Jolene Blalock

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notable role = Medea in "Jason and the Argonauts"
T'Pol in ""
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spouse = Michael Rapino (2003 - present)

Jolene Blalock (born March 5 1975 in San Diego, California) is an American actress best known for playing Sub-Commander (later Commander) T'Pol, a Vulcan in "". Prior to "Enterprise", her highest profile role was playing Medea in a 2000 adaptation of "Jason and the Argonauts". In 2004, she was voted "#3 Hottest Scifi Babe" by Scifi WorldNet.

Biography

Early career

A popular model, Blalock has appeared on the cover of many men's lifestyle magazines and was twice featured in "Maxim"'s "Girls of Maxim" gallery. She posed for a clothed fashion layout in "Playboy" in April 2002. She was later interviewed by the magazine for its "20Q" section in February 2005. Blalock also appeared in an episode of CSI and in an episode of JAG.

tar Trek: Enterprise

Blalock's 30th birthday on March 5, 2005, coincided with the filming of her final scenes as T'Pol. During the spring of 2005, she was quoted in a "Toronto Star" interview and at her Pasadena convention appearance as calling the "Enterprise" finale episode, "These Are the Voyages..." "appalling" [ [http://www.trektoday.com/news/070305_02.shtml http://www.trektoday.com/news/070305_02.shtml] "Trektoday.com" ] although the reasons for this opinion were not initially reported. In a later interview, Blalock expanded upon this by saying that she was upset that the final episode focuses more upon characters from "" than "Enterprise".

Convention involvement

Blalock made a first appearance at a convention in Pasadena, California, in March 2005. Her second appearance was at an autograph signing show in Milton Keynes, England, in late April; this was soon followed by an appearance at a convention in Bonn, Germany, and others. Billed as a guest of the annual Creation Entertainment-organized 2005 Las Vegas Star Trek Convention, Blalock bowed out in the weeks prior, citing "work-related commitments". Scheduled again the following year, Ms. Blalock appeared before fans for a handful of personalized photo ops before being taken ill. According to unofficial comment by Creation officials, she was treated at a local hospital for food poisoning.

A self-confessed "Trekkie" and big fan of "", she was openly critical of "Enterprise" during its third and fourth seasons. She has stated that she felt that the show was creatively lacking, and that the show's producers were out of touch with Trek fans, although she called the fourth season a distinct improvement over what came before.

After Enterprise

In March and April 2006, Blalock filmed "I Dream of Murder", a made-for-cable film, in the vicinity of Calgary. [ [http://www.calgarysun.com/cgi-bin/publish.cgi?p=129742&x=articles&s=showbiz http://www.calgarysun.com/cgi-bin/publish.cgi?p=129742&x=articles&s=showbiz] "CalgarySun.com" ]

She appeared in the film "Slow Burn" with LL Cool J and Ray Liotta which was filmed in 2003 between seasons of "Enterprise", unveiled at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2005 and finally saw limited theatrical release in 2007. Despite Blalock's numerous provocative modeling pictorials for many men's magazines, "Slow Burn" is notable for her only actual on-camera nude appearance. She also guest starred in two episodes of "Stargate SG-1" as Ishta, leader of a group of female Jaffa. She was scheduled to appear on an episode of "Lost" during the 2005-2006 season as a former love interest of Sawyer, but the episode was (reportedly) scrapped in favor of a Michael-centered episode. She co-starred in a horror film entitled "Shadow Puppets". [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491145/releaseinfo http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491145/releaseinfo] "IMDB.com"] Her most recent film appearance is as Captain Lola Beck in "", a direct-to-DVD sequel to the film "Starship Troopers", which was released on August 5, 2008. [cite web |url=http://www.starshiptroopers3.net/news.html |title= "Starshiptroopers3.net" |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070927000137/http://www.starshiptroopers3.net/news.html |archivedate=2007-09-27]

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*tvtome person|id=21541|name=Jolene Blalock
* [http://JoleneBlalock.org/ Jolene Blalock Gallery]