The Ladies of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Terry Farrell as Lieutenant/Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax

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Lieutenant/Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax, the  Science Officer, was assigned to Deep Space Nine in 2369, shortly after Starfleet took over operation of the station following the Cardassian withdrawal from Bajor.  Jadzia Dax is a member of a joined species known as the Trill, which is composed of a humanoid host and an extremely long-lived symbiont.  Jadzia had wanted to become a host ever since she was a child and worked hard at winning the honor.  She won several scholarships, and achieved Premier Distinctions in exobiology, zoology, astrophysics, and exoarchaeology before she was allowed to be joined in 2367.  The Dax symbiont's previous host had been Curzon Dax, a close friend of Benjamin Sisko.   Jadzia Dax noted that such friendships are sometimes difficult to maintain when a Trill has a new host, particularly one of the opposite sex (Emissary).  Jadzia's hands are cold, a characteristic of Trills (A Man Alone).  Dax's previous hosts had been both male and female.  She had been a mother three times and a father twice in previous hosts, but Jadzia confessed Dax hadn't been very successful either way (The Nagus).  As a beautiful woman, Jadzia Dax received the attentions of many men, including Doctor Julian Bashir and the Ferengi bartender, Quark.  Dax considered herself to be above such interests, although she once admitted that she thought Morn was cute (Progress).  By 2369, Dax had been attempting to master the Altonian brainteaser for 140 years (A Man Alone).  Jadzia was the Dax symbiont's eighth different host, not counting Verad, who stole the symbiont for a few hours in 2370 (Invasive Procedures).  Very little is known about Dax's earlier hosts, although Facets provided a list, as well some as some personal information about each of them.  Click on the communicator below to see a brief history of the Dax symbiont's hosts.

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Terry Farrell played Jadzia Dax, the Science Officer on Deep Space Nine, for six seasons.  Born on 19 November 1963, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, she left home at the age of 15 to spend a summer in Mexico City as a foreign exchange student.  This experience made her want a life in a big city.  She sent her picture to the famed Elite Modeling Agency in New York during her junior year in high school.   Terry was soon called to New York City by Elite.  Two days later, she had an exclusive modeling contract with Mademoiselle magazine.  She began looking for a greater challenge after a year and a half of modeling.  She studied acting with Kate McGregor Stewart in New York.  Terry joined the cast of Paper Dolls, a series that aired for only 13 episodes in 1983.  She landed a starring role with Rodney Dangerfield in the motion picture, Back to School when Paper Dolls was cancelled.  Terry began studying with Stella Adler in the spring of 1989, to hone her acting skills.  She also continued to model for major advertising campaigns and commercials.  Terry landed the starring role in Hellraiser; Part III in 1990.  Soon after that, she nabbed the role of Jadzia Dax in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.  She declined to return for the seventh and final season, stating a desire to broaden her horizons.  The Jadzia Dax character had to be eliminated, and Gul Dukat was was chosen to be the instrument of her demise (Tears of the Prophets) at the end of the sixth season.

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