- Turned down the role of Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager (1995) four times. She only accepted the role after repeated lobbying by executive producer Jeri Taylor.
- Turned down a cameo in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) because of her busy schedule on Boston Public (2000). The cameo was subsequently given to her Star Trek: Voyager (1995) castmate Kate Mulgrew.
- Miss Illinois 1989. Was fourth in the 1990 Miss America Pageant and won the swimsuit competition.
- She was in the running for the role of Mystique (Raven Darkholme) in the sci-fi action film X-Men (2000), which went to Rebecca Romijn.
- Daughter of Gerhard Florian "Jeri" and Sharon Zimmerman. She has an older brother: Mark Zimmerman. Named after her father, a Master Sergeant in the United States Army.
- Has appeared in a photo shoot for a magazine opposite Lucy Lawless, both in costume as Seven of Nine and Xena. Ryan's series Star Trek: Voyager (1995) and Lucy's series Xena: Warrior Princess (1995) both began in 1995 and ended in 2001.
- Has appeared on Jeopardy! Celebrity Invitational on April 29, 1998. Jeri played for St. Jude Medical Center.
- Graduated from Northwestern University, in Evanston, Illinois, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Theatre in 1990. Was a member of the Beta Chapter of Alpha Phi Sorority.
- Graduated from Lone Oak High School in Paducah, Kentucky in 1986 as a National Merit Scholar.
- Her husband, Christophe Eme, is a French chef who owns the restaurant Ortolan. Ortolan is located on Third Street in Los Angeles, California. The restaurant serves French food with a modern interpretation.
- Her ex-husband, Jack Ryan, was running for Senator in Illinois, but dropped out of the race when allegations in their divorce proceedings were made public (2004).
- Jack Ryan just happens to be a character name in The Hunt for Red October (1990), Patriot Games (1992), The Sum of All Fears (2002), Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), & Without Remorse (2021).
- Gave birth to her first child at age 26, a son Alex Ryan on August 15, 1994. Child's father is her ex-husband, John Clemens "Jack" Ryan.
- Gave birth to her second child at age 40, a daughter Gisele Lynn Eme on March 2, 2008. Child's father is her husband, Christophe Eme.
- Her husband, Christophe Eme, is a French chef who owns the restaurant Ortolan. Ortolan is located at 8338 West 3rd Street in Los Angeles. Restaurant scenes in Spring Fever (2006) were filmed there.
- Has appeared in underwear along with Yasmine Bleeth, Alyssa Milano, Melissa Joan Hart, Garcelle Beauvais, Carmen Electra, Peta Wilson and Jamie Luner on the cover and inside the October 1997 issue of Details magazine.
- Her favorite tearjerker movie is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). Has watched the movie several times and cried every time.
- Ranked #65 on Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" list in 2002.
- As a military "brat",Jeri Ryan attended school in many areas,including Hawaii.Most of the kids and teachers there went to school barefoot;at first she was taken aback.But at the advice of one of her teachers,she started doing the same in order to fit in with her classmates.After while,she became accustomed to it and "enjoyed being able to run around school in bare feet!".
- Restaurant scenes in Spring Fever (2006) were filmed in Ryan's restaurant Ortolan in Los Angeles, California.
- Her fans call themselves "The Jeri-holics".
- Has appeared in episodes of two different series titled "The Gift": The Gift (1997) and The Gift (1999).
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