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Celia Rose Gooding

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Gooding was born and raised in New York City. Her mother is singer and dancer LaChanze . Her father, securities trader Calvin Gooding died in the September 11 terrorist attacks when she was one year old. She attended the Hackley School in Tarrytown, New York, and graduated with honors in performing arts.

In 2018, she won a co-starring role in the Alanis Morissette musical Jagged Little Pill at Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The same year, she began studying Child Psychology and Musical Theatre at Pace University, but dropped out in her junior year to star in Jagged Little Pill when the show debuted on Broadway.

Her only television credits besides her role on Strange New Worlds are several televised Broadway specials, including Broadway Whodunit: Escape from Camp Eerie (2020) and Broadway Whodunit: All Hallows' Eve (2020).

Gooding co-stars in the upcoming thriller Breakwater , alongside Sonja Sohn , which will be her first film credit.

• 1.1 Appearances as Nyota Uhura
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Star Trek appearances [ ]

Appearances as nyota uhura [ ].

• " Strange New Worlds "
• " Children of the Comet "
• " Ghosts of Illyria "
• " Memento Mori "
• " Spock Amok "
• " Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach "
• " The Elysian Kingdom "
• " All Those Who Wander "
• " A Quality of Mercy "
• " The Broken Circle "
• " Ad Astra per Aspera "
• " Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow "
• " Among the Lotus Eaters "
• " Charades "
• " Lost in Translation "
• " Those Old Scientists "
• " Under the Cloak of War "
• " Subspace Rhapsody "
• " Hegemony "
• " Holiday Party " (voice)

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• Celia Rose Gooding  at Instagram
• Celia Rose Gooding at X (formerly Twitter)
• Celia Rose Gooding at Wikipedia
• Celia Rose Gooding at the Internet Movie Database
• Celia Rose Gooding at Internet Broadway Database
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Celia Rose Gooding Explains How Uhura’s Story Will Be Impacted By Hemmer In Season 2

The actress gave a hint regarding what's ahead in Season 2.

Celia Rose Gooding turned heads during Season 1 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds with their performance as the legacy character Nyota Uhura , who was first portrayed by the late Nichelle Nichols . The character's storyline on the freshman series involved her possibly leaving the fold, though there were ultimately no big surprises there. After all, the chances of Uhura actually leaving Starfleet were slim, considering that she's still around and part of Captain Kirk's crew by the events of the original series. With that storyline now in the rearview mirror, Gooding spoke with CinemaBlend about what fans can expect from her character's arc in Season 2 as well as Hemmer's influence on the Starfleet cadet's journey going forward. 

I had the pleasure of speaking to Celia Rose Gooding in celebration of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1's upcoming home media release. I asked the rising star about how audiences see Uhura's story evolve now that she's set on remaining in Starfleet and got a wonderfully insightful answer about how they're progressing the character's arc while also reverencing the past: 

It’s like that moment when you finally put your bags down and you can unpack your luggage. I think Uhura has a lot of baggage. Once she decides that this is the place where she’s going to put her bags down, we get to see her unpack her journey in Season 1. The experiences that she went through and sort of the trauma she still has to unbraid. That’s what we see a lot of in the future.

Star Trek: Strange New World took a major risk when it came to Hemmer's death, and some viewers are probably still reeling from it. In all honesty, it was a rough exit for the fan-favorite Aenar. Hemmer died after being implanted with Gorn eggs, and it's fair to say Uhura was affected by his passing the most, since he mentored her and imparted helpful advice in early episodes. 

Hemmer may be gone, but his impact will be felt on Strange New Worlds , thanks to his mentee. Celia Rose Gooding explained that Hemmer's wisdom is going to remain with their character in Season 2, and they also dropped some insight into how it impacts her relationships with her crewmates: 

We see a lot of her continuing to make active decisions to free herself from the self-inflicted feelings of, ‘I have to keep everything to myself. I don’t know if I can trust these people just yet.’ She really takes Hemmer’s advice and starts to make a home of the ship around her. In order to do that, she has to dust through some cobwebs and organize a lot of her big feelings. We see a lot of that in Season 2.

We may not see Uhura become her fully realized self on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, but it sounds she's going to experience some significant growth in the upcoming episodes. She still has a few promotions to get through before she's anywhere close to being the skilled translator and communications officer see on Kirk's Enterprise . I'm ready for the writers to really peel back some layers on the iconic character. 

The Strange New Worlds cast impressed a lot of skeptics during Season 1's run and, based on what stars like Melissa Navia have teased , the highly anticipate second season  of the Trek show is going to be even better . It's hard to imagine the series getting better reviews than it received during its first season , but I'm fully hoping it can do so and avoid a sophomore slump. The sentiments that have been shared thus far are truly exciting, and I'm pumped to see what lies ahead for Celia Rose Gooding's Uhura and the rest of our heroes.

