Roxann Dawson Biography

Roxann Dawson (ne Caballero, also credited as Roxann Biggs and Roxann Biggs-Dawson) is an American actress, producer, and director and writer, best known as B'Elanna Torres on the television series Star Trek: Voyager.

Early life

Dawson was born in Los Angeles, California, to parents Richard and Rosalie Caballero. She graduated in 1980 from University of California, Berkeley.

Career

Acting, directing and producing

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 1994, Dawson began her role as the half Human/half-Klingon engineer B'Elanna Torres on Star Trek: Voyager, which lasted for all seven seasons of the show. While working on Voyager, Dawson made her directorial debut on the episode "Riddles", which aired in September 1999. She later directed the second part of the two-part episode "Workforce" and directed 10 episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise. In 2002 she provided the voice of the Repair Station Computer in "Dead Stop", one of the Star Trek: Enterprise episodes she directed.

Her other television credits include appearances on Nightingales, Baywatch, The Closer, Matlock, Jake and the Fatman, The Untouchables, Any Day Now, Without a Trace, The Lyon's Den, The Division, the U.S. version of Coupling and the science fiction television series Seven Days.

She has directed episodes of Charmed, The O.C., Close to Home (where she directed fellow Star Trek alum Connor Trinneer), Lost, Heroes, Hawthorne, The Closer, Cold Case, Caprica (produced by Star Trek veteran Ronald D. Moore), The Mentalist and Treme. In 2010, she directed "Teacher and Pupils", a second-season episode of Lie to Me and "On Tap", a second-season episode of The Good Wife. In 2013, she directed "Reunions", the March 22 episode of Touch, and "Eye-Spy", the October 15 episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..

In 2014 she directed "Dreamcatcher", the March 5 episode of Revolution and "Phobia", the October 22 episode of Stalker. For the 2015 season of the Amazon Original Series Bosch, she directed episode 6, "Chapter Six: Donkey's Years". She directed early episodes of Mercy Street, a series released on PBS in January 2016. In 2016, she also directed the episodes "Broussard" and "Zero Day" for season 1 of the TV series Colony. She's also directed the episode "Crossbreed" of The Americans (season 5). She also directed episode 8 of the fifth season of House of Cards, "Chapter 60".

Dawson has served as a producer on Scandal, Crossing Jordan and Cold Case.

Writing

Dawson's first play, Desire to Fall, was produced by the Circle Repertory Company workshop in 1986. Dawson's second play, Passage Through the Heart, debuted in 1997 at the University of Minnesota Duluth.

From 2000 to 2001, Dawson co-wrote, with Daniel Graham, a trilogy of science-fiction novels, Entering Tenebrea (), Tenebrea's Hope () and Tenebrea Rising ().

Personal life

After her divorce in 1987 from actor Casey Biggs, who himself later became a fellow Star Trek cast member (portraying the Cardassian Damar in Deep Space Nine), Roxann married casting director Eric Dawson in May 1994. They had first met in 1989 when she was in the cast of the NBC television drama Nightingales. They have two daughters: Emma (b. 1998) and Mia (b. 1999).

In 2004 she bought a house in Bell Canyon, California.

Acting

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1992	Mortal Sins	Mara Croce (as Roxann Biggs)	Bradford May	Also featured William Shatner.
1993	Blood In, Blood Out	uncredited	Taylor Hackford	Original title Bound by Honor.
1994	Pointman	Rosie Alvarez (as Roxann Biggs)	Robert Ellis Miller
	Greyhounds	JoJo Golina (as Roxann Biggs)	Kim Manners
1996	Darkman III: Die Darkman Die	Angela Rooker (as Roxann Biggs-Dawson)	Bradford May
1998	The Lost World	Elizabeth Summerlee	Jack Fletcher
2004	Jesus The Driver	uncredited	Bradley Battersby

