Claudine Auger is a French actress and former Miss France Monde. While on holiday in Nassau, writer-producer Kevin McClory spotted her and suggested she audition for his new film, Thunderball. She took his advice and ended up with the part of Domino, which was originally written for an Italian actress. Because Auger impressed the producers so much, they adjusted to part to fit a French woman. Despite her efforts to perfect her English, her voice was eventually dubbed over by Nikki van der Zyl.

Claudine Auger’s performance in Thunderball was the start of a long successful career in European film. Unfortunately, she never really broke through the US industry again following her time as a Bond girl. Auger has remained close with fellow Bond-girls, appearing alongside Ursula Andress in the 1968 Italian comedy, Anyone Can Play, and alongside future Bond girls Barbara Bach and Barbara Bouchet in Black Belly of the Tarantula. Her last movie was 1997’s The Red and the Black, which featured Bond girl, Carole Bouquet.

Before Mie Hama was a Bond girl, she was one of Japan’s most popular actresses, appearing in over 60 movies. Hama became famous in Western cinema when she portrayed the Bond girl Kissy Suzuki in 1967’s You Only Live Twice. Along with her co-star, Akiko Wakabayashi, Hama was one of the first Asian Bond girls. She was originally meant to play Wakabayashi’s character, Aki, but because of Hama’s poor English, the two traded roles and her voice was overdubbed by Nikki van der Zyl.

Following her time as a Bond girl, Mie Hama left acting, telling the New York Times in a 2017 article that she was interested in pursuing a normal life in Japan. Hama is now a dedicated environmentalist and advocate for the preservation of old farms and farming techniques. She is a big supporter of Japan’s natural wonders and anything having to do with preserving the environment. Hama is now the author of 14 books, as well as a television and radio host.

Before becoming the wife of James Bond, Diana Rigg got her big break playing Emma Peel in the 1960’s television series The Avengers. Rigg was then cast as Tracy bond in the 1969 Bond film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. While it was originally planned that Rigg’s character would remain in the Bond movies for the 1971 film, Diamonds Are Forever, this idea was dropped during the filming of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service when George Lazenby chose to step down from playing James Bond.

Diana Rigg, now almost 80 years old, has remained busy, landing roles in film, television, and theater since her time as a bond girl in the 1960s. In the past few years, she is most recognizable from her role as the noble Olenna Tyrell on the popular HBO series, Game of Thrones. In addition, Rigg has recently appeared in an episode of Dr. Who, as well as the Broadway production of My Fair Lady. Throughout her career, she has been an outspoken critic of feminism.

Shirley Eaton is an English actress who was popular in British film throughout the 1950s and 1960s. In 1964, Eaton became the Bond girl Jill Masterson in the film Goldfinger. In the film, Jill Masterson dies of skin suffocation after being covered from head to toe in gold paint. The gold lifeless body of Jill Masterson became one of the most striking shots from the entire Bond series. The iconic image was even featured on the cover of Life magazine in 1964.

Following her character’s bizarre death in Goldfinger, rumors emerged that Shirley Eaton had actually died during filming. Eaton appeared in a 2003 episode of Myth Busters to dispel the urban myth. Shirley made a few more films in the late 1960s before retiring to spend more time with family in 1969. In a 1999 interview with Starlog magazine, she supported her own decision to leave acting by saying, “A career is a career, but you’re a mother until you die.”

Former Swedish supermodel Maud Adams was so great at beeing a Bond girl that she was actually cast twice and appeared in a total of three Bond films. First, she was Andrea Anders in 1974’s The Man With The Golden Gun. Critics applauded her performance as “tough but haunted.” Almost a decade later, she returned to play the exotic and mysterious lead title character in 1983’s Octop*ssy. Adams also made an uncredited appearance as an extra in 1985’s A View To Kill.

In the 1990’s, Maud Adams hosted a Swedish TV show called Kafe Lulea and was also featured in a guest role on the Swedish soap opera Vita Iogner. While she has not seen the screen in a Bond movie since the 1980’s, Maud Adams has remained close to the Bond producers and frequently attends premieres and other Bond-related events. In 2000, Adams guest-starred on an episode of That ’70s Show alongside three other former Bond girls- Tanya Roberts, Kristina Wayborn, and Barbara Carrera.

Before Grace Jones was a Bond girl, she was a well-established model in New York City. In the late 1970s, Jones started making electronic music. While her music never caught on in the US, she made a lasting impact in Europe, where she still tours today. Her acting career began with some appearances in low-budget films before her first mainstream role in 1984’s Conan the Destroyer. A year later she became May Day, the henchwoman with superhuman strength, in A View to a Kill.

After portraying May Day in Roger Moore’s final James Bond film, Grace Jones continued to act, model, and make music. She has appeared in Vamp, Boomerang, Wolf Girl, and numerous documentaries. Her unique androgynous style has inspired countless popular artists including Annie Lennox, Lady Gaga, and Rihanna. In 1998, Jones was featured in promotional spots during a James Bond marathon on the USA Network. She appeared between movies or before commercial breaks as a laughing flight attendant on an out-of-control flight.

Martine Beswick is an English actress and model born in Jamaica. Her first big role was in the 1963 James Bond film From Russia with Love, playing the feisty gypsy girl Zora. Her portrayal of Zora is most recognizable for the infamous “catfight” scene with her rival and fellow Bond girl Aliza Gur. While this scene is certainly memorable to bond fans, apparently her name might not be, considering her name was misspelled as “Martin Beswick” in the opening title sequence.

In 1965, Martine Beswick returned to the Bond series as Paula Caplan in Thunderball. She had been away from the Caribbean for so long that she actually needed to sunbathe every day for two weeks leading up to filming in order to look like a local. In the 1966’s One Million Years B.C. Beswick engaged in yet another on-screen catfight. She has been in movies and television sparingly through the 1990s, most recently appearing in the 2009 film, Avatar.

Hungarian-born actress Catherine Schell started her acting career in a 1964 German film called Lana: Queen of the Amazon. Schell then spent some time on a German television show and in the late 1960s, appeared in two British films, Amsterdam Affair, and Moon Zero Two. She was then cast as Nancy in 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. She portrayed a Hungarian henchwoman and patient at Ernst Stavro Bloveld’s allergy-research institute in the Swiss Alps trying to overcome a potato allergy.

Following her time as Nancy, Catherine Schell would go on to spend most of the remainder of her career on British television, appearing in over 47 series through the course of nearly 30 years. Her most memorable performances came in the mid-1970s as Lady Claudine Lytton in the film The Return of the Pink Panther, and Maya, an alien in the British sci-fi series, Space: 1999. Schell retired in the mid-1990s and opened a small guesthouse in Bonneval, Haute-Loire, France.

Before she was a famous actress, Halle Berry competed in beauty contests, finishing runner-up in the 1986 Miss USA contest and winning the 1986 Miss USA World title. Her first feature role came in 1991 in Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever. This film opened many doors for the actress, leading to roles in 1994’s The Flintstones. 1998’s Bulworth, as well as her famous role in the X-Men franchise. In 2002, Berry became the Bond girl Jinx Johnson in Die Another Day.

