- Born
- Birth nameMichelle Renee Forbes Guajardo
- Nickname
- Mishka
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Michelle Renee Forbes Guajardo is an American actress who has appeared on television and in independent films. Forbes first gained attention for her dual role in daytime soap opera Guiding Light (1952), for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination. She is also a Saturn Award winner with three nominations.
Forbes is known for her recurring appearances on genre and drama shows such as Ensign Ro Laren in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and her regular role as medical examiner Julianna Cox on Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) during the 1990s, while building her career with recurring roles throughout the 2000s in Battlestar Galactica (2004), 24 (2001), In Treatment (2008), Durham County (2007), Prison Break (2005) and her series regular role as Maryann Forrester on True Blood (2008). She has appeared in significant roles in movies such as Escape from L.A. (1996), Kalifornia (1993), Swimming with Sharks (1994) and Columbus (2017).
She starred in the 2011-2012 AMC television series The Killing (2011), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. On June 18, 2019 it was announced that Forbes would join USA Network's action drama series Treadstone (2019), a prequel/sequel to the Bourne franchise.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpouseRoss Kettle(1990 - 1999) (divorced)
- ParentsAdam Eliseo GuajardoGloria Patricia Smith
- RelativesAdriana Carole Guajardo(Sibling)
- Often plays characters who are anti-authority
- Dark hair and pale skin
- Large hazel eyes
- Deep husky voice
- Statuesque, model-like figure
- After appearing in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) as Ro Laren, she was approached to play the same character in a starring role on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). When she turned down the part, because she didn't want to commit to a regular television role at that point in her career, a new Bajoran character, Kira Nerys, was created and Nana Visitor was cast in that part.
- She is of Mexican descent.
- In order to play the deaf character of Susan Metcalfe on the BBC series Messiah (2001), she learned British Sign Language within six days.
- Prior to introducing the character of Ensign Ro Laren in Ensign Ro (1991), she appeared in a small part in Half a Life (1991), as Dara, the daughter of Dr. Timicin, played by David Ogden Stiers.
- A Star Trek action figure was made in the likeness of Ensign Ro Laren, her character on the series.
- On turning down Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993): There were all sorts of rumors about why I didn't take [the DS9 role] and that I was quite arrogant about the whole thing. It wasn't that at all. It was, again, about wanting variety in my career. If I'd gone on to do DS9, I might not have had the variety I've been lucky to have in my career. That's not to say I wasn't grateful for the opportunity; I genuinely was. However, I had to make a choice that felt right for me, which was a difficult one, especially as a young actor being offered a steady job. (TV Zone Magazine, January 2005)
- I was so shy as a kid that I was almost mute and was starting to have a stutter because I couldn't talk to people. The shyness is debilitating actually, and my mother took me to see someone because she was worried about me. And he suggested she enroll me in acting class to draw me out of myself.
- About her character on Battlestar Galactica (2004): I tend to play a lot of authoritative, strong women, so initially this simply wasn't something I wanted to do. God bless them, though, for being so pursuant of me. The Galactica producers sent me a set of DVDs, because I had never seen the show, either. Galactica is amazingly good and well-written. I shudder to think I almost lost out on working with those wonderful people and on such a powerful story. (TV Zone Magazine, January 2005).
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