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Nicole deBoer as Lieutenant Ezri Dax

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Ensign/Lieutenant Ezri Dax is a counselor by training, currently assigned to Deep Space Nine.  Ezri Dax is the ninth and current host of the Dax symbiont.   Previous hosts included four males and four females.  The Dax symbiont was on a transport back to Trill to be joined with another host following the death of Jadzia.  Ezri Teegan was an unjoined Trill and a Starfleet Ensign who was a passenger on the same transport.  The symbiont's medical condition worsened and the Trill doctor on board stated that the symbiont needed a host immediately in order to survive.  Ezri was the only available host, although she had not studied in the initiate program and was not a candidate.  She became Ezri Dax enroute to Trill.  When a host is joined with a symbiont, the symbiont's name, Dax, is added to the host's given name, Ezri, replacing the family name, Teegan (Prodigal Daughter).  The joined Trill becomes Ezri Dax.  She woke up a new person after the surgery; she had the memories of all previous hosts of the Dax symbiont, as well as the memories of Ezri, the current host.  Ezri Dax appeared at Captain Sisko's father's restaurant on Earth at the end of the first episode of the seventh and final season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Image in the Sand).   The Captain had taken an extended leave of absence from Starfleet at the end of the sixth season after Jadzia Dax had been killed by Gul Dukat to return to Earth to see what the prophets had in store for him (Tears of the Prophets).  He had been on Earth for about two months and had just had a vision from the prophets and was about to leave Earth for Tyree to locate the Orb of the Emissary when Ezri Dax appeared.  She went along with him on the quest.  (Image in the Sand).  Captain Sisko returned to Deep Space Nine after locating the Orb, and Ensign Ezri Dax was assigned to Deep Space Nine as a counselor, since her training before being joined was as a counselor.  He convinced Starfleet to promote Ezri Dax to Lieutenant because of the considerable experience the previous hosts gave her.  She still has feelings for Worf, who was Jadzia's husband (You Are Cordially Invited ...), but he initially wanted nothing to do with her; she's not Jadzia.  Ezri has discovered that her feelings for Worf are for friendship, and she no longer desires an intimate relationship.

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Nicole "Nikki" deBoer plays Lieutenant Ezri Dax on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.  Born on 20 December 1970, she is a native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, who began an acting career at the age of nine.   Initially a shy child, Nicole surprised her parents when she informed them that she had been selected to play Dorothy in her fourth grade class' presentation of The Wizard of Oz.  Her grandmother helped her find an agent, with her parents' blessing.  Shortly afterward, deBoer made her television debut as a guest on a Christmas special starring Vincent Price and Red Skelton.  Nicole worked in television commercials and in the theater throughout her childhood.   She went through a "punk rocker" phase during her teen years, but found out that her "look" kept her from attaining good roles.  Nicole was back in front of the camera at seventeen as a series regular in the CBC drama, 9B.  She soon became a busy stage actress in addition to her television and film work, starring in numerous Canadian regional theater productions, including, Little Women, Our Town, Anne of Green Gables, The Wizard of Oz, Little Foxes, and The Father.  She also became regular cast member in several CBC series; Mission: Genesis, Beyond Reality, Forever Knight, Hidden Room, Sweating Bullets, The War, First Resort, and Dooley Gardens,and as Maggi in Catwalk, which also starred Mission: Genesis costar Kelli Taylor.  Nicole's other television credits include guest appearances on Poltergeist, The Outer Limits, Family of Cops, Top Cops, Psi-Factor, and Maniac Mansion.   She also appeared in an episode of Tekwar where she again worked with a Mission: Genesis costar; this time it was Julie Khaner.  Her movie credits include Jungleground, Prom Night IV, National Lampoon's Senior Trip, and Kids in the Hall -The Movie, as Laura, reprising her recurring role in the HBO series. "I had done a few episodes with them as this character Laura and I get recognized more for that than just about anything else I've done!" she says.  She will soon find she that receives more recognition for Lieutenant Ezri Dax on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.  Nicole recently completed Cube, an independent feature film and Toronto Film Festival award winner.  She has has also appeared in several made-for-television movies, including Fox's, The Counterfeit Contessa, ABC's J.F.K.: Reckless Youth, USA Networks' Kissing Place, and The Disney Channel's, My Date With the President's Daughter.   Her made-for-Canadian-television movies include Heart of Courage, E.N.G., and Baby, It's You.  Nicole likes to travel in her free time.  She has been known to drive to Los Angeles from Toronto when the mood hits her.

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