Biography for
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Date of Birth

3 June 1958, Buffalo, New York, USA

Birth Name

Susan Plaksin

Height

6' 1½" (1.87 m)

Mini Biography

Suzie Plakson (born June 3, 1958) is an American actress, singer, writer and artist. Born in Buffalo, New York, she grew up in Kingston, Pennsylvania and went to college at Northwestern University. She began her career on the stage/theater, and played four characters opposite Anthony Newley in a revival tour of "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off". She also played "Marquise Theresa Du Parc" in the Broadway incarnation of the play "La Bête".

Plakson has played a wide range of characters throughout her career. Her regular role in a television series was playing hard-bitten sportswriter "Meg Tynan" in the sitcom "Love & War" (1992); she did several voices on "Dinosaurs" (1991) and ultimately played four characters on various "Star Trek" series. There were other guest spots and recurring roles in sitcoms such as "Mad About You" (1992) and "Everybody Loves Raymond" (1996), while she was also acting in movies such as Disclosure (1994), Red Eye (2005) and Wag the Dog (1997). She wrote and performed an allegorical solo show, "An Evening with Eve".

As a singer/songwriter, Plakson just recently released the alternative country rock album "DidnWannaDoIt!" produced by Jay Ferguson. She also sculpts and writes -- samples of both are viewable and readable on her website.

IMDb Mini Biography By: suzieplakson.com

Trade Mark

Towering height

Red hair

Trivia

The only actress to appear as 4 different aliens in 3 different "Star Trek" series: Vulcan Lieutenant Selar and Klingon K'Ehleyr on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), the female Q on "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) and Tarah, the first female Andorian on "Star Trek: Enterprise" (2001).

Her big break came when Anthony Newley cast her opposite himself in the 1987 revival of "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off".

Her sister is married to David Berger, a folk singer and high school history teacher in New Jersey.

Siblings: Michael Plaksin and Barbara Berger (née Plaksin).

Playmate Toys put out an action figure in her likeness as her character, K'Ehleyr, from "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987).

Studied at Northwestern University.

Grew up in Kingston, Pennsylvania.

Appeared onstage with Patti Yasutake at the Star Trek Las Vegas Convention in August 2007.

Served as the master of ceremonies for the closing of Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton on September 1, 2008.