In the years following Die Another Die, Halle Berry has been extremely successful but has never taken herself too seriously. In 2005, Berry became the second actor ever to accept a Razzie Award in person, “winning” the title of Worst Actress for her role in Catwoman. She even gave a speech and embraced the humor in her “victory.” Through the early 2000s and until today, Berry has remained active in film and television, acting and producing in high-budget movies and television series.

Famke Janssen started her career as a fashion model, working for Yves Saint Laurent, Giorgio Armani, Chanel, and Victoria’s Secret. Janssen gave up modeling in the early 1990’s to focus on building an acting career. One of her first roles was a part in an episode of 1992’s Star Trek: The Next Generation. Janssen’s first film role came that same year in the crime drama Fathers & Sons. In 1995, Janssen joined the sisterhood of Bond girls as Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye.

While Janssen certainly proved herself worth of Bond girl status with her role as Xenia Onatopp, she wouldn’t take on the role that defined her career until 2000, when she joined the X-Men franchise as Jean Grey AKA Phoenix. All in all, Janssen has taken part in five different X-Men films including 2013’s Wolverine. She even took home a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand. Most recently, Janssen has appeared in The Blacklist, and the Taken trilogy.

Brooklyn native Talisa Soto started her career as a model at the young age of 15 years old. In order to do so, the young Soto traveled to Paris. She’s been featured in Vogue, Elle, Mademouselle, Glamour, and Self magazines. She was also featured in ad campaigns for Calvin Klein, Cartierm Clarins, Revlon, Salvatore Ferragamo, Saks Fifth Avenue and Versace. In 1988, upon returning to the United States, Soto began her acting career and was cast as Lupe Lamora in License to Kill.

Since her time as a Bond girl, Soto has taken part in over twenty films including Mortal Kombat, Island of the Dead, Pinero, and Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever. She’s appeared in People magazine, the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and Maxim and was even featured Marc Anthony’s music video for “I Need to Know.” Soto married Benjamin Bratt in 2002 and the couple now have two children together. Her most recent role was as Tisha in the 2013 science fiction film Elysium.

Back in 1984, Teri Hatcher was an NFL cheerleader for the San Fransisco 49ers. Hatcher’s first acting gig came when she was cast on The Love Boat, from 1985 until 1986. For the next three years, she played Penny Parker on MacGyver. Hatcher bounced around television until landing the role of Lois Lane in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman from 1993 until 1997. She would then transition to film, playing Bond girl Paris Carver in 1997’s Tomorrow Never Dies.

When filming Tomorrow Never Dies, Teri Hatcher was actually three months pregnant with her daughter Emerson Rose. With her best work on television, Hatcher’s role as a Bond girl proved to be one of her most successful big screen roles. Since then, Hatcher has appeared in numerous popular television series including Seinfeld, Frasier, Two and a Half Men, and Smallville. Her longest running television role was in Desperate Housewives, which ran from 2004 until 2012. Hatcher played the lead role of Susan Mayer.

Jill St. John had her first on-screen role when she was just 9 years old in 1949’s A Christmas Carol. At 16 years old, she signed a contract with Universal Pictures and had her studio film debut with Summer Love in 1958. She continued acting throughout the 1960’s, appearing in films alongside big names like Frank Sinatra, Jerry Lewis, Rod Taylor, and Stephen Boyd. Her most famous role came in 1971, when she was cast as Tiffany Case in Diamonds Are Forever.

After becoming the first American woman to play a Bond girl, Jill St. John went on to star in the 1972 crime thriller Sitting Target. St. John also took part in a short-lived soap opera on CBS called Emerald Point N.A.S. She has also appeared in guest roles on Magnum P.I., The Love Boat, Hart to Hart, Burke’s Law, The Big Valley, Vega$, Dempsey and Makepeace, and Fantasy Island. Most recently, St. John played Mrs. Claus in the made-for-TV movie Northpole.

Maryam D’Abo had her first role in a low-budget science fiction horror film called Xtro in 1982. In the mid 1980’s she appeared in films like Until September, Master of the Game, White Nights, Arthur the King. Her first starring role came in the 1987 Bond film The Living Daylights. She portrayed Kara Milovy, a cellist from Czechoslovakia who doubles as a deadly sniper. The innocent and charming Kara Milovy falls head over hears for the dapper and sophisticated James Bond.

Following her time as a Bond girl Maryam D’Abo appeared in the Bond-themed Playboy issue and was even featured on the cover. In an interview with People, D’Abo said, “I wouldn’t do those pictures now… I’ve learned a lot since then.” She went on to write the book Bond Girls are Forever with John Cork. Today, D’Abo continues to work on TV and film, with notable roles in Tales From the Crypt, Murder, She Wrote, and the 2003 miniseries Helen of Troy.

Tanya Roberts was born as Victoria Leigh Blum in 1955. Before she became a Bond girl, Roberts was a TV ad model. She also took part in a number of off-Broadway shows including Picnic and Antigone. Her first role in major motion picture came in 1975’s Forced Entry. Roberts also served as Shelley Hack’s replacement in the fifth season of Charlie’s angels. Prior to being cast as Stacey Sutton in 1985’s A View to a Kill, Roberts portrayed Kiri in 1982’s Beastmaster.

Tanya Roberts’ role as Stacey Sutton didn’t receive the greatest of reviews from critics and was even nominated for a Razzie Award. Roberts followed up her Bond performance with several erotic thrillers including 1990’s Night Eyes, 1991’s Inner Sanctum, and 1993’s Sins of Desire. Her most notable role came in 1998, when Roberts joined the cast of That ’70s Show as Midge Pinciotti. She stayed on the show until 2001, when she left as a result of her husband’s terminal illness.

French actress and model Carole Bouquet began her career with numerous mainstream European motion pictures including La famille Cigale, That Obscure Object of Desire, Les rebelles, The Persian Lamb Coat, Buffet froid, L’Œil de la nuit, and Blank Generation. In 1981, Bouquet was able to break into American cinema with her role as Bond girl Melina Havelock in For Your Eyes Only. Following the murder of her parents, Bouquet’s character of Havelock seeks revenge with the help of James Bond.

Following her portrayal of Melina Havelock in For Your Eyes Only, Carole Bouquet returned to European film, starring in films such as 1981’s Day of the Idiots, 1982’s Bingo Bongo, and 1983’s Dagger Eyes. While most of her work since the 1980’s has been overseas, Bouquet appeared in the American television series Sex and the City in 2004. Bouquet has also taken part in a total of seven major French theatre productions with her most recent appearance in 2015’s Home.

Izabella Scorupco came onto the scene as a model in the late 1980s and appeared on the cover of Vogue. She then made her film debut in the 1988 Swedish film Ingen kan älska som vi. During the 1990s, Scorupco had a successful short-lived stint as a pop singer. Despite her brief singing career, Scorupco’s 1991 album IZA was certified gold in Sweden. After a few more roles in Swedish film and television, Scorupco was cast as Natalya Simonova in 1995’s GoldenEye.

After her American film debut in GoldenEye, Izabella Scorupco went on to take part in films such as 2000’s Vertical Limit, 2002’s Reign of Fire, and 2004’s Exorcist: The Beginning. She was also featured in a 2005 episode of the popular ABC television show Alias. In 2011, Scorupco made her return to singing, teaming up with Swedish musician Peter Jöback. In 2013, Scorupco decided to have a go at comedy, starring in a Swedish romantic comedy titled Micke & Veronica.