Folks can pick up a physical copy Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1 on Blu-ray and DVD on March 21st and be treated to over 90 minutes of special features. Paramount+ is also hosting a trivia night on March 24th at Hollywood's Scum and Villainy Cantina in support of the release. Those interested in more information can head to the official Star Trek website . 

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 is expected to arrive sometime in 2023 for those with a Paramount+ subscription . Here's hoping for some solid news on a premiere date soon, as it'll serve as a real pick-me-up after the confirmation that Discovery ending with Season 5 . 

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Who Plays Nyota Uhura On Star Trek: Strange New Worlds?

In the "Star Trek" timeline, few space-faring females stand quite as tall as Nyota Uhura . The Kenyan-born communications officer is one of the series' most iconic characters and one of the best examples of how "Star Trek" shattered the social norms of its time. When the original series aired in the late 1960s, TV audiences were not entirely used to seeing Black women portrayed with as much competence and skill as Uhura (originally played by Nichelle Nichols). The character is a genius, a prodigy of languages, a high-ranking Federation officer and ship commander, and one-half of one of the first interracial kisses to ever air on television (via CNN ).

That legacy remains strong even now, over half a century after Uhura and "Star Trek" initially debuted. Thanks to "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," which tells the story of the USS Enterprise crew before James T. Kirk (William Shatner) took command, a whole new generation is being introduced to Uhura. More specifically, they're being introduced to Uhura as portrayed by actor Celia Rose Gooding. While this is the first time that many "Star Trek" fans have been introduced to Gooding, "Strange New Worlds" is far from her only influential role.

Celia Rose Gooding is an award-winning thespian

If you haven't heard of Celia Rose Gooding before now, then we won't blame you. She hasn't been acting quite as long as others. However, Gooding has accomplished quite a lot, possibly because the talent is in her blood. Her mother is Tony Award-winning actor LaChanze, who identified Gooding's talent from a very young age (via Playbill ). As a child, Gooding grew up seeing her mother succeed in theater, even helping her as a reader for auditions at times. This, in no small way, prepared Gooding for her own theater career, where she has made swift progress.

Aside from "Strange New Worlds," Gooding is likely best known for her role in the Broadway play "Jagged Little Pill," where she plays Frankie Healy, the adopted Black bisexual daughter of a white family. In 2021, "Jagged Little Pill" won a Grammy for best musical theater album (via IMDb ), making it Gooding's first award as a professional actor. That's a strong start if ever there was one.

Now that this star has made a trek over to the strange new world of television, however, we look forward to seeing what Celia Rose Gooding can accomplish when she's offstage and on-screen. Who knows? She just might win an Emmy as her second award.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Star Celia Rose Gooding: It Was ‘Important for Me to Not Put a Wig On’ as Uhura

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A young Nyota Uhura (played by Celia Rose Gooding ) will take to the stars when Star Trek: Strange New Worlds premieres Thursday, May 5 on Paramount+.

Set in the years Pike helmed the Enterprise, the series follows Pike (Anson Mount), Spock (Ethan Peck) and Number One (Rebecca Romijn) as they explore new worlds around the galaxy. The Uhura that fans will meet in the coming episodes is an intelligent and enthusiastic newbie cadet just getting acclimated aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise .

Unlike Nichelle Nichols’ Uhura in the original Star Trek series, as well as Zoe Saldana’s version in the J.J. Abrams-produced Star Trek film trilogy, Gooding’s version of the iconic character also rocks a bold, cropped haircut.

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“ I think the first thing that people were really keeping an eye out for was that I chopped off all her hair, and I love it,” Gooding tells TVLine. “[What] was incredible with Nichelle’s Uhura and Zoe’s Uhura was that they had the epitome of what Black femininity was at the time.”

“Now we’re in [2022], and I think the iconic short Caesar cut has been a thing for Black men for a long time, but we are slowly but surely as a community getting closer and closer to widening the ideals of what Black femininity looks like,” she adds. “Having an opportunity to take on the iconic character and still give her this layer of incredible grace… and also have her have this incredibly gorgeous short cut look — it just feels so right to me. Even with the Dora Milaje in Black Panther , their femininity was never questioned, but they all had real short cuts.”

Gooding notes that she is “craving to be a part of the representation I want to see in the world, and so it was very important for me to not put a wig on, to not have really long, straight, big curly hair. I could have a beehive, or I could have hair down my back, or I could have no hair and rock a bald cap, and I would still be the incredibly iconic feminine embodiment of Uhura that I think everyone is really excited to see.”

Are you excited for Celia Rose Gooding’s take on Uhura in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ? What do you hope to see in the series? Let us know your thoughts in the comments. 

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She is beautiful. I do like the hair choice. I’m looking forward to binge watching this one all episodes are released

I think all the characters and designs look great so far – hopefully the storytelling can deliver on that same high level.

