Roxann Dawson was born on September 11, 1958 in Los Angeles, California to Richard and Rosalie Caballero. Later, she graduated from the University of California at Berkeley (Theater Arts major). Soon, she landed her first role as "Diana Morales" in the Broadway Production of "A Chorus Line". During her acting career, she performed in numerous plays including "The Early Girl", "V&V Only", "The Tempest", "Tropicana", "Six Characters In Search Of An Author", "Accelerando", "Rose Tattoo", "Daughters", among others.
She has also been on many TV shows and movies - including popular shows such as "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995), "Baywatch" (1989), "Matlock" (1986), "Jake and the Fatman" (1987), "The Untouchables" (1993), "Nightingales" (1989), "Any Day Now" (1998), "Seven Days" (1998), "Coupling" (2003), "Another World" (1964), "The Fortunate Pilgrim" (1988), "The Round Table" (1992), among others, but her television experience includes roles in a number of TV movies such as Broken Angel (1988) (TV), Guilty by Suspicion (1991), Midnight's Child (1992) (TV), Dirty Work (1992) (TV), Mortal Sins (1992) (TV), Pointman (1994) (TV), Greyhounds (1994) (TV), Foto Novelas: Seeing Through Walls (1997) (TV), Jesus the Driver (2004).
Dawson works as a writer as well as director - She made her directorial debut on "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) and continued directing on shows like "Any Day Now" (1998), "Enterprise" (2001) and "Charmed" (1998). She does also practice writing - a Triology called "Tenebrea" was co-written by her! She resides in LA with her husband Eric Dawson and their children.
| Eric Dawson | (May 1994 - present) 2 children |
| Casey Biggs | (? - ?) (divorced) |
Children: Emma Rose Dawson (born on January 16, 1998), Mia Meicai Dawson (born on October 31, 1999; adopted in July 2000).
Has played a character named "Lt. Torres" in two different projects: "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) (1995-2001) and the TV movie N.Y.P.D. Mounted (1991) (TV).
Parents: Richard and Rosalie Caballero
Went to the same high school as Angelina Jolie, Michael Klesic, Nicolas Cage, Corbin Bernsen, Lenny Kravitz and David Schwimmer.
Graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1980.
Told TV Guide in its 1995 "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) premiere issue how she cried from the shock of seeing herself in Michael Westmore's Klingon make-up, but got more comfortable with it.
She was in the music and drama programs at Beverly Hills High School.
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