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Most Beautiful Star Trek Actresses Of All-Time

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Most Beautiful Star Trek Actresses of All-Time

There is one reason and one reason only that the Star Trek franchise is filled with so many beautiful women and that would be because of its creator, Gene Roddenberry. He made it well known right from the start of the Original Series that whether they were principal cast members, guest stars, or even background players, they would all be beautiful.

Since that time, each series in the franchise and each film has followed that edict. There are countless beautiful women who have graced the small and big screen in a Star Trek project, and we have found the 10 most beautiful. Here they are.

Grace Lee Whitney

Grace Lee Whitney was one of the original cast members of The Original Series and as Janice Rand, she was to be Captain Kirk’s ( William Shatner ) confidante. But it was determined that because of her looks that audiences might start to pair them up and Roddenberry didn’t want that for Kirk, so he got rid of the Rand character.

Whitney actually returned to the franchise as Janice Rand in the feature films, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Search for Spock , The Voyage Home, The Undiscovered Country , and for one episode of Star Trek: Voyager .

Nana Visitor

Nana Visitor portrayed Major Kira Nerys for the entire 7-season run of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . She is a Bajoran and on DS9, she is the executive officer under the direction of Starfleet Commander Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks). Visitor’s character showed nothing but strength and growth as the seasons wore on, putting her in various command positions.

Ashley Judd

Ashley Judd, daughter of the late Naomi Judd and sister to Wynonna, joined the cast on TNG for a 2-episode stint as Ensign Robin Lefler. In the episode The Game , Ensign Lefler develops a bond with Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) and together they try to figure out why a computer game has become so popular and addictive on the Enterprise.

Terry Farrell

Terry Farrell spent the first six seasons on Deep Space Nine , finally leaving the hit series under tough circumstances (Thank you, Rick Berman ). Farrell played Jadiza Dax in the series, a member of the Trill species. Near the end of her run on the show, the gorgeous Dax marries Worf, only to see her character killed off when she chose not to return for the 7 th and final season.

Nichelle Nichols

Some say it was her affair with Gene Roddenberry that got her the job as the original Nyota Uhura on Star Trek , but looking back at the Original Series , Nichelle Nichols was the perfect Uhura. Not only did Nichols portray Uhura in the Original Series , but she played a main part in each feature film (6 in total) that starred the cast of the Original Series .

Marina Sirtis

Star Trek: The Next Generation ran for seven seasons and 176 total episodes. Marina Sirtis, as Deanna Troi, was one of six cast members who were involved in every episode that aired. She recently made a return to the character in the Patrick Stewart-led Picard series, as did many of the former TNG cast.

Zoe Saldana

It is hard to compete with a legend such as Nichelle Nichols, but that is exactly what Zoe Saldana had to do in filling Nichols’ shoes as Nyota Uhura. The smoking-hot Saldana starred in the three most recent Star Trek films and played her Uhura with the same amount of confidence and strength as her predecessor.

Jolene Blalock

Star Trek: Enterprise was a series that was set a century before Captain Kirk took the helm of the Enterprise. Jolene Blalock played T’Pol, the Enterprise’s Science Officer. Enterprise co-creator said of the T’Pol character when casting, “We wanted a sexy Vulcan, a Kim Cattrall-type, and we definitely got that” with Blalock.

Alice Eve’s natural beauty is without question. It is this beauty that was gratuitously put on display in the J.J. Abrams feature, Star Trek Into Darkness that caused such an upheaval. Eve plays Carol Marcus in the film and is with Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) preparing for a space shuttle to launch.

A lthough she tells Kirk to “turn around,” he instead continues to watch as Carol strips down to her undies. We get to see the entire thing, which was the start of the controversy. The bottom line – Alice Eve absolutely deserves to be on this list.

There was one reason Jeri Ryan’s character of Seven of Nine was created for the Star Trek: Voyager series, and that was to be the contrast to Kate Mulgrew’s Captain Kathryn Janeway.

The producers wanted someone who could be eye candy and that is what Ryan became. It helped immensely that Ryan could act and the stories that involved her character were not written just to show off her beauty. Regardless, Jeri Ryan belongs at the top of this list.

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Set Phasers To Bone: Star Trek Shows, Ranked By Sexiness

Anyone who's ever watched an episode of "Star Trek" knows that space wasn't the only frontier they were exploring. The franchise is wonderfully horny, from its hormone-driven Captain Kirk (William Shatner) in the early days all the way to Spock (Ethan Peck) having a passionate (by Vulcan standards) love affair with his fiancée on "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds." In celebration of the debut of "Strange New Worlds" and its proper appreciation for keeping "Star Trek" sexy, I've put together a ranking of all of the "Star Trek" shows, from least sexy to sexiest. " Strange New Worlds " hasn't been out long enough to make the list, but if the five episodes made available to critics are any indicator, it'll be close to the top. 

Sexiness is relative and subjective, so this list is ranked by judging overall cast sex appeal, diversity and quality of romantic story-lines, and how frequently the series shows its characters getting down. While each of the "Star Trek" series is sexy in its own way, some are just better at the salaciousness, balancing camp and some silly sexuality with the franchise's heavier, allegory-driven output. Series creator Gene Roddenberry included sexuality from the beginning, but every iteration since has taken its own path. 

So, which series is sexiest? See how your favorites pan out below.

9. Enterprise

How can "Enterprise" be the least sexy, you say, when it was the show that tried the most desperately to be sexy? Well, just that. "Enterprise" is chock-full of naked flesh and see-through shirts, but it all feels so weirdly exploitative that it's never actually very hot. The hotties of "Enterprise" are all lovely to look at, but their sexual exploits never really seem like much fun. T'Pol (Jolene Blalock) is the focus of most of the series' sexual escapades, including an episode where she goes into an uncontrollable sex-craze due to Pon-Farr, the Vulcan mating cycle. (Think of it like a cat in heat.) The costumes are also all skin-tight, the crew gets naked pretty regularly, and the camera follows people's most sexually appealing parts more than you see in other "Star Trek" series. I don't even think of it as the male gaze so much as the Rick Berman gaze, objectifying every woman onscreen and the occasional man for good measure. Berman has a long history of treating the women of "Trek" like objects and he co-created "Enterprise," so there's not too much surprise that it's as voyeuristic as it is. It's really too bad, too, because series captain/hot dad  Scott Bakula looked pretty good in a Starfleet uniform.

Sexiest moment:  In the season 3 episode "Damage," T'Pol has a wet and wild shower sex scene with Chief Engineer Tucker (Connor Trinneer), though it is eventually revealed to only be a hallucination as a result of her withdrawal from a Trelium-D treatment. 

While it's impossible to deny the incredible hotness of Jeri Ryan, who plays the former Borg Seven of Nine , "Star Trek: Voyager" just really isn't all that sexy. Perhaps in an effort to stand apart from the character-driven "Deep Space Nine," "Voyager" didn't really give its crew many romances or even opportunities for casual hookups. Sure, Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) slept with the enemy in season 5 and there was an annoying "will-they/won't they" situation with Chakotay (Robert Beltran) and Seven of Nine, but beyond the simple ogling of women in spandex that always comes with '90s "Trek," there just isn't much to get the engines going.

Sexiest moment:  Chakotay and Seven of Nine had one deliciously spicy moment, but unfortunately, much like T'Pol's shower scene on "Enterprise," this one also didn't actually happen. While trying to reconcile her romantic feelings for Chakotay, Seven of Nine recreates him on the holodeck and they end up getting hot and heavy. This complicates things in the real world for poor Seven of Nine, whose feelings for Chakotay are so strong that her brain shuts itself down as a protective mechanism left over from her Borg programming. Then again, if his smoldering eyes ever gazed my way, my brain might shut off, too. 

Once more, the sexiest thing about the series is Jeri Ryan, though her season 2 romantic subplot is chaste to the point of being non-existent. She's also not stuck in the awkward "Voyager-era uniform, either, and seems more comfortable in her own skin. "Star Trek: Picard" isn't all that focused on sex or sexuality, though the eternally simmering hotness of Sir Patrick Stewart cannot go without being mentioned. A man who enjoys good wine and understands the nuances of time travel? Meooww. Season 3 is bringing back the rest of the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" cast, too, which means there will be even more silver-haired hotness to enjoy. 

Sexiest moment:  The existence of Seven of Nine and Picard, basically. 

6. Lower Decks

"Lower Decks" is an animated comedy series, so it's not exactly trying to be all that sexy. There are some fun flirtations and a few sex jokes here and there among the crew that work the lower decks  on a mostly forgotten starship, but overall, things are relatively chaste or are played for laughs. Ensign Rutherford (Eugene Cordero) even misses out on the chance to bone down with his date because he's too interested in weird technical minutiae. The crew of the Cerritos are voiced by plenty of sexy people, but their animated counterparts are hindered by the show's animation style, which simplifies everyone's features and highlights silliness. That is, except for one very special guest appearance. 

Sexiest moment: I don't know if it's just that Johnathan Frakes is attractive across all mediums or if they did something special while designing cartoon Will Riker, but yum. Utilizing only a handful of hard lines and a very limited color palette, they somehow managed to make the man who can never sit correctly a total hottie in two dimensions. Well done. 

5. The Animated Series

Like "Lower Decks," "Star Trek: The Animated Series" is animated and not really trying to be all that sexual, at least most of the time. There are two notable exceptions, however, and one of those is sexy enough to get a leg up on "Lower Decks." In an episode called "Mudd's Passion," Nurse Chapel tries to use love crystals on Spock in order to get some Vulcan lovin', which is a pretty gross attempt to basically space-roofie the poor man. Thanks, 1970s. Thankfully, there's also an episode called "The Lorelei Signal" where the male away-team members end up entranced by hot alien sirens and Lt. Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) has to save their sex-stupefied behinds. 

Sexiest moment:  The men falling under the spell of the beautiful, Barbie-esque sirens is pretty great. It's the kind of thing that would go on to be spoofed in other shows, like the " Futurama " episode "Amazon Women in the Mood."  

4. Discovery

"Star Trek: Discovery" is a mixed bag of sexiness. On the good side of things, there's an incredibly diverse cast of hotties that are getting between the sheets in all kinds of ways. There's an actual romantic relationship between two men, after all, and the series was the first to depict a same-sex masculine kiss in the franchises' long history. There's trans and non-binary characters ! Perhaps most importantly, the mirror universe version of Michelle Yeoh's character, Philippa Georgiou, is a pansexual who has a threesome with a man and a woman in season 1. If "pansexual Michelle Yeoh" doesn't get your heart racing, I'm not sure what will. Unfortunately, points have to be removed for the episode "Into the Forest I Go," which depicts sexual assault in a bizarrely "titillating" way.  

Sexiest moment: Most of the sex on "Discovery" is only hinted at, or is just a bit of love between romantic partners, but again: evil mirror universe threesome.