Theres really no reason why she needs long hair either from a plot perspective. The editions we’ve seen of her character are from a Kirk helmed Enterprise right? What if she had short hair during the Pike years?

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They don’t have gay representation? Sulu is gay, in the Star Trek movie version with actor Chris Pine! And in the original TV series, they don’t show Sulu getting romantic with women. However, in the original series, Kirk was a womanizer!! EVERY episode he had a different woman from a different planet in bed! So don’t change who he “is”. There are plenty characters in the “USS Enterprise NCC-1701)” whose sensuality was not explored. Those could very easily be brought in as gay & be major cast members!

***Sexuality not Sensuality*** I’m not opposed to having gay characters, but don’t change Kirk…

I don’t see how it matters either way. I mean I really don’t understand why this article exists, to be frank. Can someone try to explain to me what’s important about this? I’m genuinely asking. . Her hair looks good, for the little that’s worth. Play Uhura with intelligence and warmth (i.e. emotional intelligence). That’s what actually matters. That’s what us Star Trek fans care about. From the trailers so far, it looks like she will, and I personally am enormously excited to see what she does with the role next week.

Cultural/beauty standards have long imposed rather strict rules on how black women in particular can/should wear their hair. Reclaiming that choice and broadening the horizons of what is seen as beautiful is an important and empowering step for those who are affected by those rules.

Exactly. And sadly there probably is a segment of people that will jump on the change and criticize it, some out of racism, some old-school fans that just want every thing Star Trek to be exactly the way it as in the beginning and never change, and the rest that complain because they like to complain about stuff. Good for her to get out ahead of it and hopefully steering the conversation in the right direction. I think she looks awesome.

People will always complain about anything but, for what it’s worth, I haven’t seen any complaints about this. And I hang out places where Star Trek fans love to complain about anything and everything (no, I’m not one of them, and yes, it’s exhausting). I’m sure it’s only a matter of time, but it doesn’t mean those complaints will be more substantial than the run-of-the-mill complaints about literally everything (LITERALLY EVERYTHING) to do with the new shows, ya know? Sigh.

I’m an “old Star Trek” fan… have watched it since the original series came out. I don’t give a damn what kind of hair style ANY of the characters have whether it is the same or different as TOS. I, personally, am glad she stood up for herself & said she would not wear a wig! I do like Star Trek to stay with the premise of equality across the board, not focused on domination (but friendship & alliance). But some of the newer shows, I don’t like because they are changing the major premise. Discovery seems to be more of military style going after & attacking other species, as well as changing the look of the “species us Trekkies” are used to seeing. I definitely did NOT like the change to the Klingons! And “Picard” having the Romulans basically in control of Earth & humans i really didn’t like either. So with this new series, I hope they stay more with the “canon”!

Well . . . okay. I am very surprised to learn this and I feel like I see this hairstyle on black women all the time. In fact I can’t say I even noticed her hairstyle one way or the other when the cast and character reveals happened last summer. So I am very surprised there are people who find this something worth remarking on. At least in a context other than the normal places for the discussion of hairstyles and fashions and who wore what to which event and blah blah blah, all of which I blissfully ignore (I AM a Trekie, after all. Ha!). . Are you sure this is something that’s actually important to talk about though? It’s just so . . . frivolous. Or is it something that people think is thought of as important, so they talk about it like it’s important, but they don’t actually think it’s important because they don’t personally assign it importance? I wonder. Eh. Ignore that rambling last bit, because I think that’s probably a distinction without a functional difference (i.e., if everyone says it’s important while not actually believing it’s important, then it actually is important).

“It’s just so…frivolous” is the most white privilege thing I’ve seen all day, LOL You seem sweet but seriously, education is a good thing. It’s even more fun that rambling around in your own head until everything everyone says loses all meaning…

Hey, I’m not white. (Not black, obviously.) Maybe it’s more of a male privilege thing than a white privilege thing, though. . I appreciate your reply down below. I may think hair *should* be frivolous–I’ll probably never not feel it isn’t a silly thing to be concerned about, all things considered–but I see now a whole lot of reasons why it isn’t, because it isn’t treated as such by society for everyone. Although society really should! I hope that, in the 23rd century world of Star Trek, it will be. No one ever commented on Picard being bald–I think Roddenberry once said, in response to someone asking why he doesn’t grow his hair back with 24th century technology, “in the 24th century, why would he care if he’s bald?” I may not have realized how much we aren’t there yet, but it’d be nice if things could move more in that direction. Maybe conversations like this one Celia had about her hair help with that.

Yeah, it may feel trivial to people outside of that community, but hairstyling carries tremendous importance in black culture (especially in America). It ties into deep-seated wounds related to slavery, and enduring racism and sexism, as well as to cultural pride, identity and heritage. Barbershops and salons are the social hubs of black communities. Many black women wear wigs, weaves and extensions or constantly straighten their hair through painstaking effort, to the point that most people might never have actually seen what their natural hair really looks like. Is it actually important, or simply seem important because enough people claim it to be so? As you said, the difference is sort of moot.

You asked people to educate you then undermined the people who took time out of their day to do so. You obviously don’t have that shared experience so when people tell you about aspects of the world you don’t know about or are unfamiliar, it behoves you and the person sharing to just listen and not trivialize their experience

I did what now? Aren’t we being a bit dramatic? Excuse me for preferring seminar to lecture. You must be really fun at parties.

Yep, I’m a hoot, Life of the parties. Look I’m not saying don’t respond, however you can respond without trivializing. I don’t live your experience and because you said you’re not white I’m pretty sure there’s stuff you can share with me where I’m like that doesn’t make any sense. We live in a world that can make u feel small. My point is in discussion with people choose words that don’t make trivial their experience. Choose words that show acknowledge your ignorance, but also a person’s loved experience. I didn’t say what I said to attack you, but your defensive response speaks more to ur feelings and experiences.

When the recap of the NBC series Endgame premiered one of the first post in this sites comments was from someone who found the black actress’s hair distracting. Th post went on to suggest changes they can make to the actresses hair. Most of the changes were to give the actress more European hair. When Viola Davis wore her naturally curly hair on the red carpet the 1st time there were several comments about how how much prettier she would have looked if she has had longer hair. Other comments said she should have had straighter hair. I can give you several more examples. Conversations about hairstyle image impact and not limited to African American actresses but stigmas concerning certain hairstyles very much affect African American actresses. As others have stated your hair can be the reason you don’t get a job. It’s the reason that people will accept or reject the character. If it doesn’t impact your viewing and acceptance of a character that’s great birthday. That makes you the better person than some. Because it’s not your experience and it doesn’t impact your perception does not mean it’s not important or a reality

You can watch this Chris Rock documentary about hair and black women https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzd0Q1qfWPs

I think it will give you a clearer idea of why the hair is important

Thanks. I will.

Because the way Black women’s hair is shown to the world matters. When your hair can dictate whether you get a job, keep a job, get a raise, suffer from more or less racism, be able to do your job as an actor w/o a ignorant hairstylist who doesn’t know Black hair ruining or abandoning your hairstyling, be able to go to school without being told to change your hair, be able to serve your country w/o having to do twice the amount of work of white service members to have a haircut that fits regulations–to have to FIGHT to change those senseless rules… When you’re called “ugly” or “unprofessional” for having natural or protective hairstyles, while hairstyles that favor white beauty standards are praised… When you live with all that, it matters when a high profile Black female character has a natural hairstyle, and it matters how the actor talks about it.

“That’s what actually matters” you attest, because you think all Star Trek fans are ignorant white people whose “colorblind” view of a character is all that counts. This article is here b/c those POVs are NOT all that counts, and colorblindness is FAR from ideal. Of course who Uhura is is what matters MOST–to everyone–but right now when the actors are doing promotion and talking about what their rule means to them, and what they bring to it, and this is something that matters to Celia Rose Gooding. I’m sure to other Black women and men who will watch this show, too. So they’re reporting on it.

I’m looking forward to the show, too; she looks amazing and I think she’s going to do a great job.

As above, thanks for this thoughtful comment. . I think re: your colorblind comments, you think the show should treat Uhura that way, but we, the viewers, shouldn’t view and appreciate her that way? We should notice and appreciate her for her diversity? For what it means in the real world, outside the world of the show? Like: no one on the show should be commenting on her hair choices, but we, the viewers, should notice and appreciate it and realize it was a creative and empowering statement by the actress? I can understand viewing the show with that lens. I never have, but I’m too young to have grown up watching the Original Series, and I know a lot of people viewed that show with that lens at that time, and it made a difference. Think I’ll give it a try.

I think she’s absolutely right. A character certainly shouldn’t be defined by their damn hair. Let her do what’s right for her and to represent her community

She could shave her head for all I care, as long as the series is better than the drek that is Discovery and Picard.

I’m sure you would love to elaborate, but please don’t.

Let’s not act as if this is ground breaking. She’s even mentions Black Panther’s cast hairstyles. If you haven’t seen a black woman with short hair, get out more. It’s not uncommon, even in media.

Hairstyles come and go, including those for black women. Stop acting as if everything is some major milestone that needs to be celebrated. It’s like a participation trophy at this point.

FINALLY!!! I’m glad she’s standing up to the “system”!! I do not believe black women should be forced to wear wigs to hide their own hair to look more “whitish”! I read an article/interview about Shalita Grant (NCIS New Orleans, agent Sonja Percy) and what she went through because of their (Hollywood producers, etc.) demands regarding her hair & wearing wigs. And it was really terrible. Everything they have to go through to hide who they are is terrible & permanently damaging to their scalps, causing balding.