Before pursuing a career in acting, Carey Lowell was an aspiring model. After studying literature for a year at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Lowell moved to New York City, where she began modeling for clients such as Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein. While in New York, Lowell also attended classes at New York University. She also studied at Manhattan’s Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. Before she was cast as a Bond girl, Lowell made her film debut in Dangerously Close.

In 1989 Carey Lowell was cast as Pam Bouvier in Licence to Kill. She followed up her performance as a Bond girl with a role in 1990’s The Guardian and 1993’s Sleepless in Seattle. From 1996 until 2001, Lowell took on the part of Jamie Ross in season 7 of Law & Order, and later reprised her role in a 2005 episode of Law & Order: Trial By Jury. Most recently, Carey Lowell appeared in a season 8 episode of Blue Bloods.

English actress Madeline Smith began her career as a model in the late 1960s. Her first taste of acting came in 1967’s The Mini-Affair. Smith followed this up with numerous roles throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s including credits in 1968’s The Killing of Sister George, 1970’s Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You and Taste the Blood of Dracula, as well as 1972’s The Amazing Mr. Blunden. In 1973, Smith was cast as Bond girl Miss Caruzo in Live and Let Die.

Madeline Smith continued acting throughout the 1970s and into the early 1980s, appearing with credits in films such as Take Me High, Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell, Galileo, as well as The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones. Following her role in 1984’s The Passionate Pilgrim, Madeline Smith went on a nearly three decade hiatus from acting but came back in 2011, and in 2015, competed on the red team during an episode of the BBC antiques gameshow Bargain Hunt.

English actress Eunice Gayson was involved in London theater for a number of years, acting and singing in a production of The Sound Of Music. The two songs she was featured in were eventually cut from the film version. Gayson is best known for playing Sylvia Trench, James Bond’s recurring love interest in the first two films of the series, 1962’s Dr. No, and 1963’s From Russia With Love. Despite her perfect English, Gayson’s voice was overdubbed with the voice of Nikki van der Zyl.

Eunice Gayson will always be remembered as the first-ever official Bond girl. Following her two Bond films, Gayson appeared in several British television series including Danger Man, The Saint, The Avengers, Before the Fringe, and The Adventurer. Gayson, now in her 80’s disappeared as an actress for the most part in the mid-1970s, but her daughter appeared in a casino scene in 1995’s GoldenEye. Gayson returned to television in 2013, participating in BBC’s MasterChef. Her autobiography was published in 2012.

Gloria Hendry began her film career with a role in the 1968 film For Love of Ivy, followed by a small part in The Landlord. In 1973, she was cast as Rosie Carver in Live and Let Die. She played opposite Roger Moore in his first-ever Bond film and was the first-ever African American to play 007’s love interest. When the film was released in South Africa, her love scenes with Roger Moore were edited out due to the apartheid government’s prohibition.

Following Live and Let Die, Gloria Hendry took part in several 1970s Blaxploitation films including Back Caesar, Hell Up in Harlem, Black Belt Jones, and Bare Knuckles. In most recent work, she has appeared in the 1994 horror film, Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings, as well as the 2012 action comedy Freaky Deaky. During an interview in the early 2000s when asked about her experience with Roger Moore, Hendry had nothing but nice things to say, and described Moore as “a true gentleman.”

Lois Chiles began her career as a successful model in the early 1970s. In 1972, she started acting, with her first role in Together for Days. She followed that up with a part in The Way We Were, playing opposite Robert Redford and Barbara Streisand. Through the late 1970s, she appeared in The Great Gatsby as well as Death on the Nile. In 1979, she landed her most famous role as the astronaut, scientist, and Bond girl. Dr. Holly Goodhead in Moonraker.

Following her performance as Dr. Goodhead, Chiles took three years off after losing her youngest brother to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Upon her return to the industry, she struggled to find the same quality roles that she was landing at the peak of her blossoming career. Eventually, she landed the recurring role of Holly Harwood on Dallas. She also appeared in the 1996 Disney TV movie Wish Upon A Star, 1997’s Speed 2: Cruise Control, and a 2005 episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Lana Wood was born Svetlana Gurdin but in her 1956 film debut in The Searchers, her mother requested that she be credited as Lana Wood, a name which would easily be associated with her sister, Natalie Wood, who was a famous child and young adult actress. Lana began on television, appearing in a number of soap operas and dramas before being cast as Sean Connery’s ill-fated and short-lived girlfriend, Plenty O’Toole, in the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever.

After Diamonds Are Forever, Lana Wood continued acting, retiring in 1983, only to return to acting in the 2000s. Her most recent role was in the 2016 science fiction film Subconscious Reality. In 2017, news emerged that Wood had fallen on hard times as a result of her daughter’s growing medical bills, and was homeless, living with several family members in a motel room outside of Las Angeles. Luckily, fans of the actress raised about $30,000 to help her living situation.

When Jane Seymour was cast as James Bond’s love interest, Solitaire, in 1973’s Live and Let Die, she was just 22 years old. Her portrayal of the Bond girl earned her the tenth spot in IGN‘s list of Top 10 Bond Babes.

Jane Seymour has had an impressive career since her breakout role in Live and Let Die, winning two Golden Globes, an Emmy, as well as several other awards. Most recently, she has appeared in Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, Wedding Crashers, How I Met Your Mother, and Jane the Virgin. Adding to her career as an actress, Seymour has written a number of self-help and inspiration books as well as several children’s books with the help of her ex-husband, James Keach.

Who could forget that iconic white bikini that Honey Ryder rocked as she emerged from the Caribbean Sea in 1862’s Dr. No? Shell diver and Bond girl Honey Ryder was the first big role of Swiss actress Ursula Andress’s career.

Following her role in Dr. No, Ursula Andress went on to star in various American, British, and Italian films as well a 1967 parody version of Casino Royale, where she portrayed Vesper Lynd. Now in her 80’s, Andress has remained healthy by keeping an active lifestyle. Some of her favorite activities are skiing, swimming, and running. In an interview with People magazine, Andress stated, “I get all the exercise I need just living. I never walk, I always run. Every day is too short for me.”

Italian American actress Luciana Paluzzi first appeared in film with a small role in 1954’s Three Coins in the Fountain. Throughout the 1950s, she appeared in a number of Italian, British, and American films. In 1965, she auditioned to play Dominetta “Domino” Petacchi, in Thunderball. While the lead Bond girl role was given to Claudine Auger, Paluzzi was offered the role of SPECTRE assassin and antagonist Fiona Volpe. She would later convey her satisfaction with the role, admitting it was “more fun to play.”

While Paluzzi enjoyed playing villainess Fiona Volpe, she felt that the role may have limited her career in the years that followed. In the 2002 documentary Bond Girls Are Forever, Luciana expressed her appreciation for the fame that came along with being a Bond girl, but claimed that being in such an over-the-top film like Thunderball, prevented her from being taken seriously when she returned to the Italian film industry. Paluzzi’s last part was an appearance in a 1978 episode of Hawaii Five-O.