3. The Next Generation

Alright, now we're getting into truly sexy "Star Trek" territory. "Star Trek: The Next Generation" gave the crew of the Enterprise under Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) plenty of chances to bone down with each another, aliens, and even a ghost. Unfortunately there really isn't much LGBTQ+ representation, and the one chance the series had to really explore a character's potential bisexuality was frustratingly not taken , but otherwise there's plenty of wild interstellar interspecies action. "The Next Generation" taught us about the intricacies of Klingon mating rituals when Q tried to give Worf a female mate, advocated for polyandry in certain situations in "Up the Long Ladder," and introduced us to the character of Lwaxana Troi (Majel Barrett, who played the original Nurse Chapel in "The Original Series"), who might be the horniest character in all of "Star Trek." Seriously, this woman is  thirsty , and has no qualms stroking a Ferengi's lobes or hitting on Odo (Rene Auberjonois) on "Deep Space Nine" until he wants to stay a puddle forever. Instead of punishing her or chastising her for her sexuality, however, "Star Trek" made her into everyone's favorite horny space aunt and let her be herself. (The fact that she was  married  to Gene Roddenberry, who cast her as the demure Nurse Chapel, honestly makes her onscreen flirtations that much funnier.) 

One of the series' wildest sexy moments happened in season 7 with the infamous episode "Sub Rosa." In that episode, Gates McFadden's Dr. Beverly Crusher attends the funeral of her grandmother only to discover that the women in her family have been haunted by a hot ghost for generations. It turns out that there's a special candle that can wake the ghost, and Crusher lights it. She and the ghost then get it on, and it turns out that he's some kind of alien ghost who uses the candle as an energy source to survive on. Their romantic entanglement is a funhouse mirror to the scene in "Ghostbusters" where Dan Aykroyd similarly tangles with the erotic undead, though it's not played for laughs.

Sexiest moment:  In season 1, episode 3, "The Naked Now," there's an infection that lowers the crew's inhibitions and is spread by physical contact. The episode was an expansion of the events from an Original Series episode called "The Naked Time," though "The Next Generation" got decidedly more naked in its episode. Under the effects of the infection, Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby) starts looking for someone to have sex with on the ship, though she eventually sets her sights on Data (Brent Spiner), the ship's android crew member. She asks him how "functional" he is sexually and he replies that not only is he "fully functional" but he's programmed with a variety of pleasurable techniques. The two do the horizontal tango, inspiring android fetishes everywhere. Data's sexuality would be further explored in the movie "Star Trek: First Contact," where he has a complicated affair with the Borg Queen (Alice Krige). Is it weird? Yes. Is it hot? Undoubtedly. 

2. The Original Series

"Star Trek," now known as "Star Trek: The Original Series," is the one that started it all. The series debuted in 1966 and starred a whole bunch of hotties in skintight costumes, gallivanting about space and meeting even more space hotties. While the original series was never allowed to get as explicit as some of the later shows, there's still plenty of sex appeal and references to sexuality peppered throughout. In fact, Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) has such a habit of sleeping with women who pop up throughout his adventures that Dr. "Bones" McCoy laments it by the time we reach the movie "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. When Kirk hooks up with a shapeshifter on the prison planet Rura Penthe, Bones grumbles "What is it with you, anyway?"

Because it's a series from the 1960s, there are plenty of skimpy skirts and shirtless men to gaze upon, and the series did break ground for showing an interracial kiss in primetime between Kirk and Lt. Uhura, only a year after interracial marriage was deemed legal by the United States Supreme Court. "Star Trek" has always been about progressive ideals and pushing boundaries, and the show pushed for more progressive love and sexuality from the very start. While there aren't any explicitly queer characters on the original series, many fans felt that the relationship between Kirk and Spock (Leonard Nimoy) was more than just a deep friendship. They were a true odd couple , the passionate human and the logical half-Vulcan, and even though the series never made them officially romantic, Roddenberry famously had no problem with the stacks of fan-fiction written to make it so. 

Sexiest moment:  In the episode "Amok Time," we're first introduced to the idea of Pon-Farr, where Vulcans must mate or they go mad. Spock starts acting really strangely and Kirk tries to help, but the two end up forced to battle with bladed weapons. There's homoeroticism, Spock being wildly horny, and it's hinted that Spock and Nurse Chapel hooked up off screen. It's a perfect mix of all things horny in Trek, and it's a lot of fun, too. 

1. Deep Space Nine

Here we are at last, at the sexiest "Star Trek" series of all time: "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine." While I am admittedly biased towards this series because it helped me process my own sexuality and gave me queer role models , "Deep Space Nine" is just ridiculously sexy. The series focused on the interpersonal dynamics of the crew much more than previous series, which made some fans feel like it was a "soap opera in space," but that attention to character relationships was what really made the series sing. Every character was given a chance to explore their identities, and that almost always included their sexuality. "Deep Space Nine" explored a number of relationships, each of them with their own unique twist. Captain Sisko (Avery Brooks) and Kasidy Yates (Penny Johnson Jerald) had to learn how to balance their careers with their romance. Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor) and Odo (René Auberjonois) had to figure out love between a former terrorist with PTSD and a shapeshifter exiled from his people. Worf  (Michael Dorn) and Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell) have perhaps the most loving, healthy, hot relationship in the series, despite being a joined Trill and a Klingon raised by Russians. There are multiple lesbian makeout sessions, and Garak (Andrew Robinson) and Dr. Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) have a homoerotic friendship to put Kirk and Spock to shame. Everyone's hot, everyone's humping, and it all plays into their complex relationships.

Sexiest moment:  "Deep Space Nine" really goes wild with the mirror universe, letting the actors who play some of the more repressed characters unleash their inner campy horny selves in their doppelgänger counterparts. The alternate version of Kira is an oversexed villainess who slinks around and tries to seduce the other version of herself because, hey, why not? When Sisko ends up in the mirror universe, he not only hooks up with the dominatrix-esque Mirror Kira, he also bones Mirror Dax. It's more than a little ethically fuzzy because both of them think he's Mirror Sisko and not Prime Sisko undercover, though both women are totally unphased when they discover that they slept with a different Sisko. 

Watching Mirror Kira strut her stuff and act like a Bond villainess turned up to 11 is not only an incredible amount of fun, it's also pretty darn sexy. Visitor seems to be having a blast acting the part, and the other actors similarly lean in to being deliciously devilish villains. If the crew of "Deep Space 9" are among the hottest in all of Trek, their mirror counterparts blow everyone else out of the competition. 

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Great Lists: UGO Ranks Trek Babes + More New Trekified Lists

| January 28, 2009 | By: Anthony Pascale 136 comments so far

The Women! UGO’s Top 5 are: 5. Seven of Nine, 4. Ro Laren, 3. Jadzia Dax, 2. Uhura (Original)…and their number one babe: Deanna Troi. I applaud Jordan for not going with the usual overt eye-candy castings of Jolene Blalock or Jeri Ryan for number one, even though I am not sure I would pick Marina Sirtis’ Troi for the top spot. Jordan also has some nice and not so obvious picks including the TAS character M’Ress at 35th. I also like his pick of bats–t crazy Marta from "Whom Gods Destroy," instead of other more famous Orion babes.  Jordan did put Kirstie Alley’s Saavik at 17 and Ashley Judd’s Ens. Robin Lefler at 33rd, but no mention of that other famous TNG guest star Teri Hatcher (Lt. B.G. Robinson). Other notable no-shows from Jordan’s list include TOS hotties Dr. Helen Noel (TOS: "Dagger of the Mind") and Nona (TOS "Private Little War"). Overall a good list, but that definitive Star Trek babes list is still out there, waiting to be done. As for why UGO’s list is the ‘top 37,’ that itself is another profound question for the ages.

Check out UGO’s Top 37 Hot Star Trek Women and tell us what you think of the choices.

More lists with Trek Of course the internet thrives on lists and in just the last two weeks Star Trek has made an entry into quite a few around the web:

TWOK shot from 1982 made #2 in Den of Geek’s list

I love the Genesis sequence. Definitely one of ILM’s finest.

1. Jadzia Dax 2. 7 of 9 3. T’Pol 4. Deanna Troi 5. Major Kira 6. Uhura

Yes. First. Man how hot is that Ferengi chick!

Some of the exclusions are astonishing.

Doesn’t anybody here find this article to be sexist and another attempt of idealizing women? It’s a sin under the Catholic Church’s teachings.

I originally thought Star Trek was suppose to represent a world that has overcome prejudice, adultery, injustice, etc.

Yawn. Sins don’t exist.

Lola Chrystal is the number one hottest Star Trek woman.

As a woman I am not offended, I just want to know why Mirror Uhura was not included…she is the hottest of them all!

Don’t try to frighten us with your sorcerer’s ways, Christian Trekkie. Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you conjure up the true meaning of Star Trek, or given you clairvoyance enough to find the fun in lists of hot women

Sorry, I find that a crappy list.

My Top 10 is:

1 Ezri Dax 2 Robin Lefler 3 Ilia 4 Antonia Barrows 5 Saavik (Curtis) 6 Andrea 7 Ro Laren 8 Jadzia Dax 9 Uhura (New) 10 Leeta

1. Lola Chrystal 2. Beverly Crusher 3. Lisa 4. Anastasia Komananov 5. Kira Nerys in Starfleet Uniform

What the heck?! Andrea the android is only 13? Kira only 9? Only Mirror Universe T’Pol, and not regular T’Pol, makes the list? Madness, simply madness.

#5 People are not all neutered in the future, looks will always be important in humanity (and maybe to Vulcans, Orion’s, etc) at least till we evolve to the state that we all look alike. If you can say that all of those women have the same apeal, exactly, and to all the other women out there, well that makes you a liar, and last time I checked that was a sin to. Makes even more sense now why there’s no religion in the 23/24th century.

1Leeta 2Ezri Dax 3T’Pol 4 7 of 9 5Jadzia Dax 6Troi 7Ilia 8Uhura (TOS one) 9Kes 10Hoshi

I’ve seen plenty of Top Ten Star Trek Babes lists in my time but I Have to agree that that one’s lacking. Agreed — if it doesn’t include Marianna Hill as Dr. Helen Noel, I can’t really take it seriously. So, here’s my Top Ten:

1. Jadzia Dax 2. Dr. Helen Noel 3. Drusilla the Slave Girl from “Bread and Circuses” 4. Kirstie Saavik )though Robin Curtis is cool) 5. Ro Laren 6. Marta the insane green Orion Slave Girl (I’ve dated women like that) 7. Nona (I wish I could date women like that) 8. 7 of 9 9. Uhura 10. the Borg Queen (come on! she’s weirdly sexy!)

An an honorable mention to Dr. Gillian Taylor — I don’t doubt that every guy making ST IV was crazy for her

It just doesn’t seem right to call Uhura Classic [Nichelle Nichols] a hottie. It’s too small a word to capture her. She’s a Made Woman, TOS baby! And damn if Mirror Uhura doesn’t show up in my dreams. Same for Troi, but Marina Sirtis is 50x hotter in person.

My hottie list looks like this:

1. Romulan Commander from The Enterprise Incident 2. Lt. Marlena Moreau from Mirror, Mirror 3. Ensign Ro Laren 4. Andrea from What Are Little Girls Made Of? [what a personality!] 5. Droxine from The Cloud Minders

Honorable Mentions: Miramanee from The Paradise Syndrome and Saavik. Robin Curtis’ Saavik deserves recognition, since she sexed young Spock at least 6 times while Genesis was destroying itself and cycling Spock through his Pon Farr.

Oh, and T’Pring! How could I forget Arlene Martel!

1. T’Pol 2. 7 of 9 3. K’Ehleyr (Suzie Plakson )

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Christian Trekkie:

“Doesn’t anybody here find this article to be sexist and another attempt of idealizing women? It’s a sin under the Catholic Church’s teachings. I originally thought Star Trek was suppose to represent a world that has overcome prejudice, adultery, injustice, etc.”

So the Catholic Church says “idealizing women” is a sin, eh? Something about the VIRGIN Mary comes to mind. No “idealizing” going on there at all . Catholic morality is sexually oppressive. Even consensual sex in a loving relationship is a damning damning sin if you’re not married. What is the logic in that? Highly illogical.

One thing that Star Trek most certainly is NOT is an exemplar of equality among the genders. Star Trek has been objectifying women ever since Kirk learned to tie his boots in The Original Series: SEX!!!

Is “idealizing” Star Trek a sin as well? I’ll bet the Catholic Church says so. “Idol”-izing most CERTAINLY is. And what Trekkie doesn’t idolize Star Trek … sinner.

Ugh, further proof that UGO knows nothing…

Kes shouldn’t even be on the list. She’s what? like 5 years old?? You bunch of Trekkie pedophiles you!! Kes always freaked me out. I’m not sure if it was the character or the actress who portrayed her, but she was the one character on Voyager I could live without. She wasn’t always bad, but sometimes she just made my skin crawl.

Marina Sirtis, I love ya, but I still think Seven or T’Pol should have been figthing for first place. I mean, come on!!

no.5 have you ever seen an episode of the original series? or the later ones for that matter. Personally I love Seven of Nines “functional” catsuits.

“Please sit and entertain me…”

Am I the only one who’s intelligence was insulted with 7of 9 being on Voyager, and Tipol on Enterprise. Alot of the female love interests on The Next Generation were so sexy and revealing, or just the perfect doting/ affectionate women. On the 60’s Star Trek the women were just sex objects. Now we see Uhura in the new Star Trek movie taking her shirt off, she’s ever so cute in her short skirt and make up and pretty ear rings. I’m all for attractive women but do they have to be barbie dolls or silicone. It looks like women in the future are hot as hell!

Oh, come on: a) Hoshi Sato is definately the TRUE hottie of ENT b) They should have left out T’Pol completely… c) What? No Famke Janssen? No Barbara Luna? Andrea the Android only 13th ???

How could they leave out Dr. Noel?

And NONA? Holy crap. She was wearing leather pants and a fuzzy halter top. What the hell?

1 – Mirror Hoshi (the Empress!) 1 – Mirror Ezri 3 – Seven of Nine 4 – Mirror T’Pol 3 -The 1960s. I can’t choose.

The yeoman on Shore Leave is probably the only one that’s made me feel like rutting my TV set.

ok HERES my top 5

1. Rand (i hope Rand has a cameo in the new film) 2. Andrea (What are Liitle Girls Made of) 3. Yeoman Mears (Galileo 7) 4. Romulan Commader (Enterprise Incident) 5. Marlena Moreau (Mirror Mirror)

yep all TOS women…no room for any from TNG etc in the top 5 im afraid.

sorta OT but regarding Saavik…the grissom/genesis scenes in Star Trek III would have been alot more powerful and awesome had Kirsty Alley been cast again (instead it looks like she went off to do Runaway)…theres something about recasting a character when everyone else is there again that upsets the flow of the sequel (also see The Dark Knight to a certain extent)…plus having alley as saavik in Trek VI instead of Valrius (as was the original intention) wouldve made a whole bunch of sense…

I recently devoted a blog entry to Uhura, so you know where my loyalties lie. She’s #1 in my book!

WHAT? No Marlena Moreau from “Mirror, Mirror”? That woman was straight up GORGEOUS. When it comes to hotties TOS is where it’s at.

Thank the GBOTG, there’s no accounting for taste. To each his/her own, although for myself, Jadzia is in a class of her own.

There really need to be at least a couple of lists. Is it fair to compare a one-shot guest character to someone we really get to know?

And speeking of one-shots, don’t forget the Scalosian Queen (from “Wink of an Eye” — rotten episode, pretty lady).

– Harry

Actually, wasn’t it the team that later went on to become Pixar who did the computer graphics in TWOK?

Hello fellow Trek enthusiasts.

What better way to evoke IDIC than to quibble over the list of Hot Star Trek Babes – or to be a little more PC about it, attractive (often) Human Females.

Dr. Helen Noel and Kamala are definitely notable and if the list were longer, they’d definitely be on there – but these were the names that stuck me. It is entirely a first person thing. Harry Seldom put it nicely in his comment –

“There really need to be at least a couple of lists. Is it fair to compare a one-shot guest character to someone we really get to know?”

He is a wise man. But he should check my list more closely – the Scalosian Queen is buzzing around on there.

I have never found Troi hot.

How about Sherry Jackson from “What are Little Girls Made of?”

Helen Noel is definitely much hotter that Troi.

And definitely Barbara Luna in “Mirror, Mirror.”

This list is crap.

You’ve all made great points. And Barbara Luna – wow.

What about Carol Marcus? Anyone? Anyone?

And the chick from Space Seed?

Oh … mustn’t forget Jill Ireland in “This Side of Paradise.”

We can’t leave out Kelinda from “By Any Other Name.”

And I really don’t see how any teachings of the Catholic church relate to anything in the original series. it’s not like the producers consulted the Pope on his idea of the future or how everyone should be there.

Okay my turn by FAR in the top 2 in terms of pure HOTNESS

1-Nona 2-Marlena Moreau

3-Ariel Shaw (Court Martial) 4-Mirror Hoshi 5-Mirror T’Paul 6-Marta (Yvonne Craig) 7-Terri Hatcher in STNG episode 8-Helen Noel 9-Slave Girl from Bread & Circus 10-Lt. McGyvers — great sex appeal 11-Lt. Piper (greeted Kirk, Spock & McCoy in the opening scene of the “The Menagerie” 12-Picard’s on/off again girlfriend began with a V — just can’t remember her name — Vash???? VERY SEXY!!!! 13-Lita 14-Tonia Barrows 15-The blonde Lt. who got it w/Chekov in “The Apple”

NEXT…

yes, the exclusion of mirror Hoshi is most definitely blasphemous.

#12 Lennier, I am glad that finally someone else agrees with me that Major Kira looks hot in a starfleet uniform.

I also think 7 of 9 and T-pol looked better in a starfleet uniforms than in the catsuits. I guess it leaves more to the imagination or I just have a thing for women in uniform ;)

Nr. 1 Dr. Helen Noel Nr. 2 Ishara Yar Nr. 3 Caithlin Dar

Dudes, how can Uhura not top the list every time? Nichelle invented sexy.

Shame on you Trekkers!

Top Trek babes:

1. T’Pau (ENT) 2. Mirror Hoshi (ENT) 3. Ezri (DS9) 4. T’Pol (ENT) 5. Saavik (STII) 6. Kilana (DS9)

1.7 of 9 2.T,Pol 3.All of the green girls in the Trek universe.

Where’s Nona…?

And Deanna # 1…?!?!?!

I don’t believe I’ve seen her mentioned yet, but Odona from “The Mark of Gideon” was beautiful.

… but then again, every TOS guest actress was haha.

TROI!!!?!?!? Padded hips and bust, a wig, and contacts. Not my first choice. or 10th

Noel certainly has to be on the list, and may be top 5 for me. Julie Newmar, despite the hideous outfit and padded belly, would also be in top 5.

Poor Ruth from “Shore Leave”, better known as “…..RUTH!….” never made a list here.

Vina is my top babe, in any color. “Let me finish!”

#45 — check my listing in post 38, she is my top #1. In my opinion NO other ST babe OOOZED such sexuality the way SHE DID!!! She was just SICK HOT!!!!!

I realize I”m a minority, but Robin Curtis’s Saavik will always be #1 for me. Everything about her in that role, and that character in general, is just perfect.

Star Trek 's Sexiest Aliens

Marta (Yvonne Craig)

Any sexy- Trek list has to start with "those green ladies who dance all sexy and stuff." And though Susan Oliver undulated gamely enough in the show's original pilot, Yvonne Craig—yes, Batgirl herself—set the bar for moves and attitude. Watching her perfomance in the original series ep "Whom Gods Destroy," it's hard to say which was more fun: Watching her gyrations not work on Spock, or work really well on Kirk.

Gaila (Rachel Nichols)

Nichols' brief appearance as Uhura's Orion roommate/one of the many conquests of Chris Pine's delightfully horndoggy Kirk was perhaps the most wink-wink-nudge-nudge-inducing of the 2009 film's many, many callbacks to the original series.

Ilia (Persis Khambatta)

The Deltan race is apparently too sexy for hair. Anyway, the lovely Khambatta's role in Star Trek: The Motion Picture was really all about sex, even after her original character was killed and replaced by an exact replica. And she wouldn't stop going on about Shatner's "Kirk unit."

Kamala (Famke Janssen)

The Next Generation episode "The Perfect Mate" isn't one of the better ones, and Janssen's role as essentially a living, programmable sexbot is problematic to say the least. But the future Jean Grey does look absolutely stunning as this Kriosian, and you really believe that the future Professor X is doing his stoic utmost not to surrender to her charms.

Spock (Leonard Nimoy)

Maybe it's just us, but on the right face, those ears just do...something. (Come on, has Orlando Bloom ever looked half as good as he does as Legolas?) And the original Vulcan is the only...wait for it... logical choice as sexiest pointy-eared hobgoblin in the Alpha Quadrant. Yes, even in a bathrobe.

Spock (Zachary Quinto)

Still hot, in any timeline.

Saavik (Kirstie Alley)

More Vulcans? Sure! Honorable mentions to Robin Curtis and Kim Cattrall in their respective pointy-eared and plucked-eyebrow drag, but Alley wore the ears more naturally than anyone but Nimoy. Her buttoned-up Saavik had great chemistry with both Shatner and Nimoy in The Wrath of Khan .

T'Pring (Arlene Martel)

Martel's severe beauty as Spock's scheming wife-to-be in "Amok Time" sliced right through the soft-focus lenses they seemed to use on all close-ups of women in the original series.

T'Pol (Jolene Blalock)

Moving from the soft-focus era to the tight-catsuit-in-glorious-HD era, Enterprise 's Blalock looked less like a Vulcan and more like a really hot chick with a bad wig and fake ears. Which might have been why they opted for the tight catsuit...

The Romulan Commander (Mark Lenard)

Surprise! Not a Vulcan, but a Romulan, before The Next Generation gave them bumpy foreheads. Mark Lenard was absolutely convincing and compelling as Spock's aloof, distant father, Sarek. But he was sexy as the unnamed, passionate, conflicted Romulan commander who played U-boat skipper to Kirk's sub-hunter captain in the original series' "Balance of Terror."