“Hollywood”, & so many white actors LOVE to label all non-actor whites as racist & chide us & tell us we should emulate them because “THEY aren’t racist”. But every time I turn around I’m seeing evidence that MANY of them ARE!!! And there ARE many whites that are NOT racist! I would love to see the end of all racism of all kind & hatred!!! But I don’t believe that will ever happen because there are people who just don’t want it gone.

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Welcome to the  Enterprise (and your future), James T. Kirk ( Paul Wesley ). He comes on board during a crisis on  Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and not only meets Spock ( Ethan Peck ) but also gains the trust of Uhura ( Celia Rose Gooding ).

To briefly recap: Uhura ends up having to face her past losses and grief regarding her family, and she opens up to Kirk — after a bit of a rocky start, that is. (Her reaction when Kirk, whom Wesley called a “cowboy goofball,” approaches her at the bar? “Not another thing. Away from me today, sir,” Gooding summed up, adding “That that was so real.”)

It was easier for Uhura to talk to Kirk because he doesn’t know her like everyone else does and isn’t her superior officer. “She doesn’t have the foresight that audiences have to know who this big shot guy is. She doesn’t feel like he’s pulling this information out of her. It feels like he’s offering her a table to sit at and just dump her stuff on and rifle through, and it’s important to have somebody like that,” Gooding explained to TV Insider of what she felt was a “very intentional” choice to have Uhura confide in Kirk. “Paul Wesley as Kirk in that episode really was a point of joy for her, a point of levity for her, somebody who really kept her from falling all the way off the deep end. … And you can’t help but fall for that Kirk charm.”

But while  Star Trek fans know the history for those characters, that’s not yet part of their dynamic, meaning it can’t be part of that scene. “At first I thought that was going to be difficult, but it actually was a bit easier for me than I think it would’ve been if I played that knowledge,” Gooding shared. “In that moment, Uhura was so cerebral and so in her own brain space that I think it wouldn’t have made sense for her to shrink when it comes to him. So not having to use that knowledge was actually a bit of an aid because I could really just play someone who is going through their own thing mentally and knows this guy’s reputation for being a bit of a playboy and not really having to care if that’s true or not.”

Wesley also enjoyed playing the early days of Kirk and Uhura’s “iconic relationship.” “I just love that literally the beginning of the relationship is her punching him in the face, and then it sort of evolves into this beautiful friendship and there’s trust,” he said. “As an actor, you always want to play arcs. You always want to build, you always want to grow into things. You don’t want to just be flat. And I think that’s such a smart choice on the writers’ part to create this beautiful arc for the two characters to build trust within one another because when you watch the original series, Uhura and Kirk are all about communication and trust.”

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According to executive producer Henry Alonso Myers , this episode allowed them to both deepen Uhura’s past and “show a surprising and more thoughtful connection between the two of them that would’ve led to their future. … We wanted to show how Kirk has an ability to see the strength that’s at the heart of someone, and this is ultimately going to lead to where they’re going to be in the future. Most importantly, Uhura had a very real emotional story that we wanted to bring out both about her family and also about her history with Hemmer [ Bruce Horak ].”

Speaking of Hemmer, through what Uhura experiences in the episode, she sees him nod at her on the bridge after her plan is executed and works. “She needed [that nod] bad,” Gooding agreed. “In my actor brain, Hemmer was always Hemmer, but he was also her father and her mother and her brother, all the people that she had lost in her life, who she feels as though the weight of her grief was the thing that was holding her back. To get that nod on the bridge [saying], ‘You can carry us with you and still get what you needed done,’ was so necessary for her.”

By the end of the episode, Uhura can once again look at photos of her family, but does that mean the weight of that grief is lifted off her shoulders? It’s “now in her own hands. I think that weight still weighs the same. It looks the same. It is the same, but now it is something that she can face on her own terms as opposed to it being a thing that jump scares her,” according to Gooding. “She has control and understanding of how her grief looks within her and where it shows up and how she can move it and manipulate it to work for her as opposed to working against her as an obstacle.”

Another relationship in its early stages (at least in this timeline) is that between La’an ( Christina Chong ) and Kirk, after they had quite the (romantic) adventure together in an alternate timeline only she remembers . “They’re both in situations where they are able to explore their relationship in this timeline, and I think he was the same person back then and she is the same person, just different circumstances,” Chong shared. “Because of the circumstances they go through on the ship as well, it allows them to deepen that connection further. But what comes from that, we don’t know.”

