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Roxann Dawson (b. September 11, 1958) is an American actor and director born Roxann Caballero in Los Angeles, California to Richard and Rosalie Caballero. She is best known as the half Klingon B'Elanna Torres on the series Star Trek: Voyager.
Dawson is a graduate of the University of California at Berkely. Her first acting role was that of Diana Morales in a Broadway production of A Chorus Line. She has appeared in several other stage productions including Julie Taymor's The Tempest and the original productions The Early Girl and V&V Only.
Dawson made her television series debut on the soap opera Another World as Adrienne Morrow. In 1988 she appeared with William Shatner in Broken Angel and The Fortunate Pilgrim which starred Edward James Olmos. In 1989 she became a series regular on the short-lived series Nightingales. She also made guest appearances on Matlock and Jake and the Fatman. Dawson took on the role of B'Elana in 1995. Other genre appearances include Star Trek: Enterprise, Darkman III: Die Darkman Die and Seven Days.
Following the end of Voyager, Dawson focused mainly on directing. She directed two episodes of Voyager and ten episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise. Other directing work include episodes of Charmed, Lost, Charmed Heroes, The O.C. and Crossing Jordan.
Personal Life
Dawson was previously married to actor Casey Biggs who played Damar on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Following the end of her marriage to Biggs, she married casting director Eric Dawson. She was credited as Roxaan Biggs-Dawson. They have two children, Emma Rose, born in 1994 and adopted daughter Mia.
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