Terry Farrell (actress)

Terry Farrell
Farrell at the Chiller Theatre Expo, 2013
Born	Theresa Lee Farrell (1963-11-19) November 19, 1963 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Years active	1983–2003, 2015 - present
Spouse(s)	Brian Baker ​ (m. 2002)​ , divorced Dec. 2015
Children	1

Theresa Lee "Terry" Farrell (born November 19, 1963) is an American actress and fashion model. She is best known for her role as Jadzia Dax in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and in the comedy series Becker as Regina Kostas.

Early life

Farrell was born 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. In 1978, she left her hometown for a summer in Mexico City as a foreign exchange student. She has since been 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 16, she was summoned to New York City and, within two days of arriving, had an exclusive contract with Mademoiselle.

Career

Farrell at the 2009 London Expo.

After 18 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 1984 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.

Soon after the Red Dwarf USA project folded, she was offered a lead role in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Farrell starred as Jadzia Dax, the space station's Starfleet science officer, a character from an alien species known as the Trill, who is host to a 300-year-old symbiont and can draw upon the memories and knowledge of the symbiont's seven previous hosts. The series debuted in January 1993. When she decided to leave the show at the end of the sixth season, Paramount killed Farrell's "host" character (though continuing the "symbiont" character in a new Dax host, played by Nicole DeBoer).

Farrell then co-starred on Paramount's television comedy series Becker. She played Regina "Reggie" Kostas, foil and love interest to Ted Danson's John Becker, 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.

Personal life

Farrell retired from acting to concentrate on her family. She lives in Hershey, Pennsylvania, with her husband, former Sprint Corporation spokesman Brian Baker (a.k.a. the Sprint Guy) and their son, Max. She enjoys sewing and yoga. Farrell has appeared with her husband at the Hershey Area Playhouse in Hershey, Pennsylvania, in a production of A. R. Gurney's Love Letters. In an interview in 2011, she said that she and Deep Space Nine co-star Michael Dorn have always been good friends.Terry and Brian Baker have been divorced since December 2015.

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

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Back to School	Valerie Desmond
1987	Off the Mark	Jenell Johnson
1992	Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth	Joanne 'Joey' Summerskill
1994	Red Sun Rising	Det. Karen Ryder
1998	Reasons of the Heart	Maggie Livingston
2000	Deep Core	Allison Saunders
2000	Tripping the Rift	Six of One	Short film
2002	Psychic Murders	Macy	Video

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Paper Dolls	Laurie Caswell	Main role (13 episodes)
1984	Spencer	Sally	Episode: "The World's Worst Date"
1985	The Cosby Show	Nicki Phillips	Episode: "The Younger Woman"
1986	Beverly Hills Madam	Julie Tyler	TV film
1986	The Deliberate Stranger	Katie Hargreaves	TV film
1986	The Twilight Zone	Marsha Cole	Episode: "The After Hours"
1986	Family Ties	Liz Obeck	Episode: "The Big Fix"
1991	Mimi & Me	Mimi Molloy	TV film
1992	Quantum Leap	Lt. Lisa Sherman	Episode: "A Leap For Lisa"
1992	Grapevine	Laurie	Episode: "The Allison and Ken Story"
1992	Red Dwarf	Cat	TV film (U.S. Pilot)
1993	Danielle Steel's Star	Elizabeth	TV film
1993-1998	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Jadzia Dax	Main role (148 episodes)
1998	Legion	Major Agatha Doyle	TV film
1998-2002	Becker	Regina "Reggie" Kostas	Main role (94 episodes)
2000	One True Love	Dana Boyer	TV film
2002	Crossing the Line	Laura Mosbach	TV film
2002	Gleason	Marilyn Taylor	TV film
2003	Code 11-14	Michelle Novack	TV film

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Harbinger	Lt. Dax (voice)
1996	Treasure Quest	Spiritual Guide (voice)
2000	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen	Lt. Cmdr. Jadzia Dax (voice)

External links

• Terry Farrell at IMDb