On the part of Kirk, who does bring up the drink she owes him, right now, La’an is just “a beautiful woman who, for whatever reason, called him, and he’s like, ‘Great, let’s hang out,'” Wesley admitted. “I hate to be so kind of surface about it, but I do think the things that made him attracted to her in the alternate timeline are the same things that exist in the prime timeline. I think there’s a similarity in the two timelines and that’s what makes it all the more heartbreaking for her because he’s still the same guy.”

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There’s still time to explore all of these relationships (and others) for Kirk; Wesley will be back in Season 2, but he couldn’t say anything beyond that. “What’s cool about him visiting the Enterprise is that he is becoming emotionally attached to the people [there], and I would like to think that that’s what sort of leads him to eventually take over,” the actor suggested. “Somehow his relationships with Uhura, La’an, Spock, and obviously Pike [ Anson Mount ], too, make him the right [person to do that], which I’m sure won’t come for a very long time, especially not on Paramount+ . Right now it’s Strange New Worlds , but I think we can’t help but talk about the future because it’s such a huge part of the canon.”

So far, we’ve seen three different versions of Kirk: the one who will become captain as well as two in alternate timelines, in the future and past. That last one included a death scene . “My mom texted me after like, ‘Wait, he died?’ I was like, ‘Mom, no, it’s an alt timeline.’ She’s like, ‘What?'” Wesley laughed. “I had to explain to her.”

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In Strange New Worlds, Uhura has become the person Nichelle Nichols always wanted her to be.

In the very first Star Trek episode ever, “The Map Trap,” Lt. Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) says, “Mr. Spock, sometimes I think if I hear that word ‘frequency’ once more, I’ll cry.” Right from the beginning, The Original Series floated the idea that the Enterprise’s communications officer was a little overworked and more than a little underappreciated.

Now, in Strange New Worlds nearly six decades later, Uhura isn’t just getting her due but actually expressing herself, which is a powerful commentary on the character’s history. Nichelle Nichols’ Uhura was a huge step forward for Black representation in TV, but the character was never really given the spotlight.

In Star Trek’s big musical episode, “Subspace Rhapsody,” Uhura ( Celia Rose Godding) is the driving force that saves the Enterprise, while in her big solo song, “Keep Us Connected,” she reveals her inner frustrations about being alone and unseen. It’s a powerful moment that honors the journey of Uhura, and Nichelle Nichols.

Uhura in “Subspace Rhapsody.”

As Uhura realizes the subspace fold and the ensuing improbability field have the power to drive the crew apart, she wonders why she always ends up alone, working to fix the ship behind the scenes. “My whole life it’s been ‘do this,’ and save you,” she sings.

In a sense, this could refer to the character’s innermost feelings throughout the franchise. Nichelle Nichols nearly quit The Original Series because she was tired of scripts being rewritten to give Uhura fewer and fewer lines. In her memoir, Beyond Uhura , Nichols wrote, “But even in the fictional, enlightened twenty-third century of Gene’s [Roddenberry] imagination, a strong, independent Black woman was not welcome as equal.” She was on the team, but she wasn’t trusted to carry stories. Nichols recognized early that “Uhura’s role was constantly being diminished.”

That’s obviously not the case today. Strange New Worlds isn’t just an Original Series prequel story, but a series that does what TOS couldn’t or wouldn’t do in the 1960s. “We try to imagine what The Original Series would do today,” co-showrunner Henry Alonso Myers tells Inverse . “The way the original show approached female characters, for example, we do differently.”

For Star Trek fans, the power of Uhura was often symbolic. Nichelle Nichols used her influence in politics and science fiction circles to recruit some of the first women and people of color to NASA . The importance of Uhura to the real world cannot be understated. Even Martin Luther King was a fan of Star Trek and Uhura.

Celia Rose Gooding singing “Keep Us Connected” in “Subspace Rhapsody.”

But within the Trek canon itself, we’ve rarely had a sense of how Uhura feels about her role as a communications officer, the person tasked with keeping everyone together. Celia Rose Gooding is a fantastic singer, and “Keep Us Connected” is almost certainly the breakout hit from the musical episode. It honors the character, and how the way we think about her has evolved.

“Nichelle’s inspiration is always something we’ve used as fuel,” co-showrunner Akiva Goldsman tells Inverse . “But this is about character. And these are heart songs. These are the things the character couldn’t say in words, so they say in song. And for Uhura, that means you’re seeing something essential about her character. And, I guess, that’s what you’re seeing; our Uhura has some Nichelle in her. And nobody does that better than Celia.”

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 9, “Subspace Rhapsody” streams on Paramount+. The album itself is now on Apple and Spotify.

This article was originally published on Aug. 5, 2023

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| April 25, 2024 | By: Anthony Pascale 15 comments so far

Work on the third season of  Star Trek: Strange New Worlds  continues to move swiftly in Toronto and looks to be set to wrap up next month. We have some fun bits from the set shared by the cast and a couple of directors, as well as some details on the production.