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Director	Episode	Notes
1985	Another World	Adrienne Morrow (as Roxann Biggs)	Frank Gaeta	Season 1, Episode 5252: "Episode #1.5252"	1985 season. First year of production was 1964 (series ended in 1999).
1987	Ohara	Carmella (as Roxann Biggs)	unknown	Season 1, Episode 9: "Jesse"
1988	The Fortunate Pilgrim	Louisa (as Roxann Biggs)	Stuart Cooper	Season 1, Episode 1: "Episode #1.1"
				Season 1, Episode 2: "Episode #1.2"
				Season 1, Episode 3: "Episode #1.3"
1989	Nightingales	Yolanda 'Yolo' Elena Puente (as Roxann Biggs)	unknown	Season 1, Episode 1: "Pilot"
			Mimi Leder	Season 1, Episode 2: "Episode #1.2"
			Arthur Allan Seidelman	Season 1, Episode 3: "Episode #1.3"
			Nancy Malone	Season 1, Episode 4:"Episode #1.4"
			Michael Fresco	Season 1, Episode 5: "Episode #1.5"
			Arthur Allan Seidelman	Season 1, Episode 6: "Episode #1.6"
			Nancy Malone	Season 1, Episode 7: "Episode "#1.7"
			Robert Becker	Season 1, Episode 8: "Episode #1.8"
			Michael Vejar	Season 1, Episode 9: "Episode #1.9"
			Kevin Hooks	Season 1, Episode 10: "Episode #1.10"
			Jerry Jameson	Season 1, Episode 11: "Episode #1.11"
			unknown	Season 1, Episode 12: "Episode #1.12"
			Reza Badiyi	Season 1, Episode 13: "Episode #1.13"
1990	Baywatch	Ines (as Roxann Biggs)	Gus Trikonis	Season 1, Episode 14: "We Need a Vacation"
	Matlock	Vicki Mariani (as Roxann Biggs)	Harvey S. Laidman (as Harvey Laidman)	Season 4, Episode 20: "The Informer: Part 1"
				Season 4, Episode 21: "The Informer: Part 2"
1991	Equal Justice	Maria (as Roxann Biggs)	Sandy Smolan	Season 2, Episode 8: " Who Speaks for the Children?"
1991-1992	Jake and the Fatman	Alyssa (as Roxann Biggs)	Harry Harris	Season 4, Episode 16: "I Cover the Waterfront" (1991)
		Debbie Morton (as Roxann Biggs)	Christian I. Nyby II	Season 5, Episode 13: "Stormy Weather: Part 1" (1992)
				Season 5, Episode 14: "Stormy Weather: Part 1" (1992)
1992	The Round Table	Jennifer Clemente (as Roxann Biggs)	unknown	Season 1, Episode 1: "Yesterday We Were Playing Football"
			unknown	Season 1, Episode 2: "Were You Scared?"
			unknown	Season 1, Episode 3: "The Mirror Didn't Cover It All"
			unknown	Season 1, Episode 4: "I Mean, What About Me?"
			unknown	Season 1, Episode 5: "Don't Worry, Mom, Everything's Under Control"
			unknown	Season 1, Episode 6: "Do Me!"
			unknown	Season 1, Episode 7: "Just Like I Remembered"
1993	The Hat Squad	Rosie (as Roxann Biggs)	Brad Turner	Season 1, Episode 11: "The Liquidator?"
1994	The Untouchables	Gina Perino (as Roxann Biggs)	Danny Aiello III	Season 2, Episode 18: "The Fever"
1999	Any Day Now	Tina (as Roxann Dawson)	Michael Pavone	Season 2, Episode 4: "Don't Say Anything"
2000	Seven Days	Commander Helen Keagle	Charlie Picerni (as Charles Picerni Sr.)	Season 2, Episode 10: "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"
1995-2001	Star Trek: Voyager	B"?Elanna Torres	various	170 Episodes
2003	Coupling	Therapist	Andrew D. Weyman	Original Pilot
2003	The Division	unknown	Janice Cooke (as Janice Cooke-Leonard)	Season 3, Episode 18: "Body Double"
	The Lyon's Den	Asst. District Attorney Linda Solis	unknown	Season 1, Episode 2: "Trick Or Treat"
		Asst. District Attorney Linda Solis	unknown	Season 1, Episode 9: "Blood"
		Asst. District Attorney Linda Solis	unknown	Season 1, Episode 10: "Duty To Save"
2004	Without A Trace	Mrs Erica Palmer	Paul Holahan	Season 2, Episode 24: "Bait"
2011	The Closer	Detective Ortega	Anthony Hemingway	Season 7, Episode 7: "A Family Affair"

