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Jillian Ziesmer (born 7 February 1979; age 45) played Asha in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine second season episode "Cardassians".

She is the daughter of assistant director and production manager Jerry Ziesmer, who worked on films such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Scarface, and Jerry Maguire. [1] It is her only screen acting credit to date.

Ziesmer attended Concord High School in Santa Monica, California, graduating in 1997. On May 30th, 1997, prior to graduation, she was named as a recipient of the President's Education Award, given to students who have earned high grades and are among the top standardized test scorers. [2](X) She had been accepted by nine different colleges, including Boston University and five University of California campuses. [3](X)

She eventually graduated from the Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology, and currently works as a therapist in Beverly Hills. [4]

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