As a Swedish actress and singer, Britt Ekland had a fairly well-established career before becoming one of our favorite Bond girls. She began acting in the early 1960s, appearing in G.I Blues, The Happy Thieves, and Advance to the Rear. She continued to make a name for herself as one of Hollywood’s go-to girls throughout the late 1960s and into the 1970s. In 1974, her hard work paid off, and she was cast as Mary Goodnight in The Man With the Golden Gun.

Ekland continued acting through the 1970s and 1980s, but her career had slowed down by the ’90s. In 1980, her autobiography True Britt was published and in 2004, Charlize Theron portrayed Ekland in a film about her late husband titled The Life and Death of Peter Sellers. In 2010 she was featured on the reality show I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and in 2013 became a housewife on Swedish Hollywoodwives, Swedens take on the Real Housewives series.

Barbara Bach was first recognized as a model in the ’60s, appearing on the cover of several international fashion magazines, including Seventeen, Vogue USA, and ELLE France. In 1972, Bach co-starred with Claudine Auger and Barbara Bouchet, two other future Bond girls, in an Italian film. In 1977, Bach portrayed the Russian spy Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me. After the film, Bach stated that the character of James Bond is “a chauvinist pig who uses girls to shield him against bullets.”

After The Spy Who Loved Me, Barbara Bach appeared in the movie Force 10 From Navarone. When she was rejected from an audition for the fourth season of Charlies Angels, Bach told Johnny Carson that she lost the role because the casting directors felt she was too sophisticated and not American enough, even though she was born and raised in New York. Today, Bach has 28 films to her credit, has appeared in Playboy twice, and is happily married to Ringo Starr.

Honor Blackman is an English actress most famous for her roles as Cathy Gale in The Avengers and Bond girl P**sy Galore. Blackman began acting at the age of 15, when her parents enrolled her in the Guildhall School of Music and Drama as a birthday present. She appeared in a number of films throughout the 1950’s before being cast opposite Sean Connery in 1964’s Goldfinger. She was 38 years old at the time and one of the oldest actresses to play a Bond girl.

Honor Blackman has continued acting throughout the turn of the century, making consistent appearances in both television and film in the United States, and abroad. She told the UK’s Daily Mail in 2008 that she stays young by getting weekly massages and using her exercise bike on a regular basis. It’s safe to say that whatever Honor Blackman is doing is working, as she is just as stunning today as she was when she turned heads as a Bond girl!

Denise Richards got her acting start on several low-budget films and TV shows throughout the 1990’s, appearing in Saved by the Bell, Married… with Children, Beverly Hills 90210, Seinfeld, Lois and Clark, and Melrose Place. In 1999, Richards was cast as nuclear physicist Christmas Jones in The World Is Not Enough. Following the film’s release, Richards took some heavy criticism from Bond fans and critics who claimed her character lacked credibility. She was even ranked among Entertainment Weekly‘s worst Bond girls of all time in 2008.

Today, Denise Richards continues to have a successful career, having guest starred in several sitcoms. Richards is also famous for her rollercoaster romance with actor, and controversial figure Charlie Sheen, which involved a marriage, two daughters, divorce, and restraining order. In 2012, Richards announced that the two returned to good terms, and even appeared together in the same movies and television shows. In her most recent work, Richards has appeared in Blue Mountain State, 30 Rock, 90210, and Jane the Virgin.

Star Trek is something of a cult classic now, with so many fans the world over, and Trekkie conventions that pull in the masses. Have you ever wondered what some of your favorite Star Trek characters and cast members were up to these days though?

Hoshi Sato was a communications officer in Star Trek: Enterprise, first appearing in 2001 and hanging around until 2005, and she was played by Linda Park, a Korean-American actress. Not just famous for her role in the sci-fi classic, you may also have spotted Linda in a number of other roles over the years. She appeared in Jurassic Park III in 2001, before her ‘Trekkie’ days, and she went on to star in Crash since, as well as appearing in NCIS, House, The Mentalist, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

When she was aged just 17, Jolene Blalock left home to become a model for the Asia and European market. After finding the modeling world difficult despite becoming a huge hit for guy’s mags, she made the leap into an acting career, with small roles in TV shows such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Veronica’s Closet, and Love Boat: The Next Wave. It wasn’t until 2001 that she was offered the part of Commander T’Pol, a revolution she still says “delighted her” to this day.

Majel Barrett, also known as Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, is a producer as well as an actress, but you’ll probably remember her role as Christine Chapel in Star Trek, the original series. She actually appeared on the show twice. In Star Trek: The Next Generation, she appeared as Lwaxana Troi, and once more in Deep Space Nine. She went on to marry Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry, and has since been nicknamed the “First Lady” of the franchise.

She won two Saturn Awards for her part as Borg Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Voyager, and she was nominated for a further award too. Jeri Ryan became a firm favorite in the world of Star Trek, and she went on to appear in over one hundred episodes, from 1997 to 2001. Since then, she’s had a string of TV appearances in various shows – Two and a Half Men, The O.C., and Boston Public. Most recent shows include Bosch, Arrow, and NCIS.

Before Terry Farrell got the part of Jadzia Dax in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, she almost lost out to Martha Hackett, who also auditioned for the role. At just 16 years old, a young Terry Farrell headed to New York to become a model, and within just a couple of days of getting there, had been signed by the women’s mag, Mademoiselle. It was during her almost two years of modelling that she studied acting, and in 1993, she was offered the part of Jadzia. She since went on to star in Becker.

She’s well known in the US and the UK for her parts in hit TV shows, but Michelle Forbes, real name Michelle Renee Forbes Guajardo, is most remembered her playing the part of Ensign Ro Laren in Star Trek: The Next Generation. She has had various TV roles over the years, including in Prison Break, 24, Durham County, and more recently, True Blood, and you’ll also spot her in another sci-fi hit – Battlestar Galatica. Not bad for the little girl who actually wanted to become a ballet dancer.

He will be best remembered for his role as William T. Riker, but it wasn’t a role that he found easy to come by. He went to auditions over six weeks to bag himself the part, and in total it took seven auditions for the producers to be won over by him. According to reports, he pipped Jeffrey Combs, Erich Anderson, and William O. Armstrong to the post. Since then, Jonathan has gone on to host 45 episodes of Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction?, and has also popped up on Roswell, Futurama, and Criminal Minds.

He’s well known for his sci-fi roles, particularly Captain Jonathan Archer on Star Trek: Enterprise, and also for Quantum Leap, in which he plays Sam Beckett. He actually won a Golden Globe for his performance in the latter. Since his sci-fi days, Scott seems to have found great success in the world of TV, currently starring in NCIS: New Orleans as Dwayne Pride, a role he’s been in since 2014. You may also remember that he popped up in Desperate Housewives for a spell too? He played Trip Weston.

In the original series of Star Trek, Hikaru Sulu was the helmsmen of the USS Enterprise, and he was played by the American actor, author, activist and director, George Takei. He’s clearly a big fan of the sci-fi stuff, popping up in Star Trek: Voyager too, and appearing in all six of the feature films as Hikaru. TV has been good to him over the years, and as well as appearing in Futurama (as himself), he was also in Hawaii Five-0, The Big Bang Theory, Will & Grace, and many more.

William Shatner has done a lot in his life. The 85-year-old actor (correct at the time of writing), has managed to fit in over seventy years of film and TV work, and one of his most famous roles was as Captain James T. Kirk, first appearing in the pilot episode of the original Star Trek TV series in 1966. TV has definitely been a good career choice for this actor and author, and he’s since gone on to star and appear in a number of shows, including winning Emmy Awards for his part in Boston Legal and The Practice.

You’ll probably remember DeForest Kelley from the Star Trek original TV series, and then the movies that followed on from that. He was Dr. Leonard McCoy, or just “Bones”, on the USS Enterprise, a typecast he found very difficult to shake once his stint on the show ended. He ended up receiving so much money from appearing at Trekkie conventions that he eventually gave up the acting life, and stomach cancer caused his death in 1999. His final appearance was in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country in 1991.

Do you remember this famous face? Yes, that’s no other than Sex and the City actress, Kim Cattrall – the famous Samantha Jones, a friend you probably wouldn’t introduce to your mom. She played the part of Vulcan Valeris. Speaking of Vulcans, did you know that there was a place in Alberta, Canada called Vulcan, and it’s in Vulcan County? The place has now taken on a definitively Trekkie feels these days, with various statues and monuments erected in the namesake’s honor.

He’s tried his hand at a few things before Brent Spiner’s 15 year stint with the Star Trek franchise started, first playing Lieutenant Commander Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation. He was a stage actor for a while, and took part in a few TV movies and pilots, but it was the Trekkie scene that really kick-started his career. His most recent appearance was in the 2016 movie, Independence Day: Resurgence, but you may also remember spotting him in quite a few other movies – Dude, Where’s My Car?, The Aviator, and also Independence Day.

It started with Star Trek: The Next Generation, when Denise Crosby got the part for Lieutenant Tasha Yar, a position she held for 31 episodes. She then went on to play Dr. Jenna Yar in Star Trek: New Voyages, although more recently, you may have spotted her in another cult classic. It was 2014, the TV show was The Walking Dead, and she played Mary for three episodes. You may also remember seeing her in a recent episode of Scandal.

He plays a fictional version of himself in The Big Bang Theory, which is actually a little creepy when you think about it, but that’s not the biggest thing that Will Wheaton is known for. In fact, it’s playing Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Since his Trekkie days, you’ll have seen him in a whole bunch of stuff, including The Wil Wheaton Project, Family Guy, Criminal Minds, Numb3rs, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and that’s before you look at movies like Sharknado 2: The Second One. (Yes, that’s actually what it’s called!)

She played Wesley Crusher’s mother in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Gates McFadden also had appearances in four of the movies that followed on from the hit show. Have you heard of Cheryl McFadden though? That’s her alter ego – the choreographer version of herself. She’s not just an actor, but a choreographer too, and she uses the name change to differentiate between the two. As well as sparse TV and movie appearances, Gates can also be seen in a number of commercials for computer company, Microsoft.

In 1967, we saw Celeste Yarnall play Yeoman Martha Landon in Star Trek: The Original Series, and in 2006 she can also be seen in Star Trek: Of Gods and Men. Now 72 years old, she seems to have retired from acting almost entirely, and hasn’t really been seen in anything since the nineties. She was once chased by Elvis Presley however, in the 1968 movie, Live A Little, Love A Little. That’s not a bad claim to fame, right? We certainly don’t think so.

There are two “starships” in Michael Dorn’s life. Well, actually there were a few, but aside from the ones in the Star Trek franchise, there is also his Lockhead T-33 trainer jet, which he’s fully trained to fly. Lieutenant Worf, Michael’s character in the show, was the first main Klingon character, and the actor can also boast to being in more episodes within the Star Trek franchise than other actor on the cast list. He’s been in five of the films (count them!), and over 270 TV episodes.

Ghost actor, Whoopi Goldberg, had a regular part on Star Trek: The Next Generation, and then went on to start in two of the movies also, but that’s probably not the first thing that springs to mind when you think of this award-winning Hollywood great. Sister Act, for example, grossed over $200 million, and then she lent her voice to Walt Disney’s The Lion King. In fact, when you take a look back through her filmography, you may be surprised by what you see on it.

During the eighties and nineties, Roxann Dawson was a small-time actress, taking on minor roles, usually in lesser-known TV shows, and working on the stage. Her big break came in 1994 when she was offered the part of B’Elanna Torres on Star Trek: Voyager, a half-Klingon and half-human engineer. She actually branched into directing whilst working on the show, and it wasn’t long before we saw her debut. She even lent her voice to one character in the show she was directing, which means she’s had more than her fair share of roles within the Trekkie franchise.

He’s a well respected TV director as well as an actor, but it’s Star Trek: The Next Generation you’ll probably remember him from, playing the part of Geordi La Forge. From a directing perspective, LeVar has directed more of Star Trek TV shows than any of the other “regular” members of the cast, and that’s saying something because quite a few of them branched into directing and/or producing. These days, as well as a very successful acting career, LeVar can be seen fundraising for AIDS Research Alliance, an organization he’s on the board of.

It wasn’t until the 80’s that Nana Visitor started to call herself that. Before then, she’d had a number of minor roles, but had chosen to work under her real name – Nana Tucker. She’d had her fair share of minor TV roles following on from the name change, but it wasn’t until 1993 that she first appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. She started out as a Major, and got promoted to Colonel, and once the TV show was over, she moved on to Dark Angel, a slightly different kind of show.

There have been a number of recent movie hits starting Miles O’Brien actor, Colm Meaney. Law Abiding Citizen, for example, with Gerard Butler, and Get him to the Greek, also starring Russell Brand, which was utterly hilarious. It’s funny to see how far he’s come since his Star Trek: The Next Generation days, but we can’t forget that he also popped up in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He’s the only “ethnically Irish” Star Trek character, and he was actually born in Ireland in the TV show.

Another Star Trek character that has share it’s fair share of series and movies, John de Lancie played Q, not just in Star Trek: The Next Generation, but also in Deep Space Nine, and Voyager. He’s had fame in movies as well as in TV, Crank and Crank 2 being two great films we recommend you watch. He was also in The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, Bad Influence, and Evolver. He’s also branched into writing, co-authoring the Star Trek novel, I. Q.

This actress has been pretty quiet since the early 2000’s, although she did have a few battles of her own to deal with after playing the part of Naomi Wildman on Star Trek: Voyager from 1998 to 2001. She actually made her acting debut in one of Michael Jackson’s music videos – the 1992 hit, “Heal the World”. There was a few TV shows and some commercials in her child-acting years, but her first major role was a Trekkie, and it was the one that saw her catapulted to fame.

This British-American actress was born in London, and is very well known for her part in Star Trek: The Next Generation, in which she plays Deanna Troi, a half-human, half-Betazoid who was also the counsellor on the ship, the USS Enterprise-D. Not just appearing in the TV show, Marina also starred in all four of the films that followed on, and has also appeared in Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, and also Star Trek continues. She’s been in a few films over the years – The Grudge 3 in 2009, and also 2004’s Crash.

