Jeri Ryan made her acting debut in Who's the Boss? and followed that with guest-starring roles in TV shows like Melrose Place, Matlock, and The Sentinel as well as TV movies such as Co-Ed Call Girl. Her big break came when she won a regular role as an extraterrestrial investigator named Juliet Stuart on the TV show Dark Skies. The show was cancelled after one season, but the role had drawn the attention of the science-fiction community. In 1997, Ryan was cast to play Seven of Nine, a Borg drone freed from the collective on the science fiction series Star Trek: Voyager. The role drew her instant fame and her wardrobe made her a sex symbol among some science-fiction fans. It also drew criticism from some fans who felt that character was created to add sexuality to the show, and who felt that a disproportionate number of episodes focused on her character to the exclusion of others. Ryan has recently appeared in movies such as Down With Love. She also had a recurring role on The OC in the fall of 2005 and guest-starred on David E. Kelley's Boston Legal in 2006. Ryan will star in the new CBS legal drama Shark; she will play Los Angeles District Attorney Jessica Devlin. Shark also stars James Woods, and the pilot was directed by Spike Lee.