Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 picks up from the cliffhanger ending of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2. Following the resolution to the Starship Enterprise's crisis with the Gorn, Strange New Worlds season 3 introduces new love interests for Nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush) and Ensign Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), while fascinating new adventures will see our Starfleet heroes encounter a mysterious new enemy. Here's who's who in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3.
Anson Mount As Captain Christopher Pike
Date Of Birth: February 25, 1973
Actor: Born in Arlington Heights, Illinois, Anson Mount has starred in several high-profile roles, such as Crossroads starring Britney Spears, Hell on Wheels, and he portrayed Black Bolt in Marvel's Inhumans and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Mount is now beloved as Captain Pike, a role he originated on Star Trek: Discovery.
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Character: Captain Christopher Pike commands the USS Enterprise. The bold but compassionate leader is in a romantic relationship with Captain Marie Batel (Melanie Scrofano). Pike's mission is to continue the Enterprise's explorations into the galaxy, while the clock ticks on Chris' unavoidable fate of being horribly disfigured and doomed to a wheelchair in the near future.
Rebecca Romijn As Lt. Commander Una Chin-Riley (Number One)
Date Of Birth: November 6, 1972
Actor: Rebecca Romijn was born in Berkeley, California and gained worldwide fame as a Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover girl. Turning to acting, Romijn forged a successful career as Mystique in Marvel's X-Men movies, and starred in Ugly Betty and The Librarians. Rebecca is also married to Jerry O'Connell.
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Character: Lt. Commander Una Chin-Riley is the First Officer of the USS Enterprise. Number One is Captain Pike's right hand and most trusted advisor. Originally hiding that she is a genetically engineered Illyrian, Una revealing her truth now allows her to live as her authentic self.
Ethan Peck As Lieutenant Spock
Date Of Birth: March 2, 1986
Actor: Ethan Peck was born in Los Angeles and became an actor, following in the footsteps of his famous grandfather, Gregory Peck. Ethan appeared in Madam Secretary and Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, but becoming Spock in Star Trek: Discovery made him the inheritor of the legendary Vulcan role originated by Leonard Nimoy.
Character: Lieutenant Spock is the USS Enterprise's Chief Science Officer. Spock is half Vulcan, but is exploring his humanity thanks to his relationship with Nurse Christine Chapel. How Chapel's moving on to a new romance with Dr. Roger Korby (Cillian O'Sullivan) will affect Spock in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 remains to be seen.
Jess Bush As Nurse Christine Chapel
Date Of Birth: March 26, 1992
Actor: Jess Bush is an actor, model, photographer, and artist born in Queensland, Australia. Bush was a contestant in Australia's Next Top Model before pursuing a career in acting. Jess also works with NASA and is an avid supporter of the artists' role in the space program.
Character: Nurse Christine Chapel is the right hand to Dr. Joseph M'Benga (Babs Olusanmokun) in the USS Enterprise's Sickbay. Chapel's quest for her own agency has led her to end her romance with Lieutenant Spock and accept a fellowship in archaeological medicine with Dr. Roger Korby, her new love interest.
Christina Chong As Lieutenant La'an Noonien-Singh
Date Of Birth: September 18, 1983![La'an suspicious]()
Actor: Born in Enfield, London, UK, Christina Chong is an actor, singer, and dancer. Chong appeared in Doctor Who, Black Mirror, and 24: Live Another Day, before her role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens was cut from the film. Christina is also a recording artist who released her first EP, Twin Flames, in 2023, with more music to come.
Character: Lieutenant La'an Noonien-Singh is the USS Enterprise's Chief of Security. La'an fell in love and underwent a personal upheaval that made her vow to "change her paradigm" and become a more open person in Strange New Worlds season 2. How will that affect her mutual attraction to Lieutenant James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3?
Celia Rose Gooding As Ensign Nyota Uhura
Date Of Birth: February 22, 2000
Actor: Born in New York City, Celia Rose Gooding is an actor and singer who won a Grammy Award in 2021 for their performance as Frankie Haley in Jagged Little Pill. An activist for equality and LGBTQ rights, Gooding inherited the role of Uhura, originated by Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek: The Original Series.
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Character: Ensign Nyota Uhura is the USS Enterprise's Communications Officer. Starting as a cadet uncertain of her future in Starfleet, Uhura has grown in confidence and proudly owns her role aboard the Enterprise. In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3, Uhura gets a love interest for the first time.
