Jane Seymour pledges allegiance

Actress Jane Seymour waved a small U.S. flag and cheered after she and about 9,000 other immigrants became citizens Friday morning during a naturalization ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

The 53-year-old British-born actress, best known for her TV series “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,” said she’s been living in the United States since 1976.

“I’ve realized that I’ve been living here longer than in my home country. America has given me unbelievable opportunities,” she said. “I realized that with the U.S. elections I wanted to vote and I couldn’t. I felt the time had come to participate more fully.”