker. She played the tough but good-hearted local diner owner Regina "Reggie" Kostas for four years and 94 episodes, before she was replaced by Nancy Travis.

Farrell also provided the voice of Six of One in the animated short film Tripping the Rift, which eventually became a Sci-Fi Channel TV series with other actors providing the voice of Six. First released independently on the internet, Tripping the Rift originally featured Patricia Beckmann as the voice of Six and was replaced by Farrell's voice for an episode of the Sci-Fi Channel's short film series Exposure, in which Farrell was guest host. Farrell's version of Six was heard only once on television.

The asteroid 26734 Terryfarrell, discovered in 2001, was named in her honor by its discoverer, William Kwong Yu Yeung.

[edit] Personal life

Farrell lives in Hershey, Pennsylvania, with her husband, former Sprint Corporation spokesman Brian Baker (a.k.a. the Face and the Voice), their child, and their dog. She enjoys cooking and deep sea fishing. As of January 2007, Farrell and her husband have moved back to central Pennsylvania and are taking a break from acting to raise their son.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Erdmann, Terry J. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion, Pocket Books, 2000. P 586.

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Major Cast Members of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine