For years now, Star Trek has racked up quite the following, all over the globe and rightly so. With a film adaptation in the works again, we decided to look back at the original cast of the show to see what they’ve been up to since the good ol’ days. Let the ‘Live Long and Prosper’ nostalgia commence!
B’Elanna Torres – Roxann Dawson
Kicking off this list is the half Human/half-Klingon engineer B’Elanna Torres from all seven seasons of Star Trek: Voyager. While she was acting on the show, she also made her directorial debut. She went on to star in various other television shows but she also turned into a talented director. She’s directed episodes on Charmed, The O.C., Lost, Cold Case, The Mentalist, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Recently she’s helped to produce shows like Scandal, Crossing Jordan and Cold Case.
Dr. Beverly Crusher – Gates McFadden
Gates McFadden is perhaps best known in Hollywood for portraying Dr. Beverly Crusher in the television series and the four subsequent films. After the show, she went on to star in a few films and television shows, but she’s also taught at a few universities (American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Harvard, Purdue, the Stella Academy in Hamburg, and the University of Pittsburgh).
Ensign Clancy – Anne Ramsay
Anne Ramsay portrayed Ensign Clancy in two episodes, “Elementary, Dear Data” and “The Emissary”. Ramsay has starred in many television series roles and a few film roles.
Ensign Ro Laren – Michelle Forbes
During the final three seasons, fans of Star Trek were blessed with the one and only, Ensign Ro Laren. Many poles say her character is the second strongest female character in the franchise, not bad! She’s starred in many film and television roles, such as 24, The Killing, True Blood, and her most recent film was The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.
Guinan – Whoopi Goldberg
Oh yeah, Whoopi Goldberg portrayed Guinan, an El-Aurian which is a race of “listeners” who were scattered by the Borg (a powerful, cyborg-like race). Since the show, she’s gone on to win an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Oscar, and a Tony Award. She was also the second black woman in the history of the Academy Awards to win an acting Oscar. Currently, you can catch her on the talk show The View.
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