During Star Trek Day 2021, it was revealed that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' full cast will include more actors taking on iconic roles from Star Trek: The Original Series alongside Captain Pike, Spock, and Number One, and that list includes Celia Rose Gooding playing a younger version of Cadet Nyota Uhura.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' casting news was shared alongside a new video that had these new actors unveiling which characters they will be playing in the upcoming original series arriving on Paramount+.
Meet the cast of #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds 💫 https://t.co/M6D2tyQuBA pic.twitter.com/z6ImvEKwZV
— Star Trek (@StarTrek) September 9, 2021
While it was previously revealed that Anson Mount's Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn's Number One, and Ethan Peck's Spock would be starring in the show after appearing in Star Trek: Discovery's second season, fans of Star Trek: The Original Series are in for a treat from the rest of the cast.
Joining Celia Rose Gooding's Cadet Nyota Uhura, we will also see the return of Star Trek: The Original Series' Nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush) and Dr. M'Benga (Babs Olusanmokun). They won't be alone, however, as there will be some new characters joining the crew.
Christina Chong will play La'an Noonien-Singh, Melissa Navia will become Lt. Erica Ortegas, and Bruce Horak will play Hemmer. While we don't know much about La'an's character, her last name will be of note to Star Trek fans as it's the same as Khan Noonien Singh.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will follow the journey of the U.S.S. Enterprise years before Captain Kirk was in command, and the series premiere will be written and directred by Akiva Goldsman, who will also write the show's complete story alongside Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet. Goldsman will also serve as co-showrunner with Henry Alonso Myers.
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