Lieutenant B' Elanna Torres

She is a half-human, half-Klingon woman who left the Starfleet Corps of Engineers after a stormy career because she could not balance the two sides of herself. She later joined the Maquis and served under Chakotay. She's extremely bright, though, and on Chakotay's suggestion and after Janeway could be sure of her great abilities she becomes the Chief Engineer of the ship.

Torres was born on a Klingon colony and raised by her mother. She joined Starfleet Academy, put dropped out after her second year to join the Maquis. While in the Maquis, she served with Chakotay.

In 2370, a Maquis base was targeted by an intellegent Cardassian weapon known as "Dreadnought." Torres de-activated the bomb and sent it after a Cardassian installation instead. For her unauthorized action, she was reprimanded by Chakotay. However, the bomb veered off cource into the Badlands.

Torres episodes:
"Parallax" - Torres helps rescue Voyager from a singularity, and is promoted to Chief Engineer.
"Faces" - The Vidiians split Torres into her Klingon and Human halves.
"Prototype" - Torres activates a robot found in space, only to be abducted by it.
"Dreadnought" - Torres must deactivate a Cardassian-made errant missile.

Roxann Biggs-Dawson

[b. 11 September]

Roxann Biggs-Dawson is Chief Engineer B'Elanna Torres, a beautiful young woman who is half-human, half-Klingon, on Star Trek: Voyager, produced by Paramount Network Television for broadcast on UPN. A former student at Starfleet Academy, B'Elanna quit and joined the Maquis. "B'Elanna is strong-willed, independent and confused," Biggs-Dawson explains. "Caught between two worlds, she attempts to deny and suppress her powerful Klingon side."

Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Biggs-Dawson was a theater arts major at the University of California at Berkeley. The talented and beautiful actress soon found her first acting stint nothing short of remarkable as she landed the role of Diana Morales in the Broadway production of "A Chorus Line."

Her theatrical credits continued as she performed in "The Early Girl" and "V & V Only" for the Circle Repertory Company. In addition to her work off Broadway in "The Tempest" for the Classic Stage Company, Biggs-Dawson appeared in "Accelerando" at the American Contemporary Theater, among other regional theaters.

Biggs-Dawson again found success when she landed the role of Adrienne Morrow on NBC's Another World. In addition, she appeared as a series regular in the NBC series Nightingales and The Round Table, and had leading roles in USA Network's television movies Mortal Sins and Dirty Work. She has guest starred in various television series including The Untouchables, Matlock and Jack's Place.

Biggs-Dawson appeared in the feature films "Guilty By Suspicion" and "Darkman II."

She resides in Los Angeles with her husband, casting director Eric Dawson.

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by Mario Guatteri