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Michelle Forbes (Michelle Renee Forbes Guajardo) was born on 8 January, 1965 in Austin, Texas, U.S., is an American actress (born 1965). Discover Michelle Forbes's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?

Popular As Michelle Renee Forbes Guajardo
Occupation Actress
Age 59 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 8 January, 1965
Birthday 8 January
Birthplace Austin, Texas, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Michelle Forbes Height, Weight & Measurements

At 59 years old, Michelle Forbes height is 1.75 m .

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Height 1.75 m
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Who Is Michelle Forbes's Husband?

Her husband is Ross Kettle (m. 1990-1999)

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Michelle Forbes Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Michelle Forbes worth at the age of 59 years old? Michelle Forbes’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United States. We have estimated Michelle Forbes's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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Source of Income Actress

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1965

Michelle Renee Forbes Guajardo (born January 8, 1965) is an American actress who has appeared on television and in independent films.

She is a Saturn Award winner with three nominations.

Forbes first garnered attention for her dual role in the daytime soap opera Guiding Light, for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination.

1987

In 1987, at age 22, Forbes landed the contract role of Sonni Carrera Lewis on the daytime soap opera Guiding Light.

The role was expanded to a dual role, with a second charracter, Solita Carrera, added.

1990

She is known for her recurring appearances on genre and drama shows, including Ensign Ro Laren in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Picard, and her regular role as medical examiner Julianna Cox on Homicide: Life on the Street during the 1990s.

Forbes was a cast member for three years, and in 1990, she earned a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for her performance.

She then continued in theater, and began appearing in small guest roles on television to raise her profile.

She went on to make guest appearances on a few other TV shows before landing the recurring role of Ensign Ro Laren in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

The producers of Star Trek: The Next Generation invited Forbes to reprise Ro in the spin-off series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but Forbes declined the offer and decided to focus on a career in films.

1993

She received praise, as well as a Saturn Award nomination from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, for her performance as photographer Carrie Laughlin in the 1993 thriller Kalifornia.

1994

This was followed with the lead female role in the 1994 black comedy Swimming with Sharks, as well as supporting roles in such films as The Road Killers, Just Looking and John Carpenter's 1996 science fiction/action sequel Escape from L.A.

She continued performing on television during this period, with guest spots on Seinfeld, The Outer Limits, and Star Trek: The Next Generation, to which she returned to tie up the Ro Laren storyline in the series' penultimate episode.

1996

In 1996, Forbes joined the cast of NBC's popular police drama Homicide: Life on the Street, playing chief medical examiner Julianna Cox.

She remained with the show for two years, then was let go as part of a major cast overhaul (the series would be canceled after one more season).

2000

She played recurring roles throughout the 2000s in Battlestar Galactica, 24, In Treatment, Durham County, Prison Break and her series regular role as Maryann Forrester on True Blood.

She has appeared in significant roles in films such as Escape from L.A., Kalifornia, Swimming with Sharks and Columbus.

However, she would reprise her role in the 2000 TV special Homicide: The Movie.

That same year, Forbes became a regular on the ABC series Wonderland, an ABC series, but it was pulled from the air after only two episodes.

Forbes was next seen in a recurring role on the police drama The District.

2001

She was subsequently given roles in films such as 2001's Perfume and 2002's American Girl, as well as the 2001 British television film Messiah (for which she studied British sign language for a week) and its sequel installments: Messiah 2: Vengeance is Mine in 2002 and Messiah III in 2003.

2002

During the 2002–2003 TV season, Forbes played the recurring character of presidential aide Lynne Kresge on the second season of the action series 24.

She followed her role on 24 with a guest spot on Alias, then went on to play Admiral Helena Cain in three episodes of the re-imagining of the classic sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica, as well as appearing in the television film Battlestar Galactica: Razor.

She followed this up with a recurring role as Agent Samantha Brinker on the drama Prison Break and guest starred on Boston Legal and Lost.

Forbes starred as the lead in the adaptation of the comic-book Global Frequency, the single produced episode of which leaked online the following year, eight months after the series failed to be picked up by Warner Bros. networks.

Forbes returned to British television screens with guest roles in both Holby City and as a Mossad agent in Waking the Dead.

2008

In 2008, Forbes starred in two HBO drama series; In Treatment, portraying the wife of the central character, and in True Blood as a Maenad named Maryann Forrester.

2009

She reprised her semi-regular roles in both series in their respective second seasons in 2009, as well as joining the cast of the Canadian psychological drama series Durham County for its second season as Dr. Penelope Verity.

2011

She starred in the 2011–2012 AMC television series The Killing, for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Forbes played the role of Mitch Larsen in the US television series The Killing, a 2011 remake of the Danish crime series Forbrydelsen.

Forbes appeared as Retro Girl in the TV series Powers.

She also landed a prominent supporting role in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.

2016

Forbes subsequently played Valerie Edwards in the TV series Berlin Station that aired on Epix from 2016 to 2019.

Her character was a no-nonsense administrator who serves as a Berlin Station Internal Branch Chief.

In January 2021, it was announced that she would join the cast of the ABC drama Big Sky as matriarch Margaret Kleinsasser.

2019

On June 18, 2019 it was announced that Forbes would join USA Network's action drama series Treadstone, a prequel/sequel to the Bourne franchise.

Forbes was born in Austin, Texas, of Mexican American heritage.

Forbes hoped to become a ballet dancer.

She began receiving formal acting training at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston.

While on vacation in New York City at the age of 16, she found herself auditioning for a film; although she was not selected, she signed with the William Morris Agency and began her professional acting career.