Nero (Eric Bana)

The only post-bumpy-forehead Romulan to make the list. His delivery of the "Hi, Christopher, I'm Nero" line in J.J. Abrams' film gave his vengeance-driven, potentially one-note character a much-needed note of humor—always sexy.

Andrea (Sherry Jackson)

The miniskirt uniform notwithstanding, the original series' costume designers were good at coming up with female outfits that showed some skin, but not always at making them sexy. But this alien android's strategically cut jumpsuit and oh-so-'60s hairdo in "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" totally work. (And yes, that is Ted Cassidy, better known as Lurch from The Addams Family , behind her.)

Data (Brent Spiner)

Speaking of androids, come on: Data was hot. His evil twin Lore wasn't without his charms, we suppose, though a little too snotty and, well, homicidal for our tastes. But Data? Especially in those Next Generation episodes where he got to take command and order people around and stuff? Mmmmm...

Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor)

Speaking of ordering people around, who among us isn't turned on by beautiful, powerful people with complicated pasts and the steel to look impossible odds in the face and say, "If you want a war, I'll give you one"—and say it with a smile? We didn't need to see that tarted-up, alternate-universe Intendant version, Nana—your take on this Bajoran babe had us at the Deep Space Nine pilot.

Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell)

We get the sense Deep Space Nine writers didn't know what to do with Dax until they settled on the Trill being a multigenerational horndog. Beautiful as Farrell is, she makes the list because of three things that happened in the original-series crossover ep "Trials and Tribble-ations": She wore the miniskirt uniform; she preferred Spock to Kirk; and one of her previous hosts had played doctor with McCoy.

Worf (Michael Dorn)

Worf is not a merry man. Hot as he is through all that latex, this Klingon cutie has the worst luck with women. The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine are old news now, but it still feels like spoilers to talk about, you know, what happened. And then that other thing. That happened. But ladies, if you were thinking about consoling him? Forget it. Earth females are too fragile.

Kurn (Tony Todd)

Spock was only half-Vulcan: Nimoy created the template for all Vulcans who followed, but he was doing a trapped-between-two-worlds thing. It was Mark Lenard's turn as his father that defined how a "real" Vulcan behaved. The quintessential Klingon for us is Todd as Worf's brother. His intense interpretation brings to mind his work in Candyman , only with more makeup and fewer bees.

Amanda Rogers (Olivia D'Abo)

Fresh off her run as the free-spiritied hippie big sister on The Wonder Years , the charmingly crooked-toothed beauty appeared on The Next Generation 's "True Q" as a young woman who thought she was human, but was actually an all-powerful Q. She's supposedly enamored of Riker, but she actually has better chemistry with John de Lancie as Q than anyone not named Patrick Stewart.

The Borg Queen (Alice Krige)

Attempt number one to make the Borg somehow alluring, in an H.R. Giger sort of way, was a success. The Borg Queen's seduction of Data in First Contact doesn't make a whole hell of a lot of sense in terms of plot logic, but Krige's purring menace sells it.

Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan)

Of course, it's a lot easier to make the Borg alluring if you lose all those cables, flashing lights and deathly pale makeup. And if you cast a gorgeous, curvaceous blonde in the role, as Ryan was cast in Voyager , and put her in a skintight catsuit instead of, oh, a Starfleet uniform or something silly like that. Assimilation never looked so good.

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Star Trek: The 15 Fiercest Females Of The Final Frontier

Star Trek's one of the most progressive franchises in history, but that doesn't mean there's no room for some eye candy.

While Star Trek is known for its commitment to progressive ideals, it, like so much of sci-fi, can't resist an opportunity to insert eye-candy here and there. The original series really leaned into female sexuality as set dressing, evidenced by Kirk's numerous "relationships," and the mini-dresses and go-go boots that constitute military uniforms in the 22nd century. It was a huge contradiction in terms, but that was mitigated by the fact that Star Trek was culturally groundbreaking in so many other ways (see: treatment of racism) and eventually evolved to grant women far more respectful treatment in its later spin-offs.

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However, despite the fact that female characters on The Next Generation and beyond were the first ones whose episodes would actually pass a Bechdel Test, producers still couldn't resist sneaking in a certain physical appeal wherever they could. Star Trek's general lack of focus on such visuals post- TOS made for a lot of very appealing scientists or criminals, so that's most of what you're going to see on this list. We've grabbed 15 of the hottest Star Trek babes from the franchise's long and storied history, but the list is based on more than just appearance. Every woman on it is stunning, but for their actions as well as their looks.

15 SEVEN OF NINE

Jeri Ryan's Seven of Nine beamed aboard Star Trek: Voyager in the Season 4 premier, "Scorpion Pt. 2." The lost starship had just arrived at the backdoor of Borg space with no realistic way to travel through it without getting assimilated. Fortunately, Voyager and the Borg realized they shared a common enemy in Species 8472, so the two entities formed an uneasy alliance. Seven of Nine served as the Borg envoy, but was stranded aboard Voyager after the destruction of her cube and the end of the alliance.

The official word on the creation of Seven of Nine is that the producers wanted a character who would have a more antagonistic relationship with Captain Janeway than the show had ever featured. Unofficially, the show's key demographic at the time (teenage boys) clearly needed more motivation to watch. Luckily for all the young women watching, Seven of Nine turned out to be a dynamic character that truly enriched the story.

14 UHURA IN THE MIRROR UNIVERSE

Somehow, the Mirror Universe has the same effect on everyone as the Kelvin Universe -- everyone's hotter. Spock has a goatee, Kirk's into cutoff sleeves and Uhura somehow finds less to wear. In the original Star Trek  classic, "Mirror, Mirror," Kirk, McCoy, Scotty and Uhura go to a neighboring alternate universe where everyone's the jerk version of themselves. It's amazing, and the episode spawned a delightful subplot that would show up again in longer story arcs on Deep Space Nine and Enterprise .

We're very glad it did. The Mirror Universe is Star Trek camp at its indulgent best, and seeing the dark side of our favorite, goody-two-shoes Federation never fails to entertain. When Uhura impersonates her Mirror-counterpart and tries to seduce Sulu ON THE BRIDGE, we always get goosebumps and the giggles at the same time.

13 JADZIA DAX

The planet Trill is home to two species that share a symbiotic relationship with each other. The humanoids play host to symbionts, sentient, worm-like entities that merge consciousness with the host body. Jadzia was the eighth home for the Dax symbiont, and the young woman gained the memories of all those joined lifetimes when they were merged.

That meant Jadzia Dax was a combination of, among others, a grandmother, a pilot, a gymnast, a murderer and a very popular Federation diplomat named Curzon. Curzon Dax had been good friends with and mentor to a young Benjamin Sisko, so when Jadzia was assigned to Deep Space Nine, Sisko often still referred to her as "Old Man." Somehow, that made this bespotted, brunette bombshell even more attractive. That, and she really knows her way around a bat'leth.

12 MARTIA (IMAN)

Iman snagged one of the meatier cameos in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Christian Slater has a blink-and-you-missed-it scene in which he plays a fanboy ensign who delivers a message to Kirk's quarters). After Kirk and McCoy are framed for the murder of Klingon Chancellor Gorkon, they're sent to a remote, frozen penal colony on Rura Penthe. As soon as Kirk arrives, he gets into a scuffle with a much larger alien prisoner, and bodacious alien babe, Martia, comes to his rescue.

Think if Tank Girl was a runway model and smoked cigars -- oh, and she's shapeshifter. Unfortunately, she's also morally bankrupt and has already promised the Klingons who framed Kirk and McCoy that she would off the Starfleet officers in return for a suspended sentence. It, uh, doesn't work out well for her.

Picard wasn't exactly the lothario Kirk was, so when he did ever close the deal, it was front page news, especially when the other side of that deal was basically his polar opposite. Vash (Jennifer Hetrick) first appeared in "Captain's Holiday," a.k.a. "Picard's Staff Makes Him Take a Personal Day." Picard goes to Risa to relax, but he's terrible at it, so he winds up getting involved in an archeological caper with Vash, a gorgeous and morally flexible archeologist.

She's searching for an artifact called the Tox Uthat (¯\_(ツ)_/¯), but she's on the run from a jealous Ferengi, so she enlists Jean-Luc to help her beat the little troll to the treasure. Along the way, Picard falls for her ne'er-do-well charms -- so much so that he completely overlooks it when he finds out she's been playing him the entire time.

10 ORION SLAVE WOMEN

Ahh, the Orion Slave Girl -- the semi-offensive plot device beloved by cosplayers the world over. They're one of Star Trek's oldest creations, dating back to the original, unaired pilot, "The Cage," and they're well known for their extreme... prowess . It's literally their only defining characteristic when they're mentioned in every other Star Trek until Enterprise .

In the episode, "Bound," it's discovered that part of the secret to their prowess is the intense quantity of pheromones the women emit. Not only are the girls said to have voracious appetites, they also inspire them in any men who happen by. These qualities made them a hot commodity on the Orion Slave Market, despite the fact that they were Orions themselves. The Orion Syndicate was never known for their scruples, after all.

9 NUMBER ONE

Majel Barrett-Roddenberry is Star Trek royalty for like, 10 different reasons. She voiced the computer, she was Gene Roddenberry's wife, and before she was any of that, she appeared as Number One in the original unaired original series pilot, "The Cage." An example of Roddenberry's progressive ideals, she played Number One, Captain Christopher Pike's notably female first officer.

Unfortunately, one of the (many) things NBC rejected in this first offering was the placement of a women in such a position of power. Transporters they could swallow, but a woman in the chain of command? Preposterous! Luckily for the future Mrs. Roddenberry, that wasn't the end of her Star Trek career, but we do wish we could've seen more of this lady. It would've been nice to see an attractive woman on the show rockin' it in something else besides a mini-dress.

8 MARLENA MOREAU

Remember how we said everyone's hotter in the Mirror Universe? Marelena Moreau is the exception that proves the rule -- she's smokin' in all universes. A perk of being a starship captain in the Terran Empire as opposed to the Federation is that the position comes with a Captain's Woman. It's not a formalized role, but it's an unwritten rule that everything on the ship belongs to the captain, and that includes the women. (The Mirror Universe is genuinely terrible, not just fun terrible.)

Marlena is Mirror Kirk's lady, and she yearns for a better life when she encounters NiceKirk in "Mirror, Mirror." She wants to abandon her universe for his, but despite the fact that he literally just slept with her, he refuses. Kirk looks sad for a minute, but then NiceMarlena gets assigned to the NiceEnterprise and everyone lives happily ever after (except MirrorMarlena, who is probably dead).

7 ROMULAN COMMANDER

"The Enterprise Incident" was the first time we met the Romulans, the Federation's eternally shady adversaries. Kirk suddenly loses his damn mind and takes the Enterprise into Romulan Space (apparently unprovoked). The ship encounters a Romulan squadron commanded by the as yet unnamed female Romulan Commander. Despite the fact that she only appeared in one episode and has remained nameless for the past 50 years, she's still an unforgettable character.