He’s mainly classed as an actor, but Walter Koenig has had a career that has spanned over fifty years, and even branched into screenwriting too, penning the InAlienable script in 2008. Most people would better remember him as Pavel Chekov from the original Star Trek series, or maybe even his role in Babylon 5 – Alfred Bester. It was actually a professor who encouraged Walter to take up acting during his time at UCLA, where he was actually studying psychology.

She’s 28 years old now, but Hana Hatae was a child actress when we first saw her appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and also Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Before her reported return to Star Trek: Renegades, the fan series, she took time out from being an actress and Trek-star to not only teach herself the violin, but also become a photography assistant. Some people just prefer life on the other side the camera sometimes.

Did you ever see that episode of Friends where Rachel has to argue with the woman in the laundromat so that she didn’t steal her machine. No suds, no save, and all that? Well, the woman who played that beast in the laundromat was Camille Saviola, also made popular among the Trekkie community by playing Kai Opaka in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. You might have spotted her in Nip/Tuck a few years ago, as well as Entourage, and there was also ER and Judging Amy too. She’s been busy!

Robert Beltran played First Officer, Chakotay, onboard the USS Voyager in Star Trek: Voyager, and stayed around for seven series too. The first Native American in all of the TV shows and movies, he was brought into the cast to bring a touch of diversity into the mix. Since then, he’s had a number of roles, including in the following – Big Love, CSI: Miami, Murder, She Wrote, Eating Raoul, and more. In fact, it was the latter that shot him to fame in the first place.

Seven years after breaking into the TV scene, Robert Duncan McNeill appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation as Tom Paris in 1992, after starring in over 170 episodes of Star Trek: Voyager beginning in 1995. He’s been in his fair share of TV shows over the y

ears, definitely a more successful career choice than his film one, and he even popped up in Quantum Leap, Murder, She Wrote, All My Children, and more.

Not only was The Doctor, also known as EMH or Emergency Medical Hologram, in Star Trek: Voyager, but he also had his own little spot within the Las Vegas Hilton for a while, in the amusement exhibition. Robert Picardo was the man who got he pleasure of playing him, an actor with some serious work under his belt. There was a recent episode of Lucifer, as well as the pilot of Star Trek: Renegades in 2015. Other ties include Body of Proof, Supernatural, Chuck, and CSI: NY.

Playing the part of Ensign Harry Kim, Garrett Wang really couldn’t make his mind up when he was at school, constantly changing majors, and not really knowing what he wanted to do with his life …much like most of us to be fair. He threw Political Science in there, as well as Biology, and even Economics. Since his Trekkie days, he’s become somewhat of a fan-interviewer, regularly appearing at conventions to interview the biggest and best stars who turn up there.

In 1967-68, Barbara Babcock appeared in six episodes of the original Star Trek series, and as well as offering her voice for the Beta 5 Computer, she also had a couple of other characters. Since then, her most successful work seems to be on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, and she was nominated for awards over the 100 episodes she appeared in. Her more recent work includes Judging Amy, Frasier, and Chicago Hope.

Before lung cancer cut his life short at 84 years old, Malachi Throne had done some serious acting jobs in his career, many of them sci-fi themed. He appeared in a more than just one of the Star Wars TV shows, including the original series, and Star Trek: The Next Generation too. In the 1966 ABC Batman series, he played “False Face”, the villain, and he’s had a number of other Batman roles too. His TV career was definitely more prominent than his film career, but he did have minor success with that also.

George Sawaya died aged 80 in 2003, but he had a long and interesting life, one that saw him playing the part of stuntman. Not just that, he was also an actor, and although many of his roles were actually uncredited to him, he’s appeared in hundreds of movies and TV shows along the way. He’s another of the occasional cast members who had a couple of different roles. Not just playing Chief Humboldt, he

also played a Klingon.

It was in 1965 that Diana Muldaur’s TV career started to pick up, and she bagged herself a role on the CBS soap, The Secret Storm, in which she played Ann Wicker. She then went on to appear in a number of other shows, such as Hawaii 5-0, Run for Your Life, and The Invaders. It was the episode titled “Return to Tomorrow” that Ann Mulhall, the science officer, first appeared, and then she even played another character in another episode before her main character role was reserved for her.

Morgan Woodward played a couple of different characters during his life, both of which popped up in the original Star Trek, the first of which was in 1966. He plays Dr. Simon van Gelder in this early episode, and it wasn’t until the second season that Captain Ron Tracey came into the mix, the USS Exeter Commander. One of his more famous roles was probably in the TV show Dallas. He had a regular part on that show – Punk or Marvin Anderson. He’s also been in a whole host of other shows, including The Waltons, The Incredible Hulk, Murder, She Wrote, The X-Files, CHiPs, and so many more.

In 1967, we saw William Campbell playing the part of Trelane in the original series of Star Trek. In the same year, a different episode, he plays Koloth, in an episode called “The Trouble with Tribbles”. He resurrected the latter part in a 1994 episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and there have also been a string of other TV appearances. Quincy, M.D., Ironside, and Cannonball are all hits under his belt, and that’s before you start dealing into his filmography.

In season three of the original series of Star Trek, you’ll see Naomi Pollack playing two different parts. In one episode, she plays an Indian woman, and she took on the role of Lieutenant Rahda later on in the series. After having little success in TV, appearing in a TV show called Korg: 70,000 B.C., She co-founded the award-winning A Traveling Jewish Theatre. Her showbiz TV and movie lifestyle seems to have taken a backseat.

He had many job roles over his career – writer, actor, film composer, music producer, and even film producer, but he started it all off as a child actor. He actually played two parts in Star Trek, the first of which was Peter Kirk, the nephew of Captain James T. Kirk, and the second of which was an orphan who went by the name of Tommy the following year. From then his life took a more musical turn, and he actually became William Shatner’s musical director, and even went on to work with Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Michael Jackson.

Just two years before he died, Ian Wolfe retired from acting in 1990, but before that, with a career that started in the thirties, he’d appeared in over 400 pieces for both TV and film. In the 1930s, he was very much a theatre actor, and he even turned his hand to writing and poetry too, self-publishing two books of his poetry works. How we had the time with all those appearances going on, we don’t know, but he lived a long and healthy life, dying at 95 years old.

It was in the film, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home that we met Dr. Gillian Taylor, played by Catherine Hicks. You might have remembered her from the 1982-1983 series Tucker’s Witch, and also the movies, Marilyn:The Untold Story, and Redwood Curtain. Following on from her Trekkie days, Catherine appeared as Annie Camden in 7th Heaven for 239 episodes, as well as having brief appearances in other, lesser-known TV shows.

Her first ever TV role was in A Year in the Life in 1978, but Anne Ramsay has become pretty well known for contribution to not only TV shows, but movies too. Her most recent TV shows include greats such as Hart of Dixie, Dexter, Ghost Whisperer, and House, and movies include Off the Ledge, Wild About Harry, and Planet of the Apes. One of her biggest roles was in the TV show, The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

We saw Diana Muldaur playing Doctor Katharine Pulaski in Star Trek: The Next Generation, but she’s pretty well known for a number of TV roles. She was in Born Free, as well as L.A. Law, and she was nominated for a number of Emmy awards for those roles. As well as having great success with both TV and film, Diana also took up a keen interest in dog breeding, and also judged them. Her breed was the Airedale Terrier. They’re super cute.