2 more episodes to go

First up, a selfie from director Jordan Canning, who previously directed the season 2 episode “Charades.” The image posted earlier this week shows the director with Ethan Peck and Rebecca Romijn and has the message, “Always happy to be the redshirt between these two.”

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Jordan Canning (@jjhcanning)

TrekMovie has confirmed that Canning directed episode 8, which has wrapped. Filming for episode 9 has already begun, with Andrew Coutts directing. This will be the directorial debut for Coutts, a co-producer and editor on the show. The 10th and final episode of the season will be directed by Maja Vrvilo, a Paramount+ Trek veteran who has directed episodes of Discovery , Picard , and Strange New Worlds . Earlier this week, she posted an image of her office door, indicated prep work for her episode had already begun.

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Maja Vrvilo (@majavrvilo)

Anson has a challenge for cosplayers

There have also been a couple of fun recent social media updates from the cast. First up, Anson Mount posted on Twitter/X that season 3 will require cosplayers to bring their “A-game” as he shared some creative fan costumes.

I will say this about season 3 of #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds : Cos-players, you better be ready to bring your A-game. #Cosplay @StarTrek @StarTrekOnPPlus pic.twitter.com/mZ9gMmIhsL — Anson Mount 🖖 (@ansonmount) April 16, 2024

One new look for cosplayers to try is an armed Nurse Chapel, as seen in this short video from Jess Bush showing off her phaser holster.

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Jess Bush (@onejessa)

Finally, on the day of the big eclipse, some of the Strange New Worlds team took a moment to check it out. Bush shared an Instagram story with herself and co-star Melissa Navia rocking their eclipse glasses. (They had 90% totality in Toronto.)

Last week brought big news for Strange New Worlds: It’s been renewed for a fourth season. Paramount+ recently confirmed season 3 will debut in 2025.

Keep up with news about the  Star Trek Universe at TrekMovie.com .

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I’m curious how long their entire season shooting period actually is.

Usually 5 to 6 months. This one started just before Christmas.

I know I’ll end up watching it, but I’m just not excited for the next season. Season 2 was all over the place, in my opinion. For every episode like Those Old Scientists or Ad Astra Per Aspera, there was rubbish like The Broken Circle and Under the Cloak of War and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. I like the cast, but the quality isn’t there- and for all the talk of “big swings” and pushing the envelope- Season 2 was almost painfully generic.

Same here. I’ll be tuning in, but it’s not up there on my ‘must-see right away’ list. I feel like overall, the storytelling floundered during S2, legacy characters written badly, and a distinct corny popcorn feel to it. Both Spock and Pike were reduced to bumbling sidekicks. Hoping S3 has a bit more gravitas to it. Like you said, not the fault of the cast. All blame goes back to the writer’s room. I’m more than happy to consider this show as existing in its own separate timeline, as has been confirmed.

I still can’t get over how *boring* the finale was. It felt like it went on for hours and yet nothing actually happened besides a super-quick and appallingly shot fight in zero-g. Season Two really dropped the ball.

I agree. I don’t even remember what happened in the finale, except Pike at the end hesitating like a scared junior officer when the situation called for fast decisive action. As for the season in general, it feels empty, like nothing really happens in the episodes. I hate the way they turned Spock into a moron. There are better ways if the writers wanted to put some humor in… I’m sure the 12 year olds found it funny but adults are watching too…

They seem to be testing the water for the Academy show with teen romances also. Spock, Chapel / La’an, Kirk and Pike, Batel were all shallow romances and just really boring that took up way too much time in the season. They seriously need to get back to writing some good sci fi stories or this show will go down as one of the worse Star Trek series for me. It seems more of a comedy starship show than the Orville at times. And season 1 had so much promise as well.

The SNW writers room has a chalk board titled Gimmick Board only they misspelt it Big Swing Board. Hopefully they can’t destroy Spock’s character anymore as they have already scraped the bottom of the barrel with their writing of his character.

So relieved I’m not the only one who felt this way. I hear “game changer” and “big swing” and I think “great, they’re effing with my show again to bring in the non-Trek fans”!

Yes, to them “big swing” means having the characters do things completely out of character and turning Star Trek into a Broadway play. Sure the musical was original and unexpected, but really out of place, and I will never be able to get the K-Pop Klingons out of my head.

I didn’t mind the musical episode (probably because I love musicals!) but on the whole, the season felt soulless and devoid of anything interesting to say (outside of Ad Astra Per Aspera). It’s as though the entire season was written by committee and was deathly afraid of offending the fandom by doing anything even slightly controversial.

I’ve had this feeling since the first season. Anson Mount is a wonderful lead, but they’ve completed destroyed the character that we got to know in Season 2 of Discovery. And they need to do something with Spock besides him being a complete and utter pig to women.

I’m absolutely giddy for this next season. Season two was fantastic and I cannot wait for this next season.

