Stephanie Jacobsen

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Stephanie Jacobsen
Jacobsen in 2011
Born
Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen

(1980-06-22) 22 June 1980 (age 43)
OccupationActress
Years active2000–present

Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen (born 1980), is a Hong Kong-born Australian actress.

Early life and education

Jacobsen was born in British Hong Kong. Her family moved to Australia when she was twelve years old.[1]

She is Chinese, Portuguese, Norwegian and English descent.[1]

She attended the

double-major Bachelor of Arts in English literature and philosophy.[1]

Career

Jacobsen began her career in the SBS comedy series Pizza. She later appeared in the Australian soap opera Home and Away, playing Charlotte Adams from 2001 to 2002, and in the Australian science fiction series Farscape, as well as a number of TV commercials.

In 2007, Jacobsen landed the role of Kendra Shaw in

Life on Mars
.

In 2008, she was cast on the Fox series

Derek Reese. She also played Yoshi in The Devil's Tomb
.

In April 2009, Jacobsen was cast on

Lauren Yung
.

In 2010, she acted in the science fiction film Quantum Apocalypse. In 2011, Jacobsen made a cameo appearance in the Two and a Half Men 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 Tyler Perry), as the businesswoman Fan Yau Lee, who becomes the first victim of the antagonist Picasso (Matthew Fox). Loosely based on the novel Cross by James Patterson, the film was the third installment of the Alex Cross film series and a reboot of said series.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Battlestar Galactica: Razor Kendra Shaw Television film
2009 The Devil's Tomb Yoshi Direct-to-video
2010 Quantum Apocalypse Lynne Television film
2011 Three Inches Watts Television film
2012 Alex Cross Fan Yau
2014 House of Secrets Alison Television film
2018 Occupation Amelia Chambers Credited as Stephany Jacobsen
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2000–2001 Pizza Selina 5 episodes
2001–2002 Home and Away Charlotte Adams Seasons 14–15 (role held: 10 September 2001 – 3 September 2002)
2001 Farscape Nurse Froy Episode: "Incubator"
2005–2006 headLand Li-Liu Tan 10 episodes
2008–2009 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Jesse Flores
10 episodes
2009–2010 Melrose Place
Lauren Yung
Main cast; 18 episodes
2011 Two and a Half Men Penelope Episode: "People Who Love Peepholes"
2013 Hawaii Five-0 Amy Davidson Episode: "Hana I WaʻIa"
2014 Revenge Niko Takeda 4 episodes
2014 Star-Crossed Eva Benton 5 episodes
2014 NCIS Leia Pendergast 1 episode
2021 Dota: Dragon's Blood Drysi Voice role

References

  1. ^ a b c "Stephanie Jacobsen". AskMen. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  2. i09
    . Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Kendra Shaw Comes To The Sarah Connor Chronicles!". io9. 17 September 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  4. ^ O'Connell, Mikey (14 March 2013). "'Workaholics' and 'Melrose Place' Actresses Guesting on Fox Pilots". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

External links

  • Stephanie Jacobsen at
    IMDb
  • Jackie Brygel, "New Chick on the Block," Courier Mail (Queensland, Australia), 13 September 2001, p. 7.