He’s a very well known name in the world of science fiction, and Richard Herd Jr. actually had a wide range of sci-fi themed roles across his career. You’ll have seen him regularly in seaQuest DSV, playing the part of Admiral William Noyce, and he then played the Admiral in Star Trek: Voyager. There was also Quantum Leap, V and V: The Final Battle too. He was always destined for great things, especially when you consider that his first ever film role was alongside Hollywood greats, such as Michael Douglas, Jane Fonda, and Jack Lemmon.

This American actor died in 1996, but Mark Lenard managed to fit a pretty impressive array of TV appearances and movie roles in his 72 years. He played the father of Spock, played by Leonard Nimoy, and he first popped up in the original Star Trek TV series. However, he didn’t play Sarek in that very first episode, instead playing a Romulan. There was also a Klingon captain in the 1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture too. Aside from the Trekkie stuff, Mark starred alongside Clint Eastwood in the 1968 movie, Hang ‘Em High, and had a number of other TV roles.

Alexander, or just Alex, Enburg is a film producer and occasional actor, and he’s appeared in not just one series in the Star Trek franchise, but two. In Star Trek: Voyager, he was Vorik, and in Star Trek: The Next Generation, he played the part of Taurik. You may also have spotted him in Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force, and Star Trek: Elite Force III too. In case you were wondering why his name was familiar, he’s the son of Dick Enburg, the sportscaster.

Kate’s career started in the mid seventies, and it’s so far spanned over forty years, and one of her most memorable performances was as Kathryn Janeway, Captain, in Star Trek: Voyager. Not just appearing in a string of TV shows, she’s noted for theatre and film hits too, and you’ll have probably spotted her recently in Orange Is the New Black. You may also have spotted her in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and also in an episode of Murder, She Wrote too.

British-born Sir Patrick Stewart is such a big hit in the world of British TV, the Queen of England knighted him for his “services to drama” in 2010. So now you need to say the “Sir” in front of his name, and add ‘OBE’ to the end too. He’s had a long and flourishing career, first starting out in theater before becoming the “Best Dramatic TV Actor of the 1980s” by TV Guide. He’s also appeared in some of the best films of our generation, including the X-Men series of movies, Ted 2, Gnomeo & Juliet, and Chicken Little!

Although she’ll be fondly remembered for playing Kes in Star Trek: Voyager, Jennifer Lien’s first job was in a commercial for bubblegum, and she had the job of two to do too – she played the part of twins. She appeared in American History X in 1998, following on from her Star Trek time, and she’s been super quiet in the world of showbiz since the early 2000’s, although seems to have recently gotten herself in to a few spots of bother with the boys in blue…

James Doohan wasn’t just responsible for playing the part of Scotty – Montgomery Scott – in Star Trek, the TV series and subsequent movies, he was also one of the biggest brainstorms behind some of the greatest features in the franchise. The Vulcan and Klingon languages were partly created by him, and on top of that, many kids have become involved with the field of technical and engineering subjects, due to his ‘Chief Engineer’ status on board the Starship Enterprise. He sadly passed away in July 2005 at the age of 85.

New York born actor and playwright, Ethan Phillips is well known for his part in Star Trek: Voyager where he played Neelix, a native from an alien land who ends up on the USS Voyager. Ethan actually started his acting career on the stage, and returned to it after his Trekkie stint. So much so, in fact, that he helped to found an LA lab for playwright development called First Stage. It’s been so successful, it’s been running for almost 25 years!

Most recently, you will have spotted Tim Russ in TV shows such as The Night Shift in 2015, and also Lab Rats in 2013. Movies have kept him busy too – InAlienable, for example, and Greyscale in 2014. Most of us will remember him as Lt. Commander Tuvok in Star Trek: Voyager however. That or when he was in Samantha Who? Before he bagged himself the part of Tuvok, he’s actually worked quite extensively with the franchise, and has since gone on to co-write and direct various fan series.

Rosalind Chao appeared in both Star Trek: Seep Space Nine, and Star Trek: The Next Generation too, playing the part of Keiko O’Brien. Believe it or not, and here’s a fun fact for you, this actress once spent a lot of time at Disneyland, working as an international tour guide. It was actually while she was working there that she met the British actor, Simon Templeman, and they later got married…at Disneyland! You see – he gets it. Why don’t more men?

Seska was a Bajoran crew member when she popped up in Star Trek: Voyager, and she was played by the wife of the independent moviemaker, Tim Disney- Martha Hackett. She appeared in a couple of the previous shows before finally getting her main part, and she actually originally auctioned for the role of Jadzia Dax in Deep Space Nine. She’s been pretty quiet since her Trekkie days, although has appeared in TV shows such as NCIS. She was also in the 1999 comedy, Never Been Kissed, also starring Drew Barrymore.

“Mudd’s Women” was an episode of Star Trek screened in 1966, starring a pretty fabulous Karen Steele playing the part of Eve McHuron, a woman who was destined to find a settler from the planet of Ophiuchus III and marry him. Hawaiian-born Karen was actually a model and cover girl before she branched into the acting world, but that’s not how she earned her first ever bucks. Quite controversially, her first real income was earned on Barbara Hutton’s estate, spearing baby sharks.

Over the years, Antoinette Bower has starred in a host of TV shows, most of which any TV actor would have been proud of. The Six Million Dollar Man, Murder, She Wrote, and Hogan’s Heroes are in the list, and she also popped up in Alfred Hitchcock Presents. In 1967 she appeared in an episode of Star Trek, a voodoo-queen who transforms herself into a cat and finally meets her demise. It must be pretty cool to be a Star Trek baddie, right?

Jannar – a representative of the Xindi race in the Xindi council – was portrayed in ‘Star Trek: Enterprise’ by Rick Worthy. Although the role was minor, the character of Jannar was often seen with Degra – a character who was a very important part of the Xindi Council. Since his performance in Star Trek, Worthy appeared in a variety of science fiction films, such as ‘X-Men Legends’ and ‘Collateral Damage’. In an interview for a documentary in 2012, Worthy was almost brought to tears when he spoke about the fact that him pursuing his acting career almost left him homeless.

Although Combs played various characters throughout the Star Trek series, he is probably best known for his recurring role of Commander Shran on Star Trek: Enterprise. Shran was of the Androian species and was a highly intelligent officer within the Andorian Imperial Guard. After his appearance on the series, he went on to star in a number of films and television shows, most notably Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation.

Degra was a part of the Xindi clan and a a representative in the Xindi Council; the character in the ‘Star Trek’ series was portrayed by Randy Oglesby. In the sci-fi series, Degra is married and has two children. However, in Feburary 2154 (based on the plot), Degra was killed in the Reptilian ship disaster. In real life Oglesby is best known for his recurring role in Star Trek, and played more than one role. Aside from that, Oglesby portrayed a guest role on ‘General Hospital’ in 2007.

