Lisa Ryder

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birthdate = Birth date and age|1968|10|26|df=y
birthplace = Edmonton, Alberta

Lisa Ryder (born 26 October 1968) is a Canadian actress, perhaps best known as Beka Valentine on the science fiction television series "Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda".

Ryder was born in Edmonton, Alberta and attended the University of Toronto, where she began acting. She formed a local theatre group, Bald Ego Productions, in Toronto after graduation and landed her first film and television roles in the mid-1990s. She starred in many theater productions, including "Put Me Away," a one-woman show she wrote herself. She gained a following as Detective Tracy Vetter on the final season of the science fiction drama "Forever Knight" in 1995-1996, and was cast on the syndicated science-fiction series "Andromeda" in 2000; the series ended in 2005 after 110 episodes. She also co-starred as android Kay-Em 14 in the 2002 movie Jason X.

Ryder guest-starred in Gene Roddenberry's "," "Total Recall 2070", "," "Wind at My Back," and "". She also had a recurring role on "The Newsroom."

Her other movie roles include the critically-acclaimed Canadian indie film "Stolen Heart," the thriller "Blackheart," and the short films "Strands" and "Lemon." She also wrote, produced, and starred in the film "SF Seeks", featuring Michael Shanks, Gordon Michael Woolvett, Keith Hamilton Cobb and Lexa Doig.

She has also appeared in a television advert for Cheer laundry detergent in the late '80s/early '90s.

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*imdb name|id=0753121|name=Lisa Ryder