Biography
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Roxann Dawson (born September 11, 1958)Her birthdate is given as 1964 or 1958. According to the California Birth Index compiled by Center for Health Statistics and California Department of Health Services, the only Roxann Caballero born in California was on 11 September 1958. Dawson's university graduation year (1980) suggests she was born in 1958. The IMDb also lists this year for her birth. Another interpretation would be that she was not born in the United States, or if she was, it was to illegal aliens. is an American actress and director, best known as B'Elanna Torres on the television series Star Trek: Voyager.
Dawson, real name Roxann Maria Caballero (also known as Roxann Biggs and Roxann Biggs-Dawson) was born in Los Angeles, California. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley earning a B.A. in Dramatic Art in 1980, Dawson's first professional acting job was in a Broadway production of A Chorus Line. She continued a stage career through the 1980s and 1990s, while occasionally landing minor film and television roles. In 1995, she was cast as the half Human/half-Klingon engineer B'Elanna Torres on Star Trek: Voyager. The character of B'Elanna Torres was much younger in age than Roxann Dawson. When Voyager started, (If B'Elanna's birthdate of 2349 is to be believed) Torres was 22 years old, when in fact Roxann was really in her thirties. This is not the first time in Star Trek an actress has been hired to play a character younger than they were. Kira Nerys, played by actress Nana Visitor was 26 when Deep Space Nine started, however Nana was really in her mid thirties at the time.
While working on Voyager, Dawson made her directorial debut with the episode "Riddles” (aired 09/1999). Dawson also directed another episode of Voyager and continued on to direct several episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise.
Roxann Dawson has also pursued a writing career; her first play, Passage Through the Heart, debuted in 1997 at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. She has also written (with Daniel Graham) a trilogy of science-fiction novels—Entering Tenebrea (ISBN 0-671-03607-6), Tenebrea's Hope (ISBN 0-671-03609-2), and Tenebrea Rising (ISBN 0-671-03611-4). She also continues to expand her television directing credits, filming episodes of such programs as Charmed, Crossing Jordan, The O.C., Close to Home (TV series) (where she directed fellow Star Trek alum Connor Trinneer), Lost, and the 2006 season finale of Cold Case.
Dawson's first marriage was to Casey Biggs (Corat Damar from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine). She is currently married to casting director Eric Dawson, and they have two daughters, Emma Rose Dawson, born on January 16, 1998, and Mia, adopted from China.
Dawson is also a strong supporter of the Half the Sky Foundation, an organization devoted to improving the lives of the orphaned children in China. She auctioned off her Klingon ridges from Voyager to donate to the organization.
Notable Awards
- 1998 ALMA Award
- 2001 ALMA Special Achievement Award for her work on Voyager
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