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
unknown	Accelerando	unknown	unknown
1982	A Chorus Line	Diana Morales (as Roxann Caballero)	unknown	Shubert Theatre, New York City, NY.
1984	Daughters	Cetta (as Roxann Caballero)	unknown	Philadelphia Drama Guild, Philadelphia, PA.
1985	Tropicana	Ana Sanchez (as Roxann Caballero)	unknown	Musical Theater Works, New York City, NY.
	The Tempest	Miranda (as Roxann Caballero)	unknown	City Stage Company, New York City, NY.
1986	The Early Girl	George (as Roxann Caballero)	unknown	Circle Repertory Company, New York City, NY.
1987	The Hostage	Teresa (as Roxann Caballero)	unknown	Coconut Grove Playhouse, Coconut Grove, FL.
	The Rose Tattoo	Rosa Delle Rose (as Roxann Biggs).	unknown	Geva Theatre Center, Rochester, NY.
1988	V & V Only	unknown (as Roxann Biggs)	unknown	Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, NY

Directing (film)

Year	Title	Star	Producer	Screenwriter	Notes
2019	The Impossible	Chrissy Metz	DeVon Franklin	Grant Nieporte	Filming is expected to begin in March 2018 in Winnipeg, Canada.

Directing (television)

Year	Title	Episode	Notes
1999-2001	Star Trek: Voyager	Series 6, Episode 6: "Riddles" (1999)
		Season 7, Episode 17: "Workforce: Part 2" (2001)
2001	The Heartbreak Cafe	Episode 28: "Places, the Curtain Is About to Fall"
2002	Any Day Now	Series 4, Episode 20: "Let the Games Begin"
2003	Charmed'	Series 4, Episode 20: "Lucky Charmed"
1999-2001	The Division	Series 3, Episode 19: "Diagnosis" (1999)
		Season 4, Episode 14: "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep" (2001)
2001-2004	Star Trek: Enterprise	Series 1, Episode 7: "The Andorian Incident" (2001)
		Season 1, Episode 22: "Vox Sola" (2002)
		Season 2, Episode 4: "Dead Stop" (2002)
		Season 2, Episode 13: "Dawn" (2003)
		Season 2, Episode 25: "Bounty" (2003)
		Season 3, Episode 6: "Exile" (2003)
		Season 3, Episode 12: "Chosen Realm" (2004)
		Season 3, Episode 16: "Doctor's Orders" (2004)
		Season 3, Episode 21: "E" (2004)
		Season 4, Episode 8: "Awakening" (2004)
2005	Medical Investigation	Series 1, Episode 17: "Half Life"
2006	The O.C.	Series 3, Episode 17: "The Journey"
	Lost	Series 1, Episode 13: "The Long Con"
	Close to Home	Series 1, Episode 12: "Privilege"
2004-2007	Crossing Jordan	Series 4, Episode 2: "Out of Sight" (2004)
		Series 4, Episode 2: "Murder in the Rue Morgue" (2004)
		Series 4, Episode 14: "Gray Murders" (2005)
		Series 4, Episode 20: "Forget Me Not" (2005)
		Series 5, Episode 1: "There's No Place Like Home II" (2005)
		Series 5, Episode 3: "Under the Weather" (2005)
		Series 5, Episode 7: "Road Kill" (2005)
		Series 5, Episode 9: "Death Goes On" (2005)
		Series 6, Episode 1: "Retribution" (2007)
		Series 6, Episode 4: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (2007)
		Series 6, Episode 7: "Hubris" (2007)
		Series 6, Episode 17: "Crash" (2007)
2005-2009	Cold Case	Series 3, Episode 9: "A Perfect Day" (2005)
		Series 3, Episode 23: "Joseph" (2006)
		Series 5, Episode 2: "That Woman" (2007)
		Series 5, Episode 7: "World's End" (2007)
		Series 5, Episode 18: "Ghost of My Child" (2008)
		Series 6, Episode 1: "Glory Days" (2008)
		Series 6, Episode 14: "The Brush Man" (2009)
		Series 6, Episode 22: "The Long Blue Line" (2009)
2008-2011	The Closer	Series 4, Episode 8: "Split Ends" (2008)
		Series 5, Episode 5: "Half Load" (2009)
		Series 6, Episode 5: "Heart Attack" (2010)
		Series 7, Episode 5: "Forgive Us Our Trespasses" (2011)