She's disdainful of Kirk and the other humans, but Spock really gets her engines going. She attempts to seduce him into joining her, and it is the only time we ever get to see Spock Prime approach the sex bomb we all knew was hiding under that Vulcan logic. Unfortunately, Kirk isn't insane, but on a secret mission to gather intelligence about the Romulans, so Spock and the Romulan Commander never consummate their forbidden love. DAMMIT.

6 KELVIN UHURA

Zoe Saldana's Uhura is an accomplished, passionate officer aboard Kirk's Enterprise. What was minor flirtation between the Prime Uhura and Spock became a full-fledged relationship in the Abrams movies. It offered audiences a chance to see Spock explore his humanity in a romantic relationship as well as in his friendship with Kirk. Zoe Saldana's vivacious and fierce personality is a phenomenal counterpart to the restrained logic of her partner's.

That said, she can make out with Spock all she wants, she's still hottest when she's standing toe-to-toe with a Klingon three times her size and learning languages in five minutes. Nichelle Nichols' Uhura was groundbreaking and Saldana's reimagined Uhura takes the best parts of the original and beautifully updates her for modern audiences. It makes us wish Prime Uhura yelled at Spock more.

5 MIRROR EZRI

After Jadzia's death at the end of DS9's sixth season, the writers introduced Ezri Dax -- the accidental 9th host of the Dax symbiont. Ezri was on the shuttle transporting the Dax symbiont back to Trill when an equipment malfunction made it necessary to join Dax with a new host immediately. So, when she arrived on DS9 months after Jadzia's death in possession of all the former hosts' memories, it made things awkward.

It also made things awkward that Ezri was pretty uncomfortable with herself -- not only was she green by Starfleet standards, she had also never planned on getting joined to a symbiont. Luckily, we got a seventh season Mirror Universe episode where we got a look at Ezri's more confident, more... into girls side. In this universe she's a mercenary who's become a favorite makeout buddy of Kira's Mirror Counterpart, the Intendant.

Continuing the tradition of catsuited ice queens started by Seven of Nine, T'Pol (Jolene Blalock) was a Vulcan attaché to the Enterprise under Captain Archer. And, like Seven of Nine, despite the fact that her appearance was gratuitously sexual, the conflicted Vulcan is brought to life beautifully by Blalock, and watching her navigate her at-first tenuous relationship with humanity remains compelling. And guess what??! She's got a Mirror Universe counterpart, too!

That T'Pol is a little edgier than NiceT'Pol, but she's still the only person worth rooting for on the "other" Enterprise. When the Defiant travels back in time to the 22nd century, she assists NiceArcher and Co. in making sure her universe doesn't succeed in keeping the technologically advanced ship. She definitely looks like a Vulcan Barbie while she's doing it, but it's kind of a campy, refreshing change from her normal wardrobe.

3 DEANNA TROI

While Deanna's certainly no Orion Slave Girl (perish the thought), she's still TNG's primary sex symbol (well, second to Riker sitting down). Make no mistake, she's a lady, but she's also a Betazoid. That means she's empathic and really, really comfortable with nudity. She's also brainy enough to be a psychologist, make it into Starfleet and get out of wearing a uniform (most of the time).

But given her history with Commander William "John Mayer" Riker and her numerous romantic relationships, Deanna definitely enjoyed her sexuality and that makes her even more of a bombshell. Or maybe it was the fact that she was one of the few people on the senior staff that wasn't constantly repressing urges. We're raising our eyebrows at you Picard, Crusher, Worf and Geordi.

2 THE INTENDANT

Like we said, EVERYONE is hotter in the Mirror Universe. The same is obviously true of the Intendant, Kira Nerys' Mirror Counterpart on DS9 . At this point in the Mirror Universe Timeline, the Terran Empire featured on TOS and Enterprise had finally been defeated by an ironic alliance between the Klingons and the Cardassians. The Terrans were enslaved and DS9 (Terok Nor once more) served as an Alliance outpost under Kira's command.

She's actively the polar opposite of NiceKira, fond of both torture and deception. She's a blast, though -- she runs around in a catsuit, wears a crown and is usually half-seducing anyone she shares a screen with (including NiceKira -- that was weird). While she's an undeniable villain and we'd never (EVER) want to meet her IRL, we can't help but admire how she's unapologetically living her best life.

1 CAROL MARCUS

Carol Marcus has a pivotal role to play in the Prime Star Trek  universe, so it was fitting when she showed up in Star Trek: Into Darkness . In Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , she's an accomplished scientist who's revealed to be Kirk's ex-lover and the mother of his only son, David. In Into Darkness , Alice Eve took over the role as a much younger scientist who fakes her way onto Kirk's ship in order to investigate 72 very mysterious photon torpedoes.

As of now, it doesn't look like the character will reappear any time soon, so Kelvin Kirk is childless for the time being. You'll probably have noticed that everyone's hotter in the Kelvin Universe, and that fact got hammered home in Marcus' famous Starfleet-issue undies shot. Some fans grumbled at the scene's gratuitous nature, but compared to  TOS , the Abrams movies are still pretty tame.

Which ladies of Star Trek make you want to boldly go? Let us know in the comments!

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Who are the female heroes of Star Trek? From freedom fighters to science nerds, they all made their mark.

Look online, and you'll find quite a few lists of the sexiest/hottest/most beautiful women of Star Trek , but not so many of the bravest/boldest/most badass ones. Granted, there some thoughtful blog posts and articles that address the topic, but even some of those round-ups include women who did little more than show up and do their jobs.

So what constitutes a kickass female Star Trek character? For one, she can't be a villain using her badassery for nefarious purposes. That rules out people like Seska, the Duras sisters, and even Lwaxana Troi, who, while a glorious character and never evil, does about 80% of what she does simply for herself.

The good ones are the female heroes, the strong and powerful women--both loud and quiet, showy and restrained--who really shine. It was an especially challenging task for the women on the original series to achieve, given the sexism of the times, but some succeeded, and as the franchise evolved, there were even more of them. Here we go -- 18 Of The Most Kickass Female Characters In  Star Trek .

18. Tasha Yar

When  Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered in 1987, audiences were introduced to the very first female security chief, Lt. Natasha "Tasha" Yar. She was athletic, tough, commanding, and unafraid to show her vulnerable side, proving that it didn't have to take away from her strength.

Tasha's back story was brutal: her parents were killed when she was a child, and she and her sister were left on her own  on a violent colony, where they dodged rape gangs as they scavenged for food. She escaped at fifteen, and joined Starfleet, where she found the moral center she'd been looking for. She went into security because it was the opposite of the lawlessness she'd grown up with. She remained somewhat haunted by her past, but she led her security team with courage and expert tactical knowledge, and Picard, who had specifically recruited her, trusted her implicitly.

Tasha was killed, senselessly , but returned later in " Yesterday's Enterprise ," where she volunteered to go back into the past and fight a doomed battle because she wanted to give her death the meaning it never had. Brave to the end.

17. Rain Robinson

Sarah Silverman got her first TV acting gig on  Star Trek: Voyager as Rain Robinson, a scientist at the Griffith Observatory in 1996. She detected Voyager in orbit and sent them a message, and when Paris and Tuvok tracked her down to erase evidence of Voyager's appearance, she went from protesting their interference to joining them as they tried to prevent the evil Henry Starling from destroying the universe.

Rain would've been perfect Starfleet material had she been born a few centuries later. Even though she saw through Paris' ridiculous "secret agent" explanations--who wouldn't?--she still grasped the gravity of the situation and knew a good guy when she saw one. She helped get Starling out of his office, and stuck with them even after her own life was put at risk. She was only temporarily freaked out by the transporter beam and the phasers, because she was too busy admiring the idea that Paris and the crew were working for something bigger than themselves. She adapted, quickly, and helped Paris despite the danger involved. She was brave, smart, resourceful, self-sacrificing, and way ahead of her time.

16. Uhura(s)

There are two Uhuras now: Nichelle Nichols, and  Zoe Saldana.

While Nichols' Uhura spent most of her time opening hailing frequencies, she stepped it up in "The Gamesters of Triskelion," where she showed off her combat skills and her impeccable moral code, refusing to use a thrall as practice target. But it's in " Mirror, Mirror " where her courage was tested. Kirk sent her alone into the lion's den of the bridge to get information on the Halkans, forcing her to avoid, divert, and manipulate a horny and deadly Sulu. She got the job done and helped her team home, working without benefit of her Captain's protection.

Reboot Uhura, not being stuck in the 1960s, did not disappoint. In  Star Trek Into Darkness , she beamed down just in time to save Spock from Khan AND stop Spock from killing him so they could save Kirk's life with his blood. And in  Star Trek Beyond , she managed to separate the saucer section, even though it meant she was left behind with Krall, and was the first one to figure out his true identity.  She also knew how to put Spock in his place, a feat unaccomplished by anyone else.

15. Mirasta Yale

Mirasta Yale is one of the quieter heroes on this list. She ran the warp program on Malcor III, and for this she put up with teasing and jokes, which is what she thought Picard and Troi were doing when they first showed up in her office. But when she was  finally convinced--by a visit to the Enterprise--that they were who they said, she was thrilled. She's the adventurer in all of us, the kid who dreamed of aliens, then made it into a profession. She'd have been an astronaut if her planet had had a space program.

She convinced her planet's Chancellor to listen to Troi and Picard, and help rescue Riker. She was crushed when the Chancellor said he was turning down Picard's offer of first contact, but acknowledged the truth: the rest of her people weren't ready. She asked Picard to take her with him.  "I have to believe that you cannot be fully prepared for the realities of space travel," he told her. Her response was classic. "I have been prepared for the realities of space since I was nine years old, and sitting in a planetarium."  He took her.

14. Captain Rachel Garrett

Garrett, who turned up in the TNG  episode "Yesterday's Enterprise," is the only female captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise, as far as we know. She commanded the Enterprise C, which emerged through a temporal rift into the 24th century mid-battle, changing history and putting the Federation at war. Picard tried to keep the whole time travel thing quiet, but she demanded to know the truth: where were they, and when?

When she learned that the defeat of her ship in battle could save thousands of others and prevent years of war, she didn't hesitate, agreeing to go back and make the supreme sacrifice for the sake of the future and the possibility of a future of peace instead of war. She set an example for her crew, which they followed even after she died in the effort. She was brave, demonstrated the true meaning of Starfleet principles, and saved the timeline, along with thousands of lives, even though it meant the loss of her own.

Guinan was so much more than just the Enteprise's bartender. She advised everyone from the Captain himself to the lonely, alienated Ensign Ro; in fact, her friendship with Ro is what brought a dangerous Federation conspiracy to Picard's attention.

Guinan is an El-Aurian, a race that was scattered across the galaxy by the Borg, and she's the only member of the crew who was capable of frightening the omnipotent Q. She fenced with Picard, beat Worf on the phaser range (working left-handed, no less), and stopped a sleep deprivation-fueled rebellion in Ten Forward with a few shots of an energy-beam rifle.

