Suzie Plakson is an American actress.

Suzie Plakson
Plakson in 2012
Born
Susan Plaksin

Alma materNorthwestern University
OccupationActress
Years active1987–present
Known forLove & War
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: Voyager
Mad About You
How I Met Your Mother
Websitesuzieplakson.com

Early life and education

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Born Susan Plaksin in Buffalo, New York, she was raised in Kingston, Pennsylvania, and attended Northwestern University.[citation needed]

Career

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Plakson began her career on the stage, and played four characters opposite Anthony Newley in the national revival tour of Stop the World, I Want to Get Off. She also played Marquise Theresa Du Parc in the Broadway production of La Bête.

Plakson was a regular in the sitcom Love & War, as sportswriter Mary Margaret "Meg" Tynan.[1] She played four characters on various Star Trek series: a Vulcan, Doctor Selar, in "The Schizoid Man" (Star Trek: The Next Generation); half-Klingon, half-human Ambassador K'Ehleyr in "The Emissary" (Star Trek: The Next Generation) and "Reunion" (Star Trek: The Next Generation); the Lady Q in "The Q and the Grey" (Star Trek: Voyager); and an Andorian, Tarah, in "Cease Fire" (Star Trek: Enterprise).[2][3]

Plakson played the blue brontosaurus real estate agent Monica de Vertebrae on Dinosaurs, as well as many other guest voices. She has had recurring roles in various sitcoms such as Mad About You, Everybody Loves Raymond and How I Met Your Mother. She has appeared in movies such as Disclosure, Red Eye and Wag the Dog.[4]

Plakson wrote and performed an allegorical solo show, An Evening with Eve. Plakson penned and performed the alternative country rock album DidnWannaDoIt! produced by Jay Ferguson,[5] and released the video of the title song on YouTube. She wrote and recorded the audiobook/e-book, The Return of King Lillian, a mythic allegory.[4]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1988 My Stepmother Is an Alien Tenley
1991 Bingo Ginger
1994 Disclosure Mary Anne Hunter
1997 Wag the Dog Grace
2001 On Edge Janet Bellamy
2005 Red Eye Senior Flight Attendant

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1987 CBS Summer Playhouse Yolanda 1 episode: "Reno and Yolanda"
Family Ties Doris 1 episode: "Super Mom"
1988 Eisenhower and Lutz Sheri Blankenship 1 episode: "Blast from the Past"
Annie McGuire Mrs. Cipriani 1 episode: "The Fried Shoe"
1989 Murphy Brown Jackie 1 episode: "I Would Have Danced All Night"
Married to the Mob Connie Russo Television film
White Lies Phyllis Television film
1989–1990 Star Trek: The Next Generation K'Ehleyr / Lt. Selar, M.D. 3 episodes
1990 Beauty and the Beast Susan 1 episode: "In the Forests of the Night"
1991 The Torkelsons Verna 1 episode: "Poetry in Motion"
1991–94 Dinosaurs Monica Devertebrae / Elder #3 / Sally (voices) 14 episodes
1992–95 Love & War Mary Margaret 'Meg' Tynan 67 episodes
1995 Double Rush Meg Tynan 1 episode: "Comings and Goings"
1996 Star Trek: Voyager Female Q 1 episode: "The Q and the Grey"
1996–99 Mad About You Dr. Joan Golfinos 18 episodes
1997 Johnny Bravo Vivian Vixen (voice) 1 episode: "Under the Big Flop"
1998 Men in Black: The Series Edie 1 episode: "The Sonic Boom Syndrome"
1999 Family Guy Ann Romano Character / Various (voices) 2 episodes: "A Hero Sits Next Door", "The Son Also Draws"
2000 Everybody Loves Raymond Joanne "Cinnamon" Glotz 2 episodes: "Robert's Divorce", "Meant to Be"
Bette Dr. Bauer 1 episode: "Silent But Deadly"
Judging Amy Jane Holcombe 1 episode: "Dog Days"
2001 Futurama Amazonian (voice) 1 episode: "Amazon Women in the Mood"
2002 The Education of Max Bickford Dr. Ingrid Chekhov 1 episode: "The Egg and I"
2003 Star Trek: Enterprise Tarah 1 episode: "Cease Fire"
2005–14 How I Met Your Mother Judy Eriksen 15 episodes
2009 Eli Stone Jesse Bates 2 episodes: "Mortal Combat", "Sonoma"
2011 Bones Rosalind Bassa 1 episode: "The Finder"

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 Code Blue Chief of Staff Nan Fleming
2001 Emergency Room 3 Chief of Staff Nan Fleming

References

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  1. ^ "SuziePlakson.com".
  2. ^ Suzie Plakson (August 7, 2013). "INTERVIEW: Trek's K'Ehleyr & More, Suzie Plakson, Part 1". StarTrek.com (Interview).
  3. ^ "Production News: The Blueskins are Back!". StarTrek.com. December 6, 2002. Archived from the original on February 1, 2003. You no doubt remember her in Star Trek: The Next Generation
  4. ^ a b Suzie Plakson (August 8, 2013). "INTERVIEW: Trek's K'Ehleyr & More, Suzie Plakson, Part 2". StarTrek.com (Interview).
  5. ^ "Suzie Plakson". Hollywood.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013.
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