Michelle Forbes
Biography
Michelle Forbes is an American actress whose career has ranged across independent film and genre television; she has won a Saturn Award and holds three nominations. Born in Austin, Texas, she trained in acting at a Houston arts high school and signed with an agency at 16, then in 1987 won a contract role on the daytime soap Guiding Light, where her part grew into a dual role and brought a Daytime Emmy nomination in 1990. Viewers came to know her as Ensign Ro Laren on Star Trek: The Next Generation, and she earned praise plus a Saturn nomination for the thriller Kalifornia (1993). She took the female lead in Swimming with Sharks (1994) and appeared in Escape from L.A. (1996). Her later television work included the medical examiner Julianna Cox on Homicide: Life on the Street, Battlestar Galactica, True Blood, and Mitch Larsen on The Killing, a role that brought a Primetime Emmy nomination.
61years old
Turns 62 on January 8in 88 days
- Born Austin
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Michelle Renee Forbes Guajardo (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 25 years1993 to 2018
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A role that slipped away
Forbes was invited by the producers of Star Trek: The Next Generation to bring Ro back in the spin-off Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but she turned the offer down and chose to focus on a career in films.
A role that slipped away
Forbes was let go from Homicide: Life on the Street after two years as part of a major cast overhaul, though she later reprised her role as Julianna Cox in the 2000 TV special Homicide: The Movie.
Getting ready for a role
Forbes studied British sign language for a week to prepare for her role in the 2001 British television film Messiah.
Early training
Forbes wanted to be a ballet dancer. She went on to get formal acting training at Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.
Michelle Forbes movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Michelle Forbes shares two films with John Cho, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Francis Lawrence
All films by John Carpenter
Dominic SenaDirector, 1 film, 1993
All films by Dominic Sena
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.