Jolene Blalock

This is the 122nd post in our Celebrity of the Day series.



Jolene Blalock was born in 1975 in California. She started modeling at a young age and became very popular. By age 17 she left home in order to continue modeling in Europe and Asia. Despite a very successful modeling career Jolene stated that she was glad to move toward acting because she was tired of the struggle with dieting and perfection in the modeling industry.

In 1993 she got her first role on television as Woman #3 in an episode of Veronica's Closet. Her next role came in 1999 in an episode of The Love Boat: The Next Wave. 2000 brought on a number of television roles including Medea in Jason and the Argonauts.

But it was in 2001 that she caught her big break when she was cast as Sub-Commander T'Pol in Enterprise This role lasted four years and continues to be the role for which she is most known.

During this period her acting focus remained on the show but since Enterprise she has taken on a few television and film roles, none of them major. She had a role in Sinners and Saints as well as Shadow Puppets.

She has an upcoming role in One Kine Day which will be released in 2010.

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