Carol Kane As Commander Pelia
Date Of Birth: June 18, 1952![Pelia speaking in Star Trek Strange New Worlds season 3]()
- Active Since: 1966
Actor: Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Carol Kane is a legend of stage and screen. Kane is an Emmy winner and Academy Award nominee known for her roles in Taxi, Annie Hall, Wicked, and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt before going into outer space in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
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Character: Commander Pelia is the Chief Engineer of the USS Enterprise. A seemingly immortal Lanthanite, Pelia claims to have lived on Earth for centuries. Pelia trained numerous engineers at Starfleet Academy, and one of her students, Scotty (Martin Quinn), now joins her on the Enterprise in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3.
Melissa Navia As Lieutenant Erica Ortegas
Date Of Birth: August 24, 1984![Star Trek Strange New Worlds Lotus Eaters Erica Ortegas]()
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Character: Lieutenant Erica Ortegas is the helmsman of the USS Enterprise, i.e. Erica flies the ship. The cocksure, hotshot pilot yearned for a landing party mission, and her first saw her abducted by the Gorn in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2. After surviving the Gorn in season 3, Erica has a new crisis to face: her baby brother, Beto (Mynor Luken) dating her best friend, Uhura.
Babs Olusanmokun As Dr. Joseph M'Benga
Date Of Birth: September 18, 1984![Star Trek Strange New Worlds Dr M'Benga]()
- Active Since: 2004
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Character: Dr. Joseph M'Benga is the Chief Medical Officer of the USS Enterprise. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 revealed Joseph's dark past as a Starfleet assassin during the Klingon War, and M'Benga murdered Klingon Ambassador Dak'Rah (Robert Wisdom). It remains to be seen if M'Benga will face consequences for his actions in Strange New Worlds season 3.
Martin Quinn As Lieutenant Montgomery Scott (Scotty)
Date Of Birth: 1994
Actor: Martin Quinn is the first Scottish-born actor to portray Scotty in Star Trek. Before being cast in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Quinn also appeared in several UK series like Our Ladies, Annika, Derry Girls, and Lovers.
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Character: Lieutenant Montgomery Scott was a former engineer on the USS Stardiver, which was destroyed by the Gorn. Scotty joins the USS Enterprise's crew in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3, where he will work alongside his former instructor, Commander Pelia. Scotty serving on the Enterprise will spark his lifelong love affair with the Constitution Class starship as seen in Star Trek: The Original Series.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Supporting Cast & Guest Stars
Rhys Darby As An Unknown Character - Rhys Darby guest stars as a mysterious figure that many Star Trek fans speculate could be a familiar, all-powerful being from Star Trek: The Original Series. The New Zealand-born actor and comedian is best known for his leading role on HBO's pirate comedy, Our Flag Means Death.
Dan Jeannotte As Lieutenant Sam Kirk - Lt. Sam Kirk is a xenobiologist on the USS Enterprise who lives in the shadow of his more successful younger brother, Lt. James T. Kirk. Dan Jeannotte is a Montreal-born actor who is best known for his role as James Stuart in Reign and for starring in numerous Hallmark Christmas movies.
Cillian O'Sullivan As Dr. Roger Korby - Dr. Roger Korby is the galaxy's foremost expert on archaeological medicine, and the future fiancé of Nurse Christine Chapel. Cillian O'Sullivan is an American Irish actor who was recently seen as the bank robber Devlin in Daredevil: Born Again.
Melanie Scrofano As Captain Marie Batel - Batel is the former Captain of the USS Cayuga and the love interest of Captain Pike. Batel's life is on the brink in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 after she is infected by the Gorn. Montreal-born Melanie Scrofano is famed for portraying Wynonna Earp and now stars in Syfy's supernatural series, Revival.
Paul Wesley As Lieutenant James T. Kirk - The First Officer of the USS Farragut, Lt. Kirk has plenty of reasons to beam aboard the USS Enterprise, including his brother Sam, his burgeoning friendships with Uhura and Spock, and his possible love interest, Lt. La'an Noonien-Singh. Billed as a Special Guest Star in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3, Paul Wesley played Stefan Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries before inheriting the role of James T. Kirk from William Shatner.
