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name: "Michelle Forbes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michelle-forbes"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 January 1965"
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average_fi1m_score: 83
updated: "2026-09-17T00:54:49.334881+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Michelle Forbes

Actor. Born 8 January 1965 in Austin, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 January 1965, Austin, Texas, USA
- **Active:** 1989–2008
- **Also known as:** Michelle Renee Forbes Guajardo, میشل فوربز

## Biography

Michelle Forbes is an American actress. Born Michelle Renee Forbes Guajardo on 8 January 1965 in Austin, Texas, she trained at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston and began her professional career in her teens after signing with the William Morris Agency.

She first received attention for a dual role in the daytime soap opera *Guiding Light*, earning a Daytime Emmy Award nomination. Forbes is known for recurring and regular roles on television including Ensign Ro Laren in *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987–1994), Julianna Cox in *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1996–1998), Admiral Helena Cain in *Battlestar Galactica* (2005–2006), and Maryann Forrester in *True Blood* (2009–2010). She has also appeared in *24*, *Prison Break*, *The Killing* and the film *Columbus* (2017).

Forbes won a Saturn Award and has received Primetime Emmy Award and other nominations.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *True Blood* (2008), Fi1m 71, as Maryann Forrester — [page](https://film.one/tv/true-blood.md)
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), Fi1m 83, as Admiral Helena Cain — [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), Fi1m 89, as Julianna Cox — [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)
- *Seinfeld* (1989), Fi1m 90, as Julie — [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)

## Also known for

- *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2* (2015), Lieutenant Jackson
- *Prison Break* (2005), Samantha Brinker
- *Chicago Fire* (2012), Gail McLeod
- *Star Trek: Picard* (2020), Commander Ro Laren
- *24* (2001), Lynne Kresge
- *Escape from L.A.* (1996), Brazen
- *Orphan Black* (2013), Dr. Marion Bowles
- *New Amsterdam* (2018), Veronica Fuentes

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