Stephanie Jacobsen

• Name — Stephanie Jacobsen • Birth Name — Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen • Born — 22 June 1980 • Birthplace — British Hong Kong • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 2000–present Stephanie Chaves-Jacobsen (born 1980), is a Hong Kong-born Australian actress.

Jacobsen was born in British Hong Kong. Her family moved to Australia when she was twelve years old. She is of Chinese, Portuguese, Norwegian and English descent. She attended the University of Sydney, from which she graduated with a double-major Bachelor of Arts in English literature and philosophy.

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 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.

Film • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2007 — Battlestar Galactica: Razor — Kendra Shaw — Television film • 2009 — The — 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

Stephanie Jacobsen is recorded with the occupation television actor. Recorded as a citizen of Australia.