Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen (born 1980), is a

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-born

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n actress.

Early life and education

Jacobsen was born in

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. Her family moved to Australia when she was twelve years old. She is of Chinese, Portuguese, Norwegian and English descent. She attended the

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, from which she graduated with a double-major

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in English literature and philosophy.

Career

Jacobsen began her career in the SBS comedy series ''

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''. She later appeared in the Australian soap opera ''

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'', playing Charlotte Adams from 2001 to 2002, and in the Australian science fiction series ''

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'', as well as a number of TV commercials. In 2007, Jacobsen landed the role of Kendra Shaw in '' Battlestar Galactica: Razor'', a between-seasons television film of the re-imagined ''

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'' television series. She also played Sam Tyler's future girlfriend in the original pilot of the American television show ''

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''. In 2008, she was cast on the Fox series '' Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'', playing Jesse, a Resistance fighter and girlfriend of Derek Reese. She also played Yoshi in '' The Devil's Tomb''. In April 2009, Jacobsen was cast on

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's revamped ''

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'' in the role of medical student Lauren Yung. In 2010, she acted in the science fiction film ''Quantum Apocalypse''. In 2011, Jacobsen made a cameo appearance in the ''

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'' episode " People Who Love Peepholes" as Charlie's former girl friend, Penelope. In 2012, she appeared in the 2012 detective thriller film '' Alex Cross'' (as played by

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), as the businesswoman Fan Yau Lee, who becomes the first victim of the antagonist Picasso (

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). Loosely based on the novel ''

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'' by

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, the film was the third installment of the ''Alex Cross'' film series and a reboot of said series.

Filmography

References

External links

* * Jackie Brygel, "New Chick on the Block," ''Courier Mail'' (Queensland, Australia), 13 September 2001, p. 7. {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobsen, Stephanie 1980 births Living people 20th-century Australian actresses 21st-century Australian actresses Actresses from Sydney Australian expatriate actresses in the United States Australian film actresses Australian people of English descent Australian people of Chinese descent Australian people of Norwegian descent Australian people of Portuguese descent Australian soap opera actresses Chinese people of Norwegian descent Hong Kong people of English descent Hong Kong people of Portuguese descent Hong Kong emigrants to Australia University of Sydney alumni