Terry Farrell

Terry Farrell

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Theresa Lee "Terry" Farrell (born November 19, 1963, height 5' 11¾" (1,82 m)) is an American former actress and fashion model. She is perhaps best known for her performances in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Jadzia Dax and Becker as Regina Kostas. Farrell is 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. 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 1983 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.The asteroid 26734 Terryfarrell, discovered in 2001, was named in her honor by its discoverer, William Kwong Yu Yeung.Farrell lives in Hershey, Pennsylvania, with her husband, former Sprint Corporation spokesman Brian Baker (a.k.a. the Sprint Guy) and their son. She enjoys sewing and quilting.arrell has appeared with her husband at the Hershey Area Playhouse in Hershey, Pennsylvania in a production of A. R. Gurney's Love Letters.

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2024

Best Christmas Movies Ever!
Best Christmas Movies Ever!
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/9/2024
The D-Con Chamber
The D-Con Chamber
as Self
TV - Released: 5/19/2024

2020

Star Trek Day
Star Trek Day
as Self
TV - Released: 9/8/2020

2019

The Circuit
The Circuit
Movie - Released: 2/26/2019

2018

2017

Renegades: The Requiem: Part 1
Renegades: The Requiem: Part 1
as Jada
Movie - Released: 2/2/2017

2016

For the Love of Spock
For the Love of Spock
as Jadzia Dax (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 9/9/2016

2013

The Captains Close Up
The Captains Close Up
as Self
TV - Released: 5/16/2013

2012

Get a Life!
Get a Life!
as Herself
Movie - Released: 7/28/2012

2003

Code 11-14
Code 11-14
as Michelle Novack
Movie - Released: 8/24/2003
Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends
Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends
as Herself
Movie - Released: 1/1/2003

2002

Gleason
Gleason
as Marilyn Taylor
Movie - Released: 10/13/2002
Crossing the Line
Crossing the Line
as Laura Mosbach
Movie - Released: 7/15/2002

2000

Deep Core
Deep Core
as Allison Saunders
Movie - Released: 10/21/2000
One True Love
One True Love
as Dana Boyer
Movie - Released: 10/20/2000

1998

Legion
Legion
as Major Agatha Doyle
Movie - Released: 4/18/1998
Becker
Becker
as Regina "Reggie" Kostas
TV - Released: 11/2/1998

1997

Trekkies
Trekkies
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/18/1997

1996

Reasons of the Heart
Reasons of the Heart
as Maggie Livingston
Movie - Released: 10/2/1996

1995

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior
as Jadzia Dax
Movie - Released: 10/2/1995
MADtv
MADtv
as Self
TV - Released: 10/14/1995

1994

Red Sun Rising
Red Sun Rising
as Det. Karen Ryder
Movie - Released: 9/1/1994

1993

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary
as Jadzia Dax
Movie - Released: 1/4/1993
Star
Star
as Elizabeth
Movie - Released: 9/20/1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
as Host
Movie - Released: 1/4/1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Jadzia Dax
TV - Released: 1/3/1993

1992

Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
as Joey Summerskill
Movie - Released: 9/11/1992
Grapevine
Grapevine
as Laurie
TV - Released: 6/16/1992

1991

Movie
Mimi & Me
as Mimi Molloy
Movie - Released: 9/7/1991

1990

The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Party Guest Listening to Aubrey Buffing (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 12/21/1990

1989

Quantum Leap
Quantum Leap
as Lisa Sherman
TV - Released: 3/26/1989

1987

Off the Mark
Off the Mark
as Jenell Johnson
Movie - Released: 11/1/1987

1986

Back to School
Back to School
as Valerie
Movie - Released: 6/13/1986
The Deliberate Stranger
The Deliberate Stranger
as Katie Hargreaves
Movie - Released: 5/4/1986
Beverly Hills Madam
Beverly Hills Madam
as Julie Tyler
Movie - Released: 4/6/1986

1985

The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "The After Hours")
TV - Released: 9/27/1985

1984

The Cosby Show
The Cosby Show
as Nicki Phillips
TV - Released: 9/20/1984
Paper Dolls
Paper Dolls
as Laurie Caswell
TV - Released: 9/23/1984
TV
Spencer
as Sally
TV - Released: 12/1/1984

1983

Portfolio
Portfolio
as Elite Model
Movie - Released: 1/1/1983

1982

Family Ties
Family Ties
as Liz Obeck
TV - Released: 9/22/1982

Unknown

Movie