If you’re a true ‘Star Trek’ fan, you’ll know Soval – the Vulcan ambassador to Earth in the 22nd century. Although the actor who portrayed Soval – Gary Graham – is well-known for his role in the series, he is perhaps best known for his starring role in ‘Alien Nation’ as Detective Matthew Sikes. The series was followed by five television films, airing between 1994 and 1997. Some trekkies may not know this, but Graham currently stars in a new role – Ragnar – in “Star Trek: Of Gods and Men” and will continue to portray this role in “Star Trek: Renegades”.

Vice Admiral Maxwell Forrest, portrayed by Vaughn Armstrong, was in important part of the Enterprise missions and was in close contact with Jonathan Archer. Unfortunately, Armstrong’s character was killed in a bombing of Earth’s embassy. As an actor, Armstrong is known for portraying many different characters in the franchise. By Armstrong’s interview in 2003, the actor revealed that he played eleven characters in ‘Star Trek’ already, and the plan was for him to play a twelfth character in the 2005 episode – “In a Mirror, Darkly”. Vaughn is now 66 years old.

Robert O’Reilly, American actor and television star, appeared in the sci-fi franchise ‘Star Trek’ for over a decade, primarily as Chancellor Gowron in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”. For trekkies who don’t quite remember, Gowron was the leader of the Klingon Empire. Following his appearances on Star Trek, O’Reilly also appeared in over one hundred different films and television episodes, as well as Broadway performances and gigs at Carnegie Hall. The actor is now married to his wife Judy, with whom he has triplets (sons), born in 1997.

Up until his final performance in 2013, Leonard Nimoy played Spock, the first officer and science officer who then ended up being promoted to commanding officer of the Enterprise. He was in the pilot of the show, has had numerous appearances in the follow-on TV shows, and he was also in eight of the movies too. With an asteroid named after him, he branched out into other areas of the arts, including music, photography, writing, and even directing.

The Dutch actor played the manservant, Mr. Homn in Star Trek: The Next Generation. In the series Mr. Homn accompanies Lwaxana Troi whenever she travels. Interestingly, Homn rarely speaks and is killed when the Jem’Hadar invade Betazed. Just like the character he played, Carel is extremely tall, 7ft to be exact and because of this he often plays giants or roles that make fun of his height! Later on this year Struycken will star in a Showtime revival of the show Twin Peaks.

Serious Star Trek fans will remember that Admiral Alynna Nechayev was extremely fond of Bularian canapés. Actress Natalija Nogulich starred in both Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, playing the Starfleet admiral. The character is a fan favorite and often appears in fan fiction, as well as the Star Trek novels. The actress of Serbian descent has appeared in many other movies and TV shows, including Frasier and Home Improvement.

Maggie Hubbell, also known as Transporter Technical Hubbell, was the transporter chief aboard the USS Enterprise-D in the 2360s. The actress who played her, April Grace, moved to Saudi Arabia and then moved to England where she started her acting career. Since appearing on the show April has starred in many other films and television series, including The X-Files, as well as having a recurring role between 2003 and 2004 in Joan of Arcadia where she played Sergeant Toni Williams.

Roger Aaron Brown starred as Epsilon IX Technician in Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1979. Although his role was a minor one, after appearing on Star Trek he then went on to have success in many other shows and films including playing John Henry in the 1995 film Tall Tale. He also made a guest appearance on T.J. Hooker with fellow Star Trek actor William Shatner. In the past couple of years it seems that Brown has slowed down in terms of acting.

Believe it or not, Roger C. Carmel actually only appeared in three episodes of Star Trek – two in the original first series of it, and then again in Star Trek: The Animated Series. Other than the regular crew members, he’s one of only a handful of cast who have come back over different series as the same character. He had hundreds of roles, covering TV and film, with a career that covered three decades. He sadly died at just 54 years old in 1986, the case of death being congestive heart failure.

Zoe Saldana, who was born in the USA but raised in the Dominican Republic, played Nyota Uhura in the 2009 Star Trek film. Nichelle Nichols who played the character in the Star Trek series in the 60s advised Saldana on how to portray the role. Although it is reported that Zoe was anxious about taking the role, she was greatly encouraged and supported by her mother who was a massive Star Trek fan. After acting in the film, she then went on to star in James Cameron’s hit, Avatar.

Winona Ryder played Spock’s human mother, Amanda Grayson, in the 2009 film Star Trek. The character dies when Vulcan is destroyed. Ryder is also well known for dating and becoming engaged to Jonny Depp in the early 90s, although the couple split up a few years later. Ryder also starred in the Oscar nominated film Black Swan alongside Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman. Today, Winona plays Joyce Byers in the Netflix original series Stranger Things.

Although Eric Bana was not a Star Trek fan growing up and had never seen any of the films, he was extremely excited when he read the script for the 2009 film and promptly accepted the role. Bana played the villain of the film, Captain Nero who destroyed Vulcan. In 2009, Eric also starred in film adaptation of The Time Traveler’s Wife alongside Rachel McAdams. In recent years Eric has been extremely busy starring in various TV shows and films. Later on in the year Bana will star in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.

Dominic Keating played Lieutenant Malcolm Reed on Star Trek: Enterprise and it was his first major role in a TV Show. He played the tactical officer and armory officer on the Enterprise Starship who was born in the future year 2117. Since his appearance on the TV series he starred in a number of other shows including Heroes, CSI:NY and Prison Break. The actor also enjoys doing voice work and even worked on Ricky Gervais’ film The Invention Of Lying.

Here’s a story for you – Byron Morrow, the actor behind Admiral Komack, actually started his acting career during active duty, performing in free times during tours during WWII. It was during the fifties that he first started popping up on the TV and on the silver screen, and during two episodes of the first and original series of Star Trek that we saw him become part of the Trekkie family. He also popped up in two episodes of Ironside, and I Dream of Jeannie too.

A track and quarterback star in his school years, Paul Baxley also served in WWII as a Marine Scout Sniper, and was not only given a letter of recommendation from the President at the time, but also received a bronze star, and a cheeky couple of purple hearts too. Not just appearing in Star Trek, Paul Baxley also became a stunt double for some of the biggest names in Hollywood – James Dean, for example, and Marlon Brando, who later went on to become his friend. Paul died in 2011.

Her career started in 1959, and she’s appeared in more than a few things since then, but Nichelle Nichols will always be remembered for her character, Lieutenant Uhura in the original Star Trek series. She was a ground-breaking actor for her time, becoming the first black African-American to appear on TV in a role that wasn’t servant or slave-based, and she was personally praised for her work for the Civil Rights Movement by Martin Luther King, Jr.

While many of us will remember Ashley Judd from hit movies such as 1997’s Kiss the Girls, 1999’s Double Jeopardy, and 2002’s High Crimes, you can’t forget that this political activist and American actress once starred in Star Trek: The Next Generation, playing the part of Robin Lefler. She only popped up in two episodes, but she definitely made her mark, and you’ll have seen her more recently in The Divergent Series: Insurgent, and also Allegiant, 2015 and 2016 respectively.

She became even more famous for attending Star Trek themed fan events after her stint at playing Janice Rand. She appeared in the very first Star Trek TV series, and also popped up in the movies that followed on from it too. In fact, you could say that the films and TV show have kept her rather busy over the years. Well, apart from that brief spell that she was claiming unemployment, and DeForest saw her in line and rescued her from her pain. She was originally terminated from the show, the reasons of which still appear to be unclear.