Ellen Bry Ellen Bry is an actress from New York City , New York , who portrayed the character of Dr . Farallon in the sixth season episode in . Her costume from this episode was later sold off on the It ' s A Wrap ! sale and auction on eBay . Bry earned her B . A . in Theater from the Tufts University and the Columbia University . She trained acting under Milton Katselas and Jeff Corey and at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York . Bry appeared in stage plays such as " Climate of Eden " , " Tribute " and " The Sixties " and worked as stunt double for actress on the 1978 comic adaptation " Superman " . Bry was married to writer and producer John Masius whom she met on the set of " St . Elsewhere " . The couple has three children and split in 1999 . Bry started her career as an actress in the late 1970s with appearances in the documentary " To Fly ! " ( 1976 ) , the television drama " Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders " ( 1979 , with Jim Beaver ) , and guest parts in " Kojak " ( 1977 ) and " Salvage 1 " ( 1979 ) . Between 1978 and 1979 she portrayed Julie Marsters in the television series " The Amazing Spider - Man " on which she worked with series regular Michael Pataki . The following years she had guest roles in episodes of " CHiPs " ( 1979 , with Robert Pine , Michael Dorn , and Lou Wagner ) , " California Fever " ( 1979 ) , " One in a Million " ( 1980 , with Keene Curtis ) , " Quincy M . E . " ( 1980 , with Garry Walberg , John S . Ragin , Robert Ito , and Joseph Campanella ) , " Riker " ( 1981 ) , " Dallas " ( 1981 , with Susan Howard , Leigh J . McCloskey , Morgan Woodward , Joel Brooks , Monte Markham , Bob McGovern , William Smithers , and Mary Crosby ) , " The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo " ( 1981 , with Nicolas Coster ) , " Strike Force " ( 1981 ) , " This Is the Life " ( 1983 , with Jonathan Frakes ) , " Matt Houston " ( 1985 , with John Anderson and Ray Walston ) , " Finders of Lost Loves " ( 1985 ) , and " The Love Boat " ( 1979 , 1980 , 1985 , and 1986 , with Vic Tayback , Patrick Cronin , and Teri Hatcher ) and appeared in the television science fiction thriller " Starflight : The Plane That Couldn ' t Land " ( 1983 , with Gail Strickland and Marshall R . Teague ) . Between 1982 and 1987 Bry was a series regular playing Nurse Shirley Daniels on the drama series " St . Elsewhere " . Fellow " Trek " alumni she worked with include Ed Begley , Jr . , Norman Lloyd , Kavi Raz , Bruce Greenwood , France Nuyen , David Birney , Ronny Cox , Alfre Woodard , Deborah May , Karen Landry , and Chad Allen . During this time she also appeared in episodes of " New Love , American Style " ( 1985 - 1986 , with Jennifer Parsons ) , " MacGyver " ( 1986 , with Michael Cavanaugh and J . Michael Flynn ) , " Hotel " ( 1986 , with Michael Spound and John Walter Davis ) , and " Murder She Wrote " ( 1987 , with Joseph Campanella , Bruce Davison , Ed Lauter , John McLiam , Mitchell Ryan , and Jeff Yagher ) and played the female lead opposite Scott Bakula in the 1986 science fiction adventure " I - Man " , with John Bloom and John Anderson . In the 1990s , Bry had recurring roles in the drama series " Party of Five " ( 1997 - 1998 , with Kelly Connell , Rebecca McFarland , Conor O ' Farrell , Gregg Daniel , David Graf , and Olivia Hack ) and " Chicago Hope " ( 1996 - 1999 , with Joel Polis , Dion Anderson , Harley Venton , Valerie Wildman , Daniel Davis , Christopher Ogden , Pinky Villaseñor , director Lou Antonio , Steven Culp , Jay Karnes , Ted Rooney , Jake Sakson , Teda Bracci , Leslie Hope , Boris Lee Krutonog , Gail Strickland , Judith Jones , and Denney Pierce ) . Her television credits also include " Ferris Bueller " ( 1990 , with Richard Riehle and Cristine Rose ) , " Baywatch " ( 1993 ) , " Renegade " ( 1994 , with Branscombe Richmond , Geoffrey Blake , Daniel Riordan , and Paul Townsend ) , " Touched by an Angel " ( 1994 , with Mark Metcalf and Charles Rocket ) , " Murder One " ( 1996 , with Daniel Benzali , John Fleck , Barbara Bosson , Matthew Faison , Stan Ivar , and John Putch ) , " The Visitor " ( 1998 , with Darwyn Carson ) , and " Family Law " ( 1999 , with Julie Warner , Julie Cobb , Gregg Henry , Christopher McDonald , and Salli Richardson - Whitfield ) . Beside her work on television , Bry appeared in the short drama " Mrs . Greer " ( 1994 , starring Susan French ) , the comedy " Bye Bye Love " ( 1995 , with Caroline Lagerfelt , Michael Bofshever , Michael Spound , and Stephen Root ) , and the action drama " Deep Impact " ( 1998 , with James Cromwell , Mark Moses , Denise Crosby , Gary Werntz , Kurtwood Smith , Tucker Smallwood , Concetta Tomei , Christopher Darga , and Mic Rodgers ) and lent her voice to the 1999 video game " Emergency Room 2 " . Further appearances of Bry can be seen in " Snoops " ( 2000 , with Denise Crosby ) , " Providence " ( 2002 , with Jeffrey Nordling , Todd Merrill , Mary Stein , and Derek Webster ) , " The Practice " ( 2003 , with Bill Smitrovich , Robert Curtis Brown , Bari Hochwald , and Dakin Matthews ) , " Strong Medicine " ( 2003 , with April Grace and Michelle Horn ) , " Dragnet " ( 2003 , with Erick Avari and Kat Sawyer - Young ) , " The Closer " ( 2005 , with Gina Ravera , Raymond Cruz , John de Lancie , and Amanda Carlin ) , " Boston Legal " ( 2006 , with William Shatner , Rene Auberjonois , Michael Ensign , John Thaddeus , Arne Starr , and Brian Vowell ) , " General Hospital : Night Shift " ( 2008 , with Adam Grimes and Christine Romeo ) , " Dexter " ( 2008 , with Pablo Soriano ) , " The Young and the Restless " ( 2009 , with John Rubinstein and Raphael Sbarge ) , and " Monk " ( 2009 , with Claire Rankin ) . In addition , she was featured in the action film " Highway 395 " ( 2000 , with Christopher Neame , Jimmie F . Skaggs , Mark Chaet , and Leonard Kelly - Young ) , J . J . Abrams ' action sequel " Mission : Impossible III " ( 2006 , with Jeff Chase , Michael Berry , Jr . , Jane Daly , Greg Grunberg , Tracy Middendorf , Bruce French , Tony Guma , Robert Alonzo , Jonathan Dixon , Yoshio Iizuka , Dana Dru Evenson , Dan Mindel , Brandon Molale , and Douglas Price ) , the drama " The Lost & Found Family " ( 2009 ) , and the short comedy " The Big Bris " ( 2011 ) .