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Rosie Malek-Yonan (born 4 July 1965; age 58) is an actress who played Tekoa in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fifth season episode "The Assignment".
An Assyrian born in Iran, Malek-Yonan aspired to compete in the 1980 Olympics in figure skating, but was forced to leave her place in the games because the Islamic government required Christian Olympic representatives to convert to Islam, and female athletes were required to wear robes and head scarves.
She graduated at the University of Cambridge and settled in the United States where she pursued a career in music and dramatic arts. Since 1982, she has appeared in over 30 films and television projects as an actress.
In addition to her career in performance and music, she is also a writer, author of The Crimson Field , a true story set to the backdrop of the Assyrian Genocide in the shadows of World War I, 1914-1918.
Selected filmography[]
Movies[]
- Rendition (2007, with Bob Gunton)
- Up Close And Personal (1996, with Raymond Cruz)
- For Goodness Sake II (1996, with Ed Begley, Jr.)
Television[]
- As a guest star: ER, JAG, CSI: Miami, The Practice, Profiler, Seinfeld (with Jason Alexander), The Visitor, Diagnosis: Murder, NYPD Blue, Babylon 5, Murder, She Wrote, et al.
- Recurring roles: Beverly Hills, 90210, Chicago Hope, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, The Young and the Restless, Capitol, Santa Barbara and most recently she returned to General Hospital in the role of Farah Mir.
Documentaries[]
- The Assyrians (2007) – Director
- My Assyrian Nation on the Edge (2006)
External links[]
- RosieMalek-Yonan.com – official website
- TheCrimsonField.com – official website
- Rosie Malek-Yonan at Wikipedia
- Rosie Malek-Yonan at the Internet Movie Database
- "Rosie Malek-Yonan: A Special Biography" – Zinda Magazine, 27 April 2005
- "Rosie Malek-Yonan's The Crimson Field" – featured in MAKE, a Chicago literary magazine, Winter 2007