2009	Hawthorne	Series 1, Episode 7: "Night Moves"
	Melrose Place	Series 1, Episode 6: "Shoreline" (2006)
2007-2010	Heroes	Series 1, Episode 15: "Chapter Fifteen 'Run!'"(2007)
		Series 4, Episode 3: "Chapter Two 'Ink'" (2009)
		Series 4, Episode 15: "Chapter Fourteen 'Close to You'" (2010)
2010	Rizzoli & Isles	Series 1, Episode 3: "Sympathy for the Devil"
	Lie to Me	Series 2, Episode 15: "Teacher and Pupils"
	Caprica	Series 1, Episode 9: "End of Line"
2011	The Cape	Series 1, Episode 8: "The Lich: Part 2"
2012	Prime Suspect	Series 1, Episode 12: "Ain't No Sunshine"
2010-2012	The Mentalist	Series 2, Episode 20: "Red All Over" (2010)
		Series 3, Episode 11: "Bloodsport" (2011)
		Series 4, Episode 14: "At First Blush" (2012)
	The Good Wife	Series 2, Episode 8: "On Tap" (2010)
		Series 2, Episode 22: "Getting Off" (2011)
		Series 3, Episode 20: "Pants on Fire" (2012)
2011-2012	Treme	Series 2, Episode 6: "Feels Like Rain" (2011)
		Series 3, Episode 9: "Poor Man's Paradise" (2012)
2012	Scandal	Series 2, Episode 6: "Dirty Little Secrets"
		Series 2, Episode 7: "Grant: For The People"
2013	Touch	Series 2, Episode 8: "Reunions"
2012-2013	Smash	Series 1, Episode 13: "Tech" (2012)
		Series 2, Episode 14: "The Phenomenon" (2013)
	Vegas	Series 1, Episode 5: "Solid Citizens" (2012)
		Series 1, Episode 19: "Past Lives" (2013)
2013	Under the Dome	Series 1, Episode 9: "The Fourth Hand"
2013-2014	Major Crimes	Series 2, Episode 1: "Final Cut" (2013)
		Series 3, Episode 8: "Cutting Lose" (2014)
2013-2015	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Series 1, Episode 4: "Eye Spy" (2013)
		Series 1, Episode 21: "Ragtag" (2014)
		Series 2, Episode 12: "Who You Really Are" (2015)
2014	Believe	Series 1, Episode 6: "Sinking"
	Rake	Series 1, Episode 11: "Remembrance Of Taxis Past"
	Revolution	Series 2, Episode 15: "Dreamcatcher"
	Hell On Wheels	Series 4, Episode 12: "Thirteen Steps"
	Stalker	Series 1, Episode 4: "Phobia"
	Matador	Series 1, Episode 10: "Night Of The Whale"
2014-2015	Bates Motel	Series 2, Episode 7: "Presumed Innocent" (2014)
		Series 1, Episode 21: "The Pit" (2014)
2015	Bosch	Series 1, Episode 6: "Chapter Six: Donkey's Years"
	Aquarius	Series 1, Episode 11: "Your Mother Should Know"
2016	Mercy Street	Series 1, Episode 1: "The New Nurse"
		Series 1, Episode 2: "The Haversack"
		Series 1, Episode 3: "The Uniform"
	Colony	Series 1, Episode 7: "Broussard"
		Series 1, Episode 9: "Zero Day"
	Rosewood	Series 1, Episode 17: "Silkworms y Silencio"
	The Path	Series 1, Episode 7: "Refugees"
		Series 1, Episode 8: "The Shore"
	Good Girls Revolt	Series 1, Episode 8: "Expos"
	Chance	Series 1, Episode 5: "A Still Point in the Turning World"
	Shooter	Series 1, Episode 3: "Musa Qala"
2016-2017	Chance	Series 1, Episode 5: "A Still Point in the Turning World" (2016)
		Series 2, Episode2 "A Very Special Onion" (2017)
2017	The Deuce	Series 1, Episode 6: "Why Me?"
		Series 1, Episode 2: "The Haversack"
		Series 1, Episode 3: "The Uniform"
	Colony	Series 1, Episode 7: "Broussard"
		Series 1, Episode 9: "Zero Day"
	House of Cards	Series 5, Episode 8: "Chapter 60"
		Series 5, Episode 9: "Chapter 61"
	The Runaways	Series 1, Episode 2: "Rewind"
	The Americans	Series 5, Episode 6: "Crossbreed"
	Wisdom of the Crowd	Series 1, Episode 9: "Proof of Concept"
2018	The Americans	Series 6, Episode 4: "Episode #6.4"	Post-production
	Chi	Series 1, Episode 8: "Episode #1.8"	Post-production

