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My Take
Roxann Dawson earns my admiration less for being B'Elanna Torres on Star Trek: Voyager than for what she did afterward. Plenty of actors shine on camera; far fewer build a real career behind it. A Berkeley graduate, she moved into directing and producing at a time when women calling the shots was still rare, and she earned that chair through craft, not novelty. Her comedy background hints at range too. I respect performers who reinvent themselves rather than coast on a signature role, and Dawson's second act as a working director strikes me as the more impressive story of the two.
Overview
Roxann Dawson (née Caballero, born September 11, 1958), also credited as Roxann Biggs and Roxann Biggs-Dawson, is an American actress and director. She is best known for her role as B'Elanna Torres on the television series Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Roxann Dawson
- Name (Japanese)
- ロクサン・ドースン
- Reading
- ろくさん・どーすん
- Born
- September 11, 1958 (age 67)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dog
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film director / television director / television producer / comedian
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of California, Berkeley
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.