Reiko Aylesworth

Actress Reiko Aylesworth honed and sharpened her dramatic gifts on-stage, with work in such off-Broadway productions as John Patrick Shanley's Kissing Christine/Missing Marisa and Marshall Mason's Robbers. After making her screen debut on the daytime #92;soap One Life to Live, Aylesworth checked in as something of a television stalwart during the mid- to late '90s, with guest appearances on such programs as Law & Order, The Dead Zone, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and occasional bit parts in films including You've Got Mail (1998) and Random Hearts (1999). Devotees of the #92;action thriller series 24 will invariably recall Aylesworth on that program, in her role as CTU agent Michelle Dessler -- love interest, then wife and ex-wife, of Tony Almeida -- a role she maintained for several seasons. In the late 2000s, Aylesworth appeared on the popular #92;medical drama ER as a hospital chaplain, tackled a supporting role as an attorney in Bruce A. Evans' #92;psychological thriller Mr. Brooks, and signed for one of her premier big-screen leads as the heroine in Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007). ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

• Also Credited As:
  Reiko M. Aylesworth
• Born:
  December 9, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois
• Job Titles:
  Actor

Education

• University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Milestones

• 1993 TV acting debut in regular role on the ABC daytime drama "One Life to Live"
• 1999 Cast in "Man on the Moon" a film about the life and career of comedian, Andy Kaufman (Jim Carrey)
• 2001 Appeared in regular role on the short-lived UPN series "All Souls"
• 2002 Joined the cast of "24" (Fox) as recurring character Michelle Dessler; character was killed in the first episode of season 5
• 2002 Co-starred in the short-lived, "The American Embassy" (Fox)
• 2004 Had a much-publicized guest starring role on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (CBS); initially rumored to be a regular role
• 2007 Cast in the lead role of "Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem" as Kelly O'Brien, a pilot and soldier
• 2007 Guest-starred in two episodes of the ABC comedy, "The Knights of Prosperity"
• 2007 Joined the cast of "ER" (NBC) as recurring character, hospital chaplain Julia Dupree