I really wish studios would get it together. They used to be able to turn out twice the number of eps or sometimes more every year without year-long pauses between seasons.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is available to stream on Paramount+

Cast Bruce Horak, Celia Rose Gooding, Jess Bush, Melissa Navia, Ethan Peck, Babs Olusanmokun, Rebecca Romijn, Paul Wesley, Christina Chong, Anson Mount

Streaming Service(s) Paramount+

Franchise(s) Star Trek

Writers Bill Wolkoff, Akiva Goldsman, Henry Alonso Myers

Directors Amanda Row, Valerie Weiss, Jonathan Frakes, Chris Fisher

Showrunner Akiva Goldsman, Henry Alonso Myers

Where To Watch Paramount+

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Celia Rose Gooding: La’an and Uhura had a little handshake moment that we made up on the spot. Christina Chong: We did! Celia Rose Gooding: We did, but that didn’t make it. But in my mind, there was something so beautiful about that after we finished the song. Our instinct was first to just celebrate one another, and then get back to work. I think that is such a nod to our routine as an ensemble to just check on each other and really boost each other up because we’re doing something that some characters are not super comfortable with and that isn’t their instinct to burst out into song. And so that final moment of camaraderie - of course, it had to be shrunk down for the nature of TV - but in my perfect world, there’s an edit of five minutes of everyone just giving each other compliments.

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Watch the full TV Insider interview with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' cast below:

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Ethan Peck: There was a moment there in that finale where life really imitated art. I mean, that happens so frequently, but never so closely together as in that moment. Spock doesn’t get to participate because, obviously, he doesn’t want to be dancing. I spoke with Dermot, the director, about it. How would Spock dance? Well, I guess he has to to get that meter maxed out so we can break out of the musical reality. And he would do it for that, and so he joins in for the very end of it. So I felt like kind of an outsider. I join in at the very end of that whole sequence. And then Chapel and Spock are sort of on rough terms, and I remember its ending. We had this joyous moment, and then we have kind of a broody look to each other. So my experience was a little bit different from some of the other cast members.

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• Aubri Ibrag — “The Buccaneers” (Apple TV+)
• Josie Totah — “The Buccaneers” (Apple TV+)
• Adina Porter — “The Changeling” (Apple TV+)
• Amirah Vann — “The Changeling” (Apple TV+)
• Archie Panjabi — “Hijack” (Apple TV+)
• Jodi Balfour — “For All Mankind” (Apple TV+)
• Nicole Beharie — “The Morning Show” (Apple TV+)
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• Julianna Margulies — “The Morning Show” (Apple TV+)
• Karen Pittman — “The Morning Show” (Apple TV+)
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• Kiersey Clemons — “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” (Apple TV+)
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• Saskia Reeves — “ Slow Horses ” (Apple TV+)
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• Sophia Di Martino — “Loki” (Disney+)
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• Wunmi Mosaku — “Loki” (Disney+)
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• Christine Baranski — “The Gilded Age” (Max)
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• Audra McDonald — “The Gilded Age” (Max)
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• Kelli O’Hara — “The Gilded Age” (Max)
• Natasha Behnam — “The Girls on the Bus” (Max)
• Christina Elmore — “The Girls on the Bus” (Max)
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• Molly Burnett — “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (NBC)
• Rosalind Chao — “3 Body Problem” (Netflix)
• Eiza González — “3 Body Problem” (Netflix)
• Kiawentiio — “Avatar: The Last Airbender” (Netflix)
• Elizabeth Debicki — “ The Crown ” (Netflix)
• Lesley Manville — “ The Crown ” (Netflix)
• Olivia Williams — “ The Crown ” (Netflix)
• Emily Rudd — “One Piece” (Netflix)
• Nicole Kidman — “Special Ops: Lioness” (Paramount+)
• Mary Wiseman — “Star Trek: Discovery” (Paramount+)
• Christina Chong — “ Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ” (Paramount+)
• Celia Rose Gooding — “ Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ” (Paramount+)
• Sarita Choudhury — “Fallout” (Prime Video)
• Leslie Uggams — “Fallout” (Prime Video)
• Rachel Blanchard — “The Summer I Turned Pretty” (Prime Video)
• Jackie Chung — “The Summer I Turned Pretty” (Prime Video)
• Sophie Okonedo — “The Wheel of Time” (Prime Video)
• Birgundi Baker — “The Chi” (Showtime)
• Nizhonniya Luxi Austin — “The Curse” (Showtime)
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• Philippa Dunne — “The Woman in the Wall” (Showtime)
• Sophie Skelton — “Outlander” (Starz)
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• June 13: Nominations-round voting begins
• June 24: Nominations-round voting ends at 10:00 p.m. PT
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• July 17: Primetime Emmy nominations are announced.
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• August 5: Find-round videos available for viewing.
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