Producing (television)

Year	Title	Episode	Notes
2007	Crossing Jordan	Season 6, Episode 1: "Retribution"	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 2: "Shattered"	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 3: "33 Bullets"	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 4: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 5: "Mr. Little and Mr. Big"	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 6: "Night of the Living Dead"	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 7: "Hubris"	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 8: "Isolation"	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 9: "Seven Feet Under"	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 10: "Fall from Grace"	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 11: "Faith"	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 12: "Sleeping Beauty"	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 13: "Post Hoc..."	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 14: "In Sickness & in Health"	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 15: "Dead Again"	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 16: "D.O.A."	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 17: "Crash"	Producer
2007-2009	Cold Case	Season 5, Episode 1: "Thrill Kill" (2007)	Producer
		Season 5, Episode 2: "That Woman" (2007)	Producer
		Season 5, Episode 3: "Running Around" (2007)	Producer
		Season 5, Episode 4: "Devil Music" (2007)	Producer
		Season 5, Episode 5: "Thick as Thieves" (2007)	Producer
		Season 5, Episode 6: "Wunderkind" (2007)	Producer
		Season 5, Episode 7: "World's End" (2007)	Producer
		Season 5, Episode 8: "It Takes a Village" (2007)	Producer
		Season 5, Episode 9: "Boy Crazy" (2007)	Producer
		Season 5, Episode 10: "Justice" (2007)	Producer
		Season 5, Episode 11: "Family" (2007)	Producer
		Season 5, Episode 12: "Sabotage" (2008)	Producer
		Season 5, Episode 13: "Spiders" (2008)	Producer
		Season 5, Episode 14: "Andy in C Minor" (2008)	Producer
		Season 5, Episode 15: "The Road" (2008)	Producer
		Season 5, Episode 16: "Bad Reputation." (2008)	Producer
		Season 5, Episode 17: "Slipping" (2008)	Producer
		Season 5, Episode 18: "Ghost of My Child" (2008)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 1: "Glory Days" (2008)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 2: "True Calling" (2008)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 3: "Wednesday"?s Woman" (2008)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 4: "Roller Girl" (2008)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 5: "Shore Leave" (2008)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 6: "The Dealer" (2008)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 7: "One Small Step" (2008)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 8: "Triple Threat" (2008)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 9: "Pin Up Girl" (2008)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 10: "Wings" (2008)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 11: "Street Money" (2008)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 12: "Lotto Fever" (2009)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 13: "Breaking News" (2009)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 14: "The Brush Man" (2009)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 15: "Witness Protection" (2009)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 16: "Jackals" (2009)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 17: "Officer Down" (2009)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 18: "Mind Games" (2009)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 19: "Libertyville" (2009)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 20: "Stealing Home" (2009)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 21: "November 22" (2009)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 22: "The Long Blue Line" (2009)	Producer
		Season 6, Episode 23: "Into the Blue" (2009)	Producer
2012	Scandal	Season 1, Episode 2: "Dirty Little Secrets"	Supervising producer
		Season 1, Episode 3: "Hell Hath No Fury"	Supervising producer
		Season 1, Episode 4: "Enemy of the State"	Supervising producer
		Season 1, Episode 5: "Crash and Burn"	Supervising producer
		Season 1, Episode 6: "The Trail"	Supervising producer
		Season 1, Episode 7: "Grant"	Supervising producer

