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Michelle Forbes (Full name: Michelle Renee Forbes Guajardo) is an American actress. She has appeared on television and in independent films. Michelle gained attention for her dual role in the daytime soap opera Guiding Light. Her role won her a Daytime Emmy Award nomination. Also, Michelle is a Saturn Award winner with three nominations.
The actress is best known for her recurring appearances on genre and drama shows such as Ensign Ro Laren in Star Trek: The Next Generation. She has had a regular role as medical examiner Julianna Cox on Homicide: Life on the Street during the 1990s. Michelle built her career with recurring roles throughout the 2000s in Battlestar Galactica, 24, Durham County, In Treatment, and Prison Break, as well as her series regular role as Maryann Forrester on True Blood.
The actress has also appeared in significant roles in movies such as Escape from L.A., Swimming with Sharks, Kalifornia, and Columbus. Michelle starred in the 2011–2012 AMC television series The Killing. She received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her role. It was announced on June 18, 2019, that Michelle would join USA Network’s action drama series Treadstone, a prequel/sequel to the Bourne franchise.
Michelle Forbes Age
She was born on January 8, 1965, in Austin, Texas, United States of America. Michelle is 57 years old.
Michelle Forbes Height
She is a woman of above-average stature. Michelle stands at a height of 5 ft 9 in (Approx 1.75 m).
Michelle Forbes Family
She was born in Austin, Texas, of Mexican American heritage. Michelle hoped to become a ballet dancer. She started receiving formal acting training at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston. She found herself auditioning for a film at the age of 16 while on vacation in New York City. However, she was not selected. Later, Michelle signed up with the William Morris Agency and started her professional acting career.
Michelle Forbes Husband
She was previously married to actor Ross Kettle. The duo wedded in 1990 but the marriage ended in divorce. Michelle has been a vegetarian since she was a teenager and became vegan in 2011.
Michelle Forbes Movies And Tv Shows
Movies
– 1993 Love Bites
– 1993 Kalifornia
– 1994 Swimming with Sharks
– 1994 Roadflower
– 1995 Just Looking
– 1995 The Chosen One
– Black Day Blue Night
– 1996 The Prosecutors
– 1996 Escape from L.A.
– 1998 Dry Martini
– 2000 Bullfighter
– 2000 Homicide: Life Everlasting
– 2001 Perfume ne
– 2002 American Girl
– 2002 Johnson County War
– 2004 Dandelion
– 2004 Al Roach: Private Investigator
– 2007 Unthinkable
– 2007 Battlestar Galactica: Razor
– 2009 Diplomacy
– 2013 Highland Park
– 2013 The Hunters
– 2015 The Hunger
– 2017 Columbus
– 2017 Gemini
– Say You Will
2017 The Honor Farm
Tv Shows
– 2013 Chicago Fires
– 2014 Orphan Black
– 2014 Rake
– 2015 Powers
– 2015 The Returned
– 2016–2019 Berlin Station
– 2019 Grey’s Anatomy
– 2019 Treadstone
– 2021 Big Sky
– 2021–present New Amsterdam
Michelle Forbes Star Trek
She made guest appearances on a few TV shows such as Star Trek: The Next Generation and Father Dowling Mysteries prior to landing the recurring role of Ensign Ro Laren, a fiery. She still reserved Bajoran, in Star Trek: The Next Generation. The producers of Star Trek invited Michelle to reprise Ro in the spin-off series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. However, she declined the offer and instead decided to focus on a career in film. In the 1993 thriller Kalifornia, Michelle received praise and Saturn Award nomination from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, for her performance as photographer Carrie Laughlin.
She then had a lead female role in the 1994 black comedy Swimming with Sharks and also supporting roles in such films as The Road Killers, Just Looking and John Carpenter’s 1996 science fiction/action sequel Escape from L.A. The actress continued performing on television during this period, with guest spots on The Outer Limits, Seinfeld, and Star Trek: The Next Generation, to which she returned to tie up the Ro Laren storyline in the series’ penultimate episode.
Michelle Forbes True Blood
The American fantasy horror drama television series titled True Blood was produced and created by Alan Ball. The series is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries, a series of novels by Charlaine Harris. A reboot of the same is currently in development. Michelle appeared in True Blood as a Maenad named Maryann Forrester.
Michelle Forbes Seinfeld
The American television sitcom titled Seinfeld was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld. It aired over nine seasons and 180 episodes from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, on NBC. The series stars Seinfeld as a fictionalized version of himself. Michelle appeared as Julie on Episode: “The Big Salad”
Michelle Forbes New Amsterdam
The 2022 American medical drama television series titled New Amsterdam is based on the book Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital by Eric Manheimer. The show premiered on September 25, 2018, on NBC. It was created by David Schulner and stars Freema Agyeman, Ryan Eggold, Janet Montgomery, Anupam Kher, Jocko Sims, Tyler Labine, and Sandra Mae Frank. Michelle appears in a recurring role as Dr. Veronica Fuentes.
Michelle Forbes Net Worth
She is an American actress who has an estimated net worth of $13 million.
How Old Is Michelle Forbes
Michelle is 57 years old. She was born on January 8, 1965, in Austin, Texas, United States of America.
Is Michelle Forbes Married
She married Ross Kettle in 1990 but the marriage ended in divorce.