Her relationship with Picard went "beyond friendship and beyond family," and it was because of this that she was able to convince him to right the timeline gone wrong in "Yesterday's Enterprise," or go after Soren, the villain in  Star Trek: Generations . She made him see the light when Borg escapee Hugh  was on the ship, and helped him figure out how save Data in " Measure of a Man ." Her wise counsel, calm demeanor, and courage made her irreplaceable.

12. Edith Keeler

Edith Keeler wasn't just Kirk's soulmate, she was also a visionary. During the Great Depression, she ran a soup kitchen in New York, feeding those who couldn't find work and giving them jobs. Her speech the first night Kirk and Spock arrived said it all.

"One day soon man is going to be able to harness incredible energies, maybe even the atom. Energies that could ultimately hurl us to other worlds in some sort of spaceship. And the men that reach out into space will be able to find ways to feed the hungry millions of the world and to cure their diseases. They will be able to find a way to give each man hope and a common future, and those are the days worth living for."

Not only did she predict the development of atomic power, had she not been killed she would have founded a peace movement that delayed America's entry into World War II.  "She was right,"  said Spock,  "but at the wrong time."  Edith Keeler fought for what she believed in every day, no matter how impossible it seemed.

11. Naomi Wildman

Naomi Wildman , sub-unit of Ensign Samantha Wildman, was born on Voyager, and as she grew up, she found herself the only child on a ship full of adults. It suited her. She wanted to pull her weight early on, hoping to be of particular assistance to the Captain and happy to study every subject they could throw at her.

In her quest for perfection, she chose to emulate the crew member she feared most: Seven of Nine. She conquered her fear, stated her goals when confronted, and became not just a friend to Seven--who needed one--but also a  trusted colleague. The two of them became one of the most enjoyable character partnerships on Voyager . Naomi was smart, strong, brave, and steadfast in her defense of Seven of Nine when necessary. In "Bliss," she refused an order from Chakotay to lower a force field that kept him out of Seven's cargo bay, then woke Seven after she was knocked out by an EM surge and helped save the entire crew from a giant creature that almost devoured them. Not too shabby for a ten year-old!

10. Jadzia Dax

Jadzia Dax looked and sounded like a 28 year-old woman, but she was an old soul, and that's not figurative. Inside her was a 300 year-old symbiont, which gave Jadzia a depth and strength that made her one of the most fascinating people on  Deep Space Nine .  "I guess seven lifetimes gives me a somewhat broader perspective," she told Major Kira, who was confused by Dax's attraction to an alien with a transparent skull.

She was a friend to the Klingons, honoring a blood oath Curzon (her symbiont's previous host) made with Kor, Koloth and Kang, and fighting at their side. While she was known for her warm, easygoing nature, she proved her bravery in wartime, especially when she was put in command of the Defiant.  "I’ve been through my share of wars, I know what we have to do," she told Worf.  She destroyed the sensor array that the Dominion was using to detect and track Federation ships across five sectors, a major strategic victory for the Federation. Dax combined her warmth and compassion with courage and integrity, proving she had the heart of both a lover and a warrior.

9. K'Ehleyr

K'Ehleyr deserved so much better. Like Tasha Yar, she was murdered by a jerk and died far too soon, with stories left to tell.

She first turned up to help the Enterprise deal with a sleeper ship of Klingons who were unaware of the Federation- Klingon Alliance and thought there was still a war. She and Worf convinced the crew to lay down their weapons, then she boarded the ship to help them transition to the 24th century. Fun! Not.

K'Ehleyr had a sarcastic edge, and took no bullsh*t from anybody, ever, which is what ultimately led to her death. She was guiding Picard through the Klingon Rite of Succession after the Klingon chancellor died, and discovered that Duras, one of the contenders for leadership, was behind the conspiracy that led to Worf's unjust discommendation from the Empire. Duras killed her, and in her dying moment, she united Worf and their son Alexander, knowing that these two broken souls could possibly heal each other, and find strength together.

8. Ro Laren

Ensign Ro Laren's childhood was even more brutal than Tasha Yar's. Raised in a refugee camp during the  Cardassian occupation, she was forced to watch a Cardassian interrogate and torture her father to death when she was just seven years old.

She was assigned to Enterprise under false pretenses, but Guinan encouraged her to come forward and she told Picard everything she knew. Thanks to her honesty, a conspiracy to blame the Maquis for an attack they didn't commit was foiled, and a corrupt Starfleet officer was exposed. She eventually joined the crew, and served them well, but in the end she followed her conscience and left Starfleet to join the Maquis. She regretted the impact this would have on her crewmates, but even Picard understood why she did it.

Ro was in eight episodes of  The Next Generation , but was so popular that actress Michelle Forbes was asked to become a series regular. She turned down the offer, as well as the chance to bring her character to new show  Deep Space Nine,  which paved the way for the creation of Major Kira Nerys.

7. Lily Sloane

Lily Sloane was a much-needed voice of sanity in the movie  Star Trek: First Contact .

One minute she was hanging out with Zefram Cochrane, helping him build the first warp-driven spacecraft, on the edge of a pivotal discovery in Earth's history. Then she got wounded, so Crusher took her--unconscious--to the Enterprise to save her life. But she ship got attacked, Lily was revived, and in a panic, ran away from the team she was with.

She took Picard hostage, but released him once he proved that they were on a ship, and the real threat came from the Borg. She joined the fight, but as she watched him slowly unhinge over the relentless destruction by the Borg, she called him on it in no uncertain terms.

It was her persistence that finally got through, especially when she compared him to Captain Ahab (even though she never actually read  Moby Dick) . But it worked, and she turned Picard around at the last minute, which is ultimately what saved the rest of the crew and Earth's history.

At first glance, Natira--of the hilariously titled episode "For The World Is Hollow And I Have Touched The Sky"--seemed like a mere rule follower. She was the High Priestess on Yonada, who took her orders from an oracle. She obeyed, and believed, but still followed her heart, especially once she met McCoy.  "I wish you to stay here on Yonada as my mate," she told him shortly after they met. When he confessed he only had a year to live, she suggested he spend it with her. He agreed, as smitten as she was.

Her strength showed when she found out that everything she'd believed her whole life was a lie. She learned she was on a spaceship, not a planet, and her oracle had deceived her. She confronted the oracle even though it was blasphemy, incurring the pain of the "instrument of obedience." She faced the truth unflinchingly, and when McCoy asked her to leave with him, she could not. "You came here with a great mission to save my people," she said. "Shall I   abandon them?"  Her people needed her, and she stood by them, even though her whole world had been turned upside down.

5. B'Elanna Torres

Roxann Dawson was the first actor cast for  Star Trek: Voyager. She was hired to play B'Elanna Torres, a half human/half Klingon woman who struggled with the dual sides of her nature, much like Spock once did--but in her case the human side was the more peaceful of the two.

She joined Starfleet Academy, but dropped out; she impressed her teachers, excelled in Engineering, but got into conflicts regularly. Next, she joined the Maquis, where she fought in the resistance against Cardassia, finally finding an appropriate outlet for her violent emotions.

Once she became part of the Voyager crew, she worked harder on controlling the darker side of herself, and proved her worth, quickly becoming Chief Engineer. Despite having never made it through the Academy, she exemplified Starfleet values: she was brilliant, resourceful, compassionate, brave, and had Scotty's knack for beating the odds. And she never lost her edge, n matter how "civilized" she became. "If you even think of joining in on this 'embrace your heritage' nonsense," she once told Tom Paris, "I swear, I'll rip out your tongue and wear it as a belt."

4. Seven of Nine

Yes, she was hired because she was hot and sexy, and yes, she inexplicably--from a story perspective--wore a catsuit. Yes, she was there to attract heterosexual male viewers and yes, it worked. But what Seven of Nine did once she arrived, ridiculous outfit and all, was to transcend that sex object role and become one of the strongest female characters in TV history.

Poor Seven. Accompanying her parents on a dangerous mission into Borg space, she was assimilated at age six. When Captain Janeway liberated her from the Collective, she had to learn to be human again, and over time, also come face-to-face with the terrible violence she had inflicted on others as a Borg.  Not only did she overcome all of that to become a member of the Voyager family, she saved the ship more than once, proving her strength didn't come from her Borg implants, but from her unbreakable spirit. Along the way, her outside status gave her crew--and the viewers--a unique perspective on humanity we hadn't seen since Spock.

Jaylah is the newest female hero in the Star Trek universe. She arrived on the scene in  Star Trek Beyond , where she defended "Montgomery Scotty" against Krall's thugs, and risked her own life to help the Enterprise crew escape.

Like Tasha Yar and Ro Laren, she'd had a rough childhood. She and her father got caught on the run from Krall, and he gave his life to buy enough time to get away. She found the U.S.S. Franklin--Krall's ship--and made it into her home, using holographic technology to keep it hidden. All on her own, she learned to speak English from the ship and trained herself in martial arts, using a combination of her fighting skills and hologram-creating expertise to defend herself.

Once she was convinced to team up with the Enterprise crew, she was invaluable to their triumph over Krall's "bees" and joined them as they defended the Yorktown space station. Jaylah was strong, smart, resourceful, and supercool, making us hope that when she graduates from Starfleet Academy, she gets assigned to the Enterprise. We want more.

2. Kira Nerys

Deep Space Nine  producers initially wanted to add Ro Laren to the crew, but when Michelle Forbes turned them down, they created Kira Nerys, recognizing a new storytelling opportunity. They said , " It meant that our captain of the Federation would be matched against someone in a different color uniform, who had a different agenda, who had different priorities, and that put them in conflict ."

And conflict there was. Major Kira was a former resistance leader assigned to the station as a liaison officer, but she was still an angry ex-freedom fighter, full of faith in her religion and mistrust in all things politics. She never backed down from what she believed in, and was a formidable opponent in both talk and action, a warrior at heart with a religion of peace to guide her. Kira's beliefs were frequently challenged, and she continued to grow as a person by being willing to open her mind to possibilities she'd never considered before.

One of the strongest characters in the franchise, period, Kira was a key figure in the Dominion War, promoted to Colonel at the end of the series, and given command of Deep Space Nine after Sisko's departure.

1. Kathryn Janeway

Captain Janeway takes a lot of flak, but it's undeserved: she was a strong, magnficent leader who held up Starfleet ideals, protected her crew, and was formidable in battle, both verbal and physical.

Janeway was a scientist and a leader. She made the difficult decisions, setting a high standard of behavior for her crew. She got to know them personally; she was a captain you could go to with a personal problem as well as a professional one. She knew when to be hardcore and when to go easy, when to trust someone and when not to, and had impeccable principles.

She fought the Borg, railed against prejudice, fought new enemies, welcomed new friends, outwitted her foes, and, in " Year of Hell ", sacrificed her life. She was a true pioneer, who had a deep understanding of what things were like for Kirk and his crew way back when. "It's not surprising they had to bend the rules a little. They were a little slower to invoke the Prime Directive, and a little quicker to pull their phasers. Of course, the whole bunch of them would be booted out of Starfleet today. But I have to admit, I would have loved to ride shotgun at least once with a group of officers like that."

