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Michelle Forbes is an American actress born Michelle Renee Forbes Guajardo in Austin, Texas on January 8, 1967. She is well known in the role of Ensign Ro Laren on Star Trek: The Next Generation. She has also appeared on Battlestar Galactica as Admiral Helena Cain.

Career

Forbes attended the Performing Arts High School in Houston where she studied ballet. While vacationing in New York City she auditioned for a role in a film. She lost the part but was signed with the William Morris Agency.

She first appeared on television on an episode of The Guiding Light. She played several small roles ins The Playboys, Shannon's Deal, and Love Bites. She also played a small role in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, playing Dara the daughter of Dr. Timicin (played by David Ogden Stiers). The small part led to a recurring role as Esign Ro Laren, a Bajoran officer.

After her run on Star Trek: TNG, she appeared in an episode of The Outer Limits and Seinfeld. In 1996, she joined the cast of Homicide: Life on the Street. She has also played the recurring character of Lynne Kresge on 24 and guest starred on Love is the Drug and Alias.

In 2005, she appeared on Battlestar Galactica as Admiral Helena Cain. She played the corrupt commander of the Battlestar Pegasus . She has also appeared on several episodes of Prison Break as Samantha Brinker.

Forbes has been nominated for an Emmy Award and a Soap Opera Digest Award for her role as the villainous Sonni/Solita on The Guiding Light. She was also nominated alongside her fellow 24 actors for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble.

External Links

Memory Alpha - Michelle Forbes

IMDB - Michelle Forbes

Michelle Forbes at TV.com