Talk:Jolene Blalock

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Anyone know if she's named after the Dolly Parton song? It came out in 1974, Jolene was born in 1975. Coincidence?
 * No clue. According to IMDb, her last name is Scottish for "Black Lake", so if she has those roots it's possible Jolene has a more Celtic origin. 23skidoo 21:37, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Born as Joelene Blalock.


 * "Scottish"? Do you mean "Scots" as in Lowland Scots or are you referring to Scots Gaelic? I have never heard the term "Blalock" used in this way. Bear in mind it often tends to be the English who mispronounce "CH" in the word "loch" in the first place. I find it unlikely that a Scot would pronounce it in that way. If it was Gaelic, then would "black" not translate as "dubh" in any event?81.145.241.146 (talk) 23:25, 14 March 2008 (UTC)Lance Tyrell

Americans (and in 23skidoo's case, 51st state) seem to think that everyone's origin is "Celtic," nevermind the fact that "blalock" is clearly Germanic in origin. —ᚹᚩᛞᛖᚾᚻᛖᛚᛗ ( ᚷᛖᛋᛈᚱᛖᚳ ) 20:59, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Put a lid on the nationalistic hate, please. I see a lot of baseless opinion and prejudice and very little fact.  I am American, and I do not think that "everyone's origin is 'Celtic'", nor do I know anyone who fits that gross and baseless generalization.  "Blalock" is derived from the Old English "blaeclok", meaning "black haired".  The first usage in print places it in the Central Lowlands, from where it gradually migrated north into the Scottish Lowlands, undergoing many spelling transformations in the process.  Jolene Blalock's ancestors may well have been Scottish, but the name itself is originally Old English. 71.200.89.119 (talk) 18:05, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

New image
That's a terrible example of her modelling. Surely a better example from Ramp or FHM could be used. 23skidoo 13:09, 2 February 2006 (UTC)


 * No, not unless we have a critical discussion on Ramp or FHM in the article. --Yamla 14:19, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, we can use such images because the article does discuss her work as a model. At the very least, it is completely fair use to use the cover of a magazine article. The fair use rules say images like this can be used if they relate to the subject at hand, and Jolene Blalock is the subject at hand and it is mentioned that she is a model for men's magazines. Therefore it's fine. My only complaint is the image was awful. (BTW in the case of the image just deleted, there was insufficient licence source info, therefore it was likely to be speedied anyway.) 23skidoo 18:33, 2 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I agree, that sounds like fair use to me. And I agree, the image was ugly.  :) --Yamla 18:37, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
 * The reason why I mentioned Ramp is because her layout seems to be quite popular, and she doesn't look like she's training to be a nude opera singer... ;-) 23skidoo 22:21, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

The new image is better however there is insufficient licence/image source information for it. Unless this is improved (i.e. including URL where it was downloaded, name of photographer, etc.) I half-expect someone to speedy it within a few days. 23skidoo 13:13, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Lough Dubh
Ms. Blalock's name probably does not mean "black lake", as the Scots-Gaelic term for one would be Lough Dubh; however, in the Scots language, it may be so. And the Scots are'nt Celts. Great pictures by the way; she got any unmarried sisters, aunts, cousions? Fergananim 17:40, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

"and the Scots are'nt Celts". Erm... yes they are! The Scots, along with the Picts, Iceni, Brigantes, Bretons etc migrated from Southern Europe to Northern France and Britain. 82.18.227.37 12:32, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Scots were Celts, but Scots the language, is a Germanic language, very closely related to English (or an English dialect, depending on who's talking). And by the way, it's "aren't". Rojomoke 09:40, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Try reading that article again, this time without the blinders. Fergananim pretty clearly was talking about Scots Gaelic, which most certainly is a Celtic language.  The language you think you're referring to is Lowland Scots, which was the language of the Anglian invaders of Northumbria, which supplanted Gaelic in the east and south.  The bit you tacked on parenthetically at the end is Scottish English, which the article you linked clearly warns at the top of the page is not to be confused with Lowland Scots.  Yet you've somehow managed to confuse all three. 71.200.89.119 (talk) 18:05, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Enterprise criticism
I gave this article a close look and the bits about her being critical of Enterprise were added back when the show was still on the air and a going concern. As such they came off as quite dated and unnecessary to the article now; Blalock's comments regarding the show and the finale are well-covered in the applicable articles, and I think beyond a single acknowledgement that she was critical of the show, I don't think we need to go into such detail 18 months after the series ended. For example, Martin Landau was very critical of Space: 1999, but his biographical article doesn't go into this detail; the show article has this information (or at least, it did at one point). Also, the article seemed to be weighted a bit too heavily on Blalock the critic, giving the (unintentional) impression that all she did was complain about Enterprise, which she did not. 23skidoo 01:38, 25 July 2006 (UTC)



Denise?
Does anyone know for certain if Jolene is "Denise" in the Fountains of Wayne music video of the same name? This video was made in 1999 or shortly thereafter and before she became well known from her role as T'Pol in StarTrek: Enterprise. There is no credit given in the video. I noticed the resemblance myself during the second season of Enterprise and there have been postings online stating that it was her but no source was cited to substantiate this. --Jbergquist 10:57, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

The Diamond Hunters
Did she not also appear nude in "The Diamond Hunters?" --BenBurch (talk) 04:34, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Plastic Surgery?
Is it actually known what surgery she's had after being so critical of it in previous interviews? It seems obvious that she's at least had her lips done. Is it possible to find any info to add to the article on this? IRMacGuyver (talk) 08:02, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

RE: Her role in "Legend of the Seeker"
Jolene is not "currently playing" Sister Nicci. She was the initial Sister Nicci. After Nicci was killed in 2x10, she's brought back in 2x13 and played by Emily Foxler.
 * Removes abusive anti-wiki commentary by 99.147.132.254. Conserves his marginally constructive point that Blaylock didn't always play a role. 2601:9:2B80:136:B80F:4D59:337C:9D3C (talk) 15:33, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Family
Doesn't she also have a daughter? Don't see that mentioned in the article here. --109.189.97.6 (talk) 05:11, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

"They have two children." - According to the Wiki article for Michael Rapino they have 3 sons. Also, on the side it shows her having 3 children, and they are with Michael Rapino.Easeltine (talk) 06:51, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

Convention appearances
I am bit surprised to see the statement Blalock has not appeared on conventions concerning Star Trek when I've seen her live on stage with FedCon XIV. http://www.fedcon.de/de/information/history.html. Maybe a change would be in order? --M.Buelles (talk) 17:46, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

I saw her at a convention soon after Enterprise was canceled in Pasadena, California. It was 2005 or 2006. I remember her saying she’s never been into conventions but that she really needed her fans at that moment to help her process the loss of the show. Long story short, it’s not accurate that she only did one convention. Udibi (talk) 07:23, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

I saw her at Star Trek Las Vegas 2008 here is a link to the schedule as well as a photo of her speaking, both links are from the website (Creation Entertainment) of the company which hosted the convention. I believe that I remember her saying that she was also at the 2007 Las Vegas Convention breifly, but left because she was ill. It may be better to say that she "does not appear at conventions...", since she has done a few in the past, but no longer participates in them. --Cmoore physics (talk) 18:05, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Number Of Children
Infobox says "3", but Personal life says "2". Article on her husband says "3 sons". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.242.214.5 (talk) 20:30, 10 March 2020 (UTC)