Roxann Dawson, born in Los Angeles in 1958, first became familiar to audiences as chief engineer B'Elanna Torres in Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2001), the half-Klingon character she played for seven seasons. Trained in the theatre and a Broadway veteran of the original run of A Chorus Line, she later reinvented herself as a director. She has become one of the most in-demand television directors of the streaming era, with episodes of House of Cards, The Americans, The Mandalorian and Foundation, as well as the feature film Breakthrough (2019). Her work behind the camera has earned her multiple DGA nominations and made her a defining voice of modern prestige TV. Read more