Chase Masterson (born Christianne Carafano on February 26, 1963) is an American actress and singer.

Early life

Chase Masterson was born Christianne Carafano in

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. As her father was in the

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startrek.com, April 27, 2018 she grew up in several places, among them

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and three years in Germany. Her family settled in

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when she was in the sixth grade. Masterson graduated from the

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and has one child.

Career

Acting

Masterson's first major role came in 1994 as Ivy Lief on ''

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''. She then spent five years portraying the

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Dabo girl

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on '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' from 1995 to 1999. Her prominent feature

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roles include starring as a sultry singer in

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Yesterday Was a Lie ''Yesterday Was a Lie'' is a 2008 neo-noir film written and directed by James Kerwin and starring Kipleigh Brown, Chase Masterson, John Newton, and Mik Scriba. In publicity materials, the film has been described as a combination of science fanta ...

,'' which she also produced, and voicing Janice Em in the animated film '' Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles.'' Her

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guest-starring roles include '' ER'' and ''

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;'' in the latter, her role was that of Kelly Welles, the sister of Wade Welles. Masterson hosted an ''

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''-style news program for the

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in the 1990s called ''Sci-Fi Entertainment'' and an

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-based radio talk show for the website The Fandom in 2004–2005. Since 2010, Masterson has reprised her role as Leeta from ''Deep Space Nine'', both in hologram form and in her "mirror universe" guise, in Cryptic Studios' ''

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.'' After Masterson appeared in two ''

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'' audio adventures from

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, it was announced on October 19, 2012, that she would star in her own spin-off series, ''Vienna'', as "impossibly glamorous bounty hunter" Vienna Salvatori. Masterson is voicing the title character "Auto" in

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's science fiction comedy film

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(release 2022), directed by

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and

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. The film is a farcical comedy that deals with issues such as artificial intelligence, politics of labor, and tech culture.

Singer and live performer

Masterson has released two commercial records: 2011's ''

'' and 2012's ''

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.'' In addition, she has released several independent jazz CDs: ''Thrill of the Chase,'' whose title is a play on her stage name, the follow-up EP ''AD ASTRA!'' (Latin for ''To the Stars!''), the limited edition ''Crystal Anniversary: Songs from the Holosuite'' in honor of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's'' fifteenth anniversary, and the "greatest hits" compilation ''Jazz Cocktail.'' Masterson was special guest star at the 20th anniversary edition of cocktail robot festival

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and performed a live jazz set for "robots and humans".

Film producer

Masterson was named Best Feature Film Producer of 2008 by the

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for her work as producer of the mystery/drama ''Yesterday Was a Lie''.

Advocacy

In 2013, Masterson, who experienced bullying herself while in school, co-founded the Pop Culture Hero Coalition, a non-profit organization speaking out against "bullying, racism, misogyny, cyber-bullying, LGBT-bullying, and other forms of hate."

Public image

In 2004, as a result of her genre work, Masterson was named one of the world's "50 Sexiest Women" by the

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'' Femme Fatales'', and the "Favorite Science Fiction Actress on Television" in a ''

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'' reader's poll. In December 2009,

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named her one of the "Ten Sexiest Aliens on TV", reporting that Masterson is "regularly voted the most popular guest at ''Star Trek'' conventions."

Lawsuit against Matchmaker.com

Following a series of

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incidents instigated by a man in

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, Masterson – under her birth name of Christianne Carafano – was the petitioner in '' Carafano v. Metrosplash.com'', an online dating service, formerly

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, on which the man had created a fictitious dating profile that contained Masterson's home address, telephone number, four photographs of her, and a description of her that characterized her as

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. As a result, she received a series of unwanted communications, including obscene telephone calls. When the matter was brought to the attention of Matchmaker.com, that service refused to remove the profile. Masterson then sued Matchmaker.com for defamation, invasion of privacy, misappropriation of the right of publicity and negligence. The

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ruled against Masterson, deciding the man who created the profile was responsible for it, and not Matchmaker.com. The court cited

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, which states that "No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.""Christianne Carafano v. Metrosplash.com, Inc., et al."
339 F.3d 1119 (

). August 13, 2003. Internet Law Library. Retrieved September 27, 2017.

Discography

* ''

'' (2011) * "

" (2012)

Filmography

Source:

References

External links

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Pop Culture Hero Coalition founders' page
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