[January 23, 2010] Actress rolled around Oklahoma before stardom Tweet Jan 23, 2010 (The Oklahoman - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- California native Jolene Blalock was a model before she became an actress. But when she lived in Oklahoma in the 1980s, she was a roller girl. "I got pretty good on my wheels," she said in a phone interview with The Oklahoman. "We lived in Broken Arrow for two years while my parents were in Bible school. There was a recreation center with a roller rink, and I was there three nights a week. I was quite a roller girl." That was more than 20 years ago, though. Now, Blalock enjoys snowboarding in Canada when she is not working. And a few months ago, she spent a couple of weeks in New Zealand doing what she enjoys most: acting. Blalock will guest-star as Sister Nicci, a powerful sorceress, on "Legend of the Seeker." The syndicated series, now in its second season, is based loosely on "The Sword of Truth" novels by Terry Goodkind. She filmed two episodes in New Zealand, and those will premiere at 5 p.m. Sunday and Jan. 31 on KOCB-34. In Sunday's episode, Sister Nicci reveals a shocking secret that forces the Seeker into a dark alliance. The following week, Sister Nicci plots to murder Kahlan, a confessor whose role is to protect the Seeker with her life. "As I was portraying Sister Nicci, I needed her sense of insecurity to come through, because I don't believe she is just devious and sinister," Blalock said. "I truly do believe she is so focused with her own quest that she is blinded by the bigger picture, which can happen to us in life. "Oddly enough, a couple of years ago, I auditioned for a smaller part on the series. They put me on file because they wanted me to stick around for more than one episode. They wanted a more poignant character for me, which is flattering." Blalock was the Vulcan T'Pol on "Star Trek: Enterprise." She starred in the 2008 movie "Starship Troopers 3: Marauder" and has guest-starred on a dozen TV shows. So, would she rather be a regular on another series or is being a guest star better? "In a perfect world, I'd do both," she said. "I love investing everything I have into a character and developing it from conception to the end. But also guest-playing on other things is something special. "It's the difference between eating meat and going to the ice cream store. A mix of both is good." To see more of The Oklahoman, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.newsok.com. Copyright (c) 2010, The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email [email protected], call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]