Occupation Actress Role Actress | Name Stephanie Jacobsen Years active 2000–present | |
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Full Name Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen Nominations Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent Movies and TV shows Melrose Place, Terminator: The Sarah Connor C, Alex Cross, Battlestar Galactica: Razor, Home and Away Similar People Leigh Scott, Darren Swimmer, Todd Slavkin, Gigi Edgley, Felix Enriquez Alcala |
Stephanie jacobsen
Stephanie Jacobsen (born Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen; 22 June 1977) is a Hong Kong-born Australian actress.
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- Early life and education
- Career
- Filmography
- References

Stephanie jacobsen at alex cross premiere black carpet arrivals
Early life and education

Jacobsen was born in Hong Kong. Her family moved to Australia when she was twelve years old. Jacobsen's father is of half-Chinese, quarter-English and quarter-Norwegian descent, while her mother is predominantly of Portuguese ancestry.

Jacobsen attended the University of Sydney, from which she graduated with a double-major Bachelor of Arts in English literature and philosophy.
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 Battlestar Galactica: Razor, a between-seasons television film of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica television series. She also played Sam Tyler's future girlfriend in the original pilot of the American television show Life on Mars.

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 The CW's revamped Melrose Place 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 Two and a Half Men episode "People Who Love Peepholes" as Charlie's former gal pal, Penelope.