Writing

Year	Title	Notes
1986	Desire to Fall	Stage play
1997	A Passage Through The Heart	Stage play
2000	Entering Tenebrea	Vol. 1 of Tenebrea Trilogy (with Daniel Graham)
2001	Tenebrea's Hope	Vol. 2 of Tenebrea Trilogy (with Daniel Graham)
2001	Tenebrea Rising	Vol. 3 of Tenebrea Trilogy (with Daniel Graham)

Other credits

Year	Title	Notes
1995	Inside the New Adventure: Star Trek - Voyager	Documentary. As herself.
1996	It's Hot in Here: UPN Fall Preview	Documentary. As herself.
1996	Star Trek: The Klingon Way, A Warrior's Guide	Audio book (audio drama).
1997	Alien Voices: The Time Machine	Audio book (audio drama).
	Trekkies	Documentary. As herself.
	Foto Novelas: Seeing Through Walls	TV short. Played Dr. Teresa Puente.
1999	Alien Voices: The Lost World	Audio book (audio drama).
2000	Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force	Video game
2001	2001 Alma Awards	Awards show (presenter)
2001	Weakest Link	Season 2 Episode 13: Star Trek Edition. As herself.
2002	Star Trek: Enterprise	Season 2 Episode 4: Dead Stop. Repair Station Computer voice, uncredited.
2011	Alien Voices: Journey To The Center Of The Earth	Audio book (audio drama).
2013	The Captains Close Up	Four part documentary mini-series (Episode 4: Kate Mulgrew). As herself.
2016	Star Trek Timelines	Video game. Uncredited.
2016	50 Years of Star Trek	Documentary. As herself.

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
1996	NCLR Bravo Award	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series	Star Trek Voyager
1998	Online Film & Television Association Award	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Star Trek Voyager
	ALMA Award	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series	Star Trek Voyager
	ALMA Award	Outstanding Latino Cast in a Made-for-Television Movie or Mini-Series	Foto Novelas: Seeing Through Walls
	ALMA Award	Outstanding Latino Cast in a Made-for-Television Movie or Mini-Series	Foto Novelas: In the Mirror
1999	ALMA Award	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series	Star Trek Voyager
2000	ALMA Award	Distinguished Performance	Star Trek Voyager
2001	ALMA Award	Outstanding Achievement in a Television Series Award	Star Trek Voyager
2008	ALMA Award	Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series	Heroes
	Hugo Award	Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form	Heroes
	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series	Heroes (S1/E15: "Run!").