Born and raised in San Diego, Jolene Blalock left home at 17 to model in Europe and Asia. Modeling brought her to Los Angeles in 1998 and after booking a few commercials she was encouraged to pursue acting. She made her debut television's "Veronica's Closet" she quickly got casted in the made-for-television movies "Jason and the Argonauts" and "On the Edge", after almost rejecting it she accepted the role of T'pol in "Enterprise" for which she is best known, and also appeared in the television miniseries drama "Diamond Hunters".