But as she told her crew: " In a part of space where there are few rules, its more important than ever that we hold fast to our own. In a region where shifting allegiances are commonplace, we have to have something stable to rely on. And we do... The principles and ideals of the Federation. As far as I'm concerned, those are the best allies we could have. "

She knew it wasn't easy to stand by one's principles in the Delta Quadrant, but she was steadfast, telling Captain Ransom in "Equinox," " It's never easy, but if we turn our backs on our principles, we stop being human. "

And against all odds, she got her people home.

Star Trek: Discovery , the newest show in the  Star Trek franchise, premieres later this year.

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Top 10 Best Star Trek Female Characters, Ranked From Romulans to Illyrians

It’s not easy coming up with the  best Star Trek female characters , because there are so many to choose from. We wish we could name every one of them since there have been amazing female characters throughout the original Star Trek series, The Next Generation, and the recent Strange New Worlds. But this bodes well for the franchise, providing an excellent balance between male and female characters that’s helped elevate Star Trek beyond the confines of any world. Without further ado, let’s check out the list.

10. Romulan Commander

The first time the Federation’s deadliest enemy was introduced was in the original series episode The Enterprise Incident. Kirk gives in to his daring nature and takes his Enterprise ship into Romulan territory, where he encounters a squadron. What makes this character even more significant is the fact that she remains unnamed to this day and yet is such an important milestone for Star Trek canon and history.

While Kirk attempts to gather intel on the Romulans, the commander is fascinated by Spock and tries to persuade him to join her. It becomes apparent she might have a romantic inclination toward him. After inviting Spock to dinner, she explains how Romulan women are passionate when compared to logical Vulcan women. Spock is put on edge, but resists her offer and maintains his loyalty. All along, Spock was helping Kirk steal the invaluable cloaking device to help advance the Federation’s technology. At the end of the episode, the Romulan commander is captured aboard the Enterprise and held as a prisoner. In a moment of privacy, Spock admits that his romantic interest in her was not pretended.

9. Philippa Georgiou

Georgiou is a Malaysian human who became one of the Starfleet Academy’s most decorated officers and the captain of U.S.S. Shenzou. During a routine activity, her crew encountered the hostile Klingon Empire and things quickly escalated into an event known as the Battle at the Binary Stars before becoming the catalyst to the Klingon-Federation War. Georgiou lost her life to the leader of the Klingons, T’Kuvma, as she tried to capture him on his ship in an attempt to prevent the war. She is a smart and driven commander who will go down in Star Trek history for her sacrifice.

8. Elizabeth Shelby

Commander Elizabeth Shelby has a bit of notoriety to her name, mostly owing to her rivalry with Commander William T. Riker. After confidently believing she would replace him as Captain Picard’s first officer, Riker didn’t take too kindly to her after his promotion to commander of U.S.S. Melbourne. To Shelby’s chagrin, she ended up becoming Riker’s first officer. Elizabeth has a similar personality to Admiral James T. Kirk in that she is a risk-taker when the greater good is involved.

As such, she ended up going over Riker’s head when leading an away team to investigate a Borg attack, and went so far as to lead another team to rescue Picard when the Borg kidnapped him. She eventually moved up the ranks to be a commanding officer herself, and it would be great to find out more about her in future shows.

7. Deanna Troi

Deanna Troi is a standout character not just due to her exoticness, but also because of her half-human, half-Betazoid hybrid race. This mixed-race is what gave her telepathic abilities (though decreased in their effectiveness), and those powers were perfect for the crew’s counselor. She brought prominence to this Starfleet position and proved the most valuable assets to have in space are communication and empathy.

On many occasions, her abilities helped smooth things out during turbulent encounters, and she survived many different scenarios including being surgically altered, impersonating Romulans, and figuring out when others were lying. Deanna eventually married Riker and did more than enough to secure her legacy in Star Trek canon and history.

6. Michael Burnham

Michael has great importance to Star Trek canon, bringing more diversity while also being the main protagonist on the Star Trek: Discovery series despite not acting as the captain. Her story overshadows her captain Gabriel Lorca, and while she served under Captain Phillippa Georgiou, she would commit mutiny and injure Phillippa in order to force the U.S.S. Shenzhou to preemptively attack the Klingons. After being a part of the Klingon-Federation war’s inciting incident, Captain Lorca reduced her sentence since he wanted crew members dedicated to defeating the Klingons.

Her backstory is unique in that she was a human raised by Klingons, and none other than Spock’s father, Sarek, specifically. Not a typical Star Trek character, Michael is a complicated woman, most likely created under modern characterization precepts, and it will be interesting to see how her story develops.

5. Beverly Crusher

Talk about an intimidating name. Beverly Crusher is an all-around amazing female character, and not at all an aggressive one like her last name might suggest. She served as the chief medical officer on both Enterprise-D and Enterprise-E, and was a main crew member on Star Trek: The Next Generation. She was also a loving mother to Wesley Crusher and after her husband’s tragic passing, developed a close bond with Picard that blurred the lines between friendship and romance.

Beverly Crusher is controversial in that many wished she was further developed than what was allowed on screen in the Star Trek the Next Generation shows and movies. Her closeness to Picard also rallied fans to request her to have a main role in the Picard series, and many non-canonical books were written about the pairing, and the life they share together, along with their son.

4. Seven of Nine

Seven of Nine’s name should state the obvious; there’s nothing quite like her. Although human, she was a former Borg drone, meaning she was part of the Borg Collective until she was liberated by Kathryn Janeway and her U.S.S. Voyager crew. As an assimilated Borg, she was taken by them and enhanced with cybernetics. In the case of Seven of Nine, or Annika Hansen, she was abducted at the age of six and dubbed Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero One.

After her complex and traumatic upbringing, she becomes nuanced and complicated aboard the U.S.S. Voyager. She brings many deep, dramatic, and thematic elements to Star Trek, portraying a character that demands respect, patience, and understanding. After all, consider the fact that she was kidnapped as a child, forced to become a Borg drone, and then has difficulty assimilating with her human peers (let alone other races), while also having to suppress an urge to rejoin the Borg. For the show, she brought plenty of tense moments, as well as emotional scenes, funny moments, and butt-kicking action.

3. Nyota Uhura

Uhura has seen different incarnations throughout the various Star Trek series and movies, and Strange New Worlds has really taken her to the next level. Her latest on-screen portrayal brings a balanced sense of vulnerability, strengths, weaknesses, and backstory. Although she begins as a communications officer aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise, she eventually achieves the rank of commander of the U.S.S. Leondegrance for her remaining services to the Starfleet.

She can also be considered the first true standout female character or lead and deserves it completely. Uhura brings a great amount of diversity and unique themes to explore. As the expert linguist on her crew, and with her potential to grow, we’re looking forward to seeing more of her on a regular basis.

2. Number One / Una Chin-Riley

As her designated name states, Number One is the first officer to Pike, and ranks just shy of the number one spot on this list. In the original series, she was only referred to as Number One but was later named Una Chin-Riley in several non-canon Star Trek novels. It’s great how Strange New Worlds finally solidifies her name as canon. Also in the new series, Una is given a more involved role and is attached to a key plot involving Pike’s destiny. Since she’s an Illyrian, she’s genetically modified, which is also why she looks like a human, while her kind normally does not.

From the beginning of the Strange New Worlds series, Starfleet makes it clear that they are anti-genetically modified beings. This puts her in a terrible position, and in direct defiance of Federation law. Regardless, she’s already had spotlight episodes where she’s saved the crew from a deadly virus, and has special empathy when it comes to forming bonds with fellow crew members. The fact that she risks it all to help her crewmates and perform her duties to better mankind makes her all the more compelling and one to root for.

1. Kathryn Janeway

Kathryn Janeway is an iconic female character that hasn’t received as much attention as she should, especially in recent Star Trek lore and media. In Starfleet history, she remains one of the most highly decorated captains and is notoriously known for her obsession with coffee. On a more serious note, one of her most notable accomplishments is how she took command of the U.S.S. Voyager as it made its way through the dangerous Delta Quadrant, which is home to the Borg Collective. Thanks to her leadership, the Voyager was able to bring the crew safely back to earth through a Borg transwarp conduit.

Her time as a commander also gained her another milestone which she achieved during her space exploration. It’s been estimated in various episodes how she’s made first contact with more alien races than James T. Kirk. She eventually gets promoted to the rank of Admiral after helping prevent another technologically advanced species from the Delta Quadrant, the Vau N’Akat, from destroying the Federation. To top it off, she defeated the Borg Queen and has a diverse background full of hobbies, passions, and scientific skills. Most of all, she comes across as being a balanced leader; one who is smart, decisive, and strong, but also kind, caring, and understanding. No other female character has been involved in so many Star Trek critical events and achieved so much, which makes her deserving of this top spot.

That’s our list of the top best Star Trek female characters , but the great thing about this franchise is that it has always been a pioneer for portraying powerful women of diverse races, ages, and cultures. There are way more than 10 great female characters in the Star Trek mythos, and new prominent female characters are being introduced all the time. If you’re a Star Trek fan, you owe it to yourself to check out the video game, Resurgence .

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France Nuyen was born on July 31, 1939 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She is an actress, known for Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973), The Joy Luck Club (1993) and South Pacific (1958). She was previously married to Robert Culp and Dr. Thomas Gaspar Morell.

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22. BarBara Luna

Actress | One Life to Live

Barbara Ann Luna was born in Manhattan and virtually grew up on Broadway. Her Italian, Hungarian, Spanish, Portuguese and Filipino background has led her to portray a variety of roles. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II cast her in the Broadway hit musical "South Pacific", as Ngana, which was...

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23. Julie Newmar

Actress | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Julia Chalene Newmeyer was born on August 16, 1933, in Los Angeles, California, the eldest of three children. Her father, Don, was a one-time professional football player (LA Buccaneers, 1926), her mother, Helene Jesmer , was a star of the Follies of 1920 and later became a fashion designer under ...

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24. Jane Wyatt

Actress | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Born in Campgaw, New Jersey, Jane Waddington Wyatt came from a New York family of social distinction (her father was a Wall Street investment banker and her mother was a drama critic). Jane was raised from the age of three months in New York City and attended the fashionable Chapin School and later...

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25. Kay Elliot

Kay Elliot was born on May 14, 1929 in Illinois, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Star Trek (1966), Bewitched (1964) and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964). She was married to Joel Mondeaux . She died on December 3, 1982 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

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35 Actresses You Forgot Appeared In ‘Star Trek’

For the past 50 years, the  Star Trek  franchise has captured audiences imaginations on both the big and small screen, with six TV series and a dozen feature films, as well as some upcoming  projects in the pipeline . During that half-century, Star Trek has managed to accrue quite the ensemble of guest stars, playing everyone from alien races from far-off worlds to people from Earth’s past and present. We’ve previously looked at some of the great actors who have popped up , so here’s a rundown of 35 actresses that are forever part of Star Trek history.

