Roxann Dawson plays B'Elanna Torres, Chief Engineer for the intrepid-class USS Voyager. Roxann Dawson was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She majored in Theater Arts at the University of California at Berkeley.

Her first performance was on Broadway. She was casted as Diana Morales of Chorus Line. She later performed plays as a member of the Circle Repertory Company. Off Broadway, she performed for the Classic Stage Company and the American Contemporary Theater. On television she appeared in the series Nightingales and The Round Table. She also got the leading role in the movies, Mortal Sins, Dirty Work, Broken Angel, and Pointman.