Michelle Forbes

Having had recurring roles in several TV staples like  True Blood  and  Homicide: Life on the Street , Forbes is also known for playing Ensign Ro Loren in Star Trek: The Next Generation , a part she got after impressing producers with a one-off performance as the character Dara earlier in the show’s run.

Ashley Judd

The now-famous Judd got her start in front of the camera as Ensign Robin Lefler in two episodes of  Star Trek: The Next Generation’s fifth season. While she’s since made it to Hollywood’s A-List as an actress, she comes from a famous family, with both her mother and step-sister singing vocals in the country supergroup The Judds.

Julie Warner

Warner had acted in a handful of TV roles prior to Star Trek: The Next Generation , where she played Cristy Henshaw, a civilian resident of the Enterprise D and an on-again, off-again girlfriend to Lt. Geordi La Forge (Lavar Burton).

Olivia d’Abo

The cool older sister from The Wonder Years,  Olivia D’Abo, did a one-episode spot as Amanda Rogers in Star Trek: The Next Generation, who started aboard the Enterprise-D as the intern to Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), before it was revealed that she was a descendant of Q. Which meant she had to come to terms with that whole super-powerful, four-dimensional being thing.

Famke Janssen

The original Jean Grey from the   X-Men  film franchise had her first small-screen role as Kamala, a Kriosian who falls in love with Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) during an episode of  Star Trek: The Next Generation .

A minor TV star throughout the ’90s and early-2000s, Cox was barely recognizable behind all the prosthetics as Sarjenka, a Dreman girl in communication with the android Data (Brent Spiner), who urges Picard’s help in saving her world. Data even manages to show some affection toward her after she’s returned home having had her memory of the Enterprise erased, because sometimes the Prime Directive is harsh.

Kirsten Dunst

Having just finished starring as Peggy Blumquist on the second season of  Fargo  on FX , Dunst has literally grown up on the silver screen. Which meant she had a pretty impressive acting resume by the time she guest starred as the telepathic Cairn Hedril in the seventh season of Star Trek: The Next Generation .

Brenda Strong

The character of Rashella, played by Brenda Strong, was an Aldean who aimed to repopulate her near-sterile planet using the Enterprise-D’s resident children in an early episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation . Strong has since returned to the sci-fi genre these days, guest starring in The CW’s brilliant original series The 100 .

Pamela Adlon

Before she was the cranky, apprehensive girlfriend on FX’s Louis , Pamela Adlon, (then Pamela Segall), she played Oji in a single episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation . A member of the less-advanced Mintakin tribe, she’s left in awe of how the technology aboard the Enterprise-D was able to heal her father, Liko, leaving Picard to re-explain to her the concept of mortality.

Bebe Neuwirth

Neuwirth, best known as Frasier’s ex on Cheers , played Nurse Lanel in the fourth season of The Next Generation . Stationed aboard the Malconian medical facility, she helps First Officer William Riker (Jonathan Frakes) escape, but only on the condition that he helps her cross ‘sex with an alien’ off her bucket list.

Teri Hatcher

Early on in her career, with only a couple roles under her belt, this  Desperate Housewives star had to settle for an uncredited part as a transporter chief in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s second season.

Whoopi Goldberg

Yes, you remember Whoopi Goldberg’s Guinan, the El-Aurian bartender of Ten-Forward, the Enterprise-D’s lounge from Star Trek: The Next Generation , but maybe some people don’t. While she was part of the race known as The Listeners, making her the ideal barkeep, she was also known to dole out sagely advice to Starfleet personnel now and then.

Kim Catrall

Vulcan Starfleet officer Valeris was, at first, written in as Saavik, the character first played by Kirstie Alley in 1981’s  Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan  — a role Catrall herself auditioned for. She agreed to appear in Trek’s sixth installment, The Undiscovered Country , but only after learning that she’d be playing an entirely new character all her own.

The actress/supermodel played Martia in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , a double-crossing shape-shifter who, over the course of the film, would also take the form of a massive alien, a young girl, and eventually Captain Kirk himself, the last one giving us one of the most self-aware  Star Trek  jokes of all time.

Yvonne Craig

In the mid 1960s, Yvonne Craig went from playing Batgirl on TV’s Batman to playing Marta, a member of the Orion race and one of  Star Trek’s quintessential green seductresses. However, despite her very best efforts, she fails to both seduce and stab Captain Kirk.

Jane Wiedlin

Wiedlin was already famous as the singer/guitarist in the definitive ’80s band The Go-Gos, but she had an extremely brief cameo in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home as Trillya, a Communications Officer sending out a desperate distress call out to Starfleet. Thankfully, she got a bit more screen time as Joan of Arc in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure .

Catherine Hicks

Dr. Gillian Taylor, a 20th century in-house whale expert in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, was played by soap opera mainstay Catherine Hicks, who’d go on to play family matriarch Annie Camden for 11 seasons on  7th Heaven .

Kirstie Alley

In her big-screen debut, Alley played Saavik, the Vulcan Starfleet officer in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan . She’d turn down the chance to reprise her role in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock over a financial dispute, which meant the role was recast with actress Robin Curtis. She’d go back and forth between roles on the big and small screen, and would eventually make TV history by replacing Shelly Long on the long-running Cheers .

The Oscar-winning actress and comedy icon had a role as secretary Roberta Lincoln in Star Trek ‘s Cold War episode “Assignment Earth.” And, like many in the 20th century the Enterprise crew seems to encounter, she ended up playing a fateful role in the future of humankind.

Julie Newmar

One of the three actresses to play Catwoman opposite Adam West in Batman,  Newmar had a role on Star Trek as Eleen, a pregnant Capellan who was forced to flee her home after a coup against her husband left him dead. She ended up returning to the role of Catwoman by voicing the role in Rocksteady Video Games’ Arkham Knight last year.

Sally Kellerman

After CBS elected to re-film the  Star Trek  pilot, they made a few changes. One, they cast William Shatner as James T. Kirk, another was their hiring Sally Kellerman to play Elizabeth Dehner, a Starfleet officer who develops uncanny abilities after encountering the psionic barrier.

Joan Collins

While she’s most readily associated with 80’s TV staple Dynasty , she stars in one of Star Trek’s most beloved episodes, “City On The Edge of Tomorrow,” playing the big-hearted Edith Keeler. When Kirk and Spock go back in time to rescue Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Kirk ends up falling in love with her, despite knowing the pivotal role she plays in the future of mankind (of course!).

Dina Meyer played the Romulan Commander Donatra in Star Trek: Nemesis  back in 2002, the same year she was cast as Barbara Gordon in the series Birds of Prey , a Batman adaptation sans-Batman. She’s probably best remembered, though, as the ill-fated Dizzy Flores in the 1997’s Starship Troopers .

Heather Langenkamp

You wouldn’t know it from looking at her, but that’s Nightmare on Elm Street’s Heather Langenkamp underneath all those prosthetics playing Moto, a Starfleet Security Officer in Star Trek: Into Darkness . The actress was initially working on the film as a make-up artist before she landed the role.

Lark Voorhies

Voorhies, known for an entire generation as Lisa Turtle from Saved By The Bell , was also part of the Star Trek universe as Leanne, a civilian resident of the Deep Space 9 station who was romantically involved with Jake Sisto (Cirroc Lofton) for a spell.

Gabrielle Union

Former teen heartthrob Gabrielle Union stuck fairly close to typecasting for her one-episode role in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as N’Garen, a young Klingon weapons officer.

Sarah Silverman

This comedy superstar played 20th century scientist Rain Robinson on Star Trek: Voyager in the mid-1990s during the two-part episode “Future’s End,” which like all female scientists from the 20th century, ended up falling for a Starfleet office. Silverman has managed to stay in the spotlight throughout the bulk of her career, balancing her standup with guest starring roles in shows like Masters of Sex , as well as lighthearted material, like her frequent voice work on Bob’s Burgers .

Virginia Madsen

While she was immensely popular in the mid-80s, actress Virginia Madsen has continued to work consistently, proving her ability to blend herself into any part. Such was the case with her role in Star Trek: Voyager as Kellin, a Ramuran tracer who, because of the traits of her species, ends up having a rather complicated love affair with one of the crew members.

Sharon Lawrence

During her run as Sylvia Costas on NYPD Blue , Lawrence starred as Amelia Earhart, the female pilot and 20th century icon who was written in as a character on  Star Trek: Voyager.  The show goes so far as to solve her mysterious disappearance, which was the work of the alien species the Briori.

Rachael Harris

Another well-known staple in the world of comedy, Harris played Martis, an Ocampan who gives birth to her daughter, Kes, who would later become a crew member of The USS Intrepid on   Star Trek: Voyager .

The Orange is the New Black actress, perhaps best remembered from  A League of Their Own, pops up in a Star Trek: Voyager  episode as Noss, a mysterious stranger who lives on an uncharted planet, teaching Tom Paris and Tuvok how to survive on the desolate world she calls home.

Joanna Cassidy

Cassidy has been acting since the late-1960s, and eventually added Star Trek to her resume as the Vulcan T’Les, an instructor at the Vulcan Science Academy in Star Trek: Enterprise back in 2004 . 

Wynona Ryder

For the J.J. Abrams ‘  Star Trek reboot, Winona Rider played the part of Amanda Grayson, the human mother of Spock (played by both Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy), who was killed while trying to evacuated her adopted home planet.

Jennifer Morrison

Yes, Emma Swan from NBC’s Once Upon A Time played Winona, the mother of Captain Kirk (now played by Chris Pine), in Star Trek and the sequel Star Trek: Into Darkness .

Alfre Woodard

A survivor of the third world war, Alfre Woodard played Lily Sloane, a human who helps Zefram Cochrane (James Cromwell) build the first ever warp drive, drawing intergalactic attention to planet Earth in Star Trek: First Contact . Of course, the Enterprise-D is drawn in to help stave off some unwanted attention from the time-traveling Borg.

Episode 44: It’s Not Easy Being Green

The crew  •  october 23, 2016.

The Orion slave girl has been one of the most iconic and controversial figures in Star Trek since the original pilot 50 years ago. Now, we put a feminist lens on the early “green skinned space babes” and their more modern incarnations in Enterprise and Star Trek Continues .

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Hosts:  Jarrah, Sue and Grace

Editor:  Jarrah

Transcription: Rebecca – @carolinalady

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Notes and References: 

• “Green Skinned Space Babe” trope  at TV Tropes
• The Green Girl , documentary by George Pappy
• “Sexualized Saturdays: The Sexist & Racist Themes Portrayed Through the Orion Slave Girls” at Lady Geek Girl
• Archived interview with Roberto Orci including discussion of Gaila in Star Trek (2009)

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  2 comments for “ episode 44: it’s not easy being green ”.

About the MAC choices for their ad campaign: images of Lwaxana Troi would have been a great choice, to open their market to women over 40. She was glamorous always.

I think she was institutionalised for being a sexual woman. I think she was abused leading to her combine sexual diversion and attack/self-preservation.

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