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'Star Trek: Picard' Season 3 Introduces Amanda Plummer as the Ultimate Villain

Plummer is set to play the new big bad for the show's final season, alongside returning adversaries Lore and Moriarty.

In the new trailer for Star Trek: Picard Season 3 we got our first official look at the show's new villain. Earlier this year, executive producer Alex Kurtzman teased that she would be "amazing," and now from the new footage shared at New York Comic Con, we can safely say that this new character is certainly a worthy adversary for the returning Next Generation crew.

Introduced in the trailer as well as a new image is Vadic, played by Tony Award winner Amanda Plummer whom audiences may recognize from her roles in Pulp Fiction , The Hunger Games: Catching Fire , and more. The trailer introduces Vadic as an alien captain and a formidable opponent hellbent on the complete and utter destruction of Starfleet, and quite possibly humanity. We get a good look at her ship, the Shrike, in the new footage, and it's definitely reminiscent of Nero's ( Eric Bana ) ship in the 2009 Kelvin-verse Star Trek movie. However, Vadic is certainly not Romulan.

In the trailer, Vadic promises to scorch the earth beneath Picard's feet in her quest for vengeance — against whom it is unclear, but it's likely that she's at the heart of the conflict that leads to Beverly Crusher's distress signal. Former ship's counselor, Deanna Troi senses an "all-consuming darkness" in their new enemy with her empathic abilities, as the trailer showcases an all-out showdown against the bloodthirsty Vadic.

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Also introduced in the new trailer, alongside the returning crew members and their newest enemy, are returning Next Generation adversaries Lore and Moriarty. Brent Spiner has played a number of characters throughout the history of Star Trek , reprising the beloved android Data in Season 1 of Picard , and Soong-dynasty ancestor Adam Soong in Season 2. Fans have been wondering who Spiner will play this season as Data was given a permanent death in Season 1, and the trailer reveals his long-awaited return as Lore. Moriarty is even more of a surprise to viewers as a completely unexpected return from Daniel Davis . Davis originally played the classic Sherlock Holmes character Moriarty in a holodeck program frequented by Data and Geordi. On Next Generation , the hologram eventually gained sentience and was allowed to leave the Enterprise.

In addition to Plummer, Spiner, and Davis, Season 3 of Star Trek: Picard will feature Patrick Stewart, Gates McFadden, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, and newcomers Mica Burton and Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut. The third and final season arrives on Paramount+ on February 16, 2023. In the meantime, you can watch the new trailer down below.

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Star Trek fans got a peek at the villain who's bringing the Next Generation crew back together in Picard season 3.

The Trek panel at New York Comic Con beamed up a full-length trailer for the show's final season, revealing Amanda Plummer ( Ratched , The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ) as a mysterious alien with an axe to grind. The veteran character actress is playing Vadic, captain of the Shrike, a "warship that has set its sights on Jean-Luc Picard and his old crew mates from his days on the Enterprise."

"I'll peck and I'll jab at everything that makes you you," she seethes in the trailer. "We will scorch the earth under which he stands and the night will brighten with the ashes of the Federation. But first, we will have vengeance."

The trailer revealed a few more surprises. Brent Spiner, who has played multiple characters on Picard since season 1, will play Lore. Daniel Davis will also be reprising his role as Professor Moriarty from Star Trek: The Next Generation . Both figures appear near the end of the footage.

On a lighter note, actor Mica Burton ( Critical Role ), the daughter of LeVar Burton , will be playing Ensign Alandra La Forge, the youngest daughter of Geordi La Forge who works alongside her father. Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut ( Cruel Summer ) also joins Picard season 3 as Ensign Sidney La Forge, La Forge's eldest daughter and helmsman of the U.S.S. Titan.

Patrick Stewart joined some of his cast members — including Burton, Spiner, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, and Marina Sirtis — and executive producers Alex Kurztman, Terry Matalas, and Rod Roddenberry at the New York Comic Con panel Saturday. There they confirmed Picard season 3 will premiere on Paramount+ Feb. 16.

The first teaser trailer for Star Trek: Discovery season 5 dropped earlier in the day, confirming some new casting additions to that series.

Actor Callum Keith Rennie, who had the significant role of Lester Pocket in The Umbrella Academy season 3 this year, will debut on Discovery as Starfleet Captain Rayner, described as "gruff" and "smart."

Rayner "holds a clear line between commander and crew — he leads, they follow," reads an official character description. "Rayner's all about the mission, whatever it may be, and he doesn't do niceties along the way; his feeling is, you get the job done and apologize later. He has a storied track record of wartime success, but in times of peace he struggles. Collaboration is not his strong suit. That said, if it serves the greater good he's willing to learn… but it won't be easy."

We also see newcomers Eve Harlow ( Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ) and Elias Toufexis ( Shadowhunters ) as Moll and L'ak, respectively. They are former couriers turned outlaws. Moll is highly intelligent with an impressive strategic mind. L'ak is tough and impulsive.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 will find Captain Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and her crew on the U.S.S. Discovery chasing after an ancient hidden treasure. Martin-Green joined the panel virtually from the show's captain's chair, while cast members Anthony Rapp and Wilson Cruz joined executive producers Michelle Paradise, Kurtzman, and Roddenberry in person.

"The greatest treasure in the known galaxy is out there," says David Cronenberg's Kovich in the new trailer. "What are you waiting for?"

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“Greetings old friends,” threatens Professor Moriarty (Daniel Davis) in a new look at the upcoming third and final season of Star Trek: Picard that just rocked New York Comic-Con .

The likely last appearance of the Sir Patrick Stewart -led series on the Starfleet legend was packed with The Next Generation throwbacks, new additions and a new explosive trailer that truly set the stage for Picard Season 3’s February 16, 2023, premiere on Paramount+

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Not only was the return of Davis’ Arthur Conan Doyle created villain revealed and Spiner’s back as Data’s not-so-nice twin Lore amidst the on-stage reunion of the TNG principal players, but that Amanda Plummer will be joining Picard for its last mission was too. The Greene Talent and Red Management repped Tony Award winner and daughter of past Trek villain Christopher Plummer is set to play the final season’s top baddie Vadic – as you can see in the photo above. Captain of the Shrike starship, Vadic clearly has some serious and deadly grievances with Picard and his old companions, if the trailer is a good indication.

Also added to the Picard cast this season Mica Burton and Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut in recurring roles. The real life daughter of Levar Burton, Critical Role alum Mica Burton will play Ensign Alandra La Forge, the youngest offspring of her TNG dad Geordi La Forge. Cruel Summer star Chestnut will portray Ensign Sidney La Forge, eldest daughter of Geordi La Forge and helmsman of the U.S.S. Titan .

Star Trek: Picard is produced by CBS Studios in with Kurtzman’s Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment. Kurtzman, Akiva Goldsman, Matalas, Sir Patrick, Heather Kadin, Aaron Baiers, Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, Doug Aarniokoski and Dylan Massin all serve as executive producers.

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NYCC 2022 | Amanda Plummer, Mica Burton, and Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut Join Final Season of Star Trek: Picard

New teaser for the highly-anticipated final voyage also unveiled!

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Paramount+ today debuted a new teaser for the third and final season of its hit original series Star Trek: Picard at today’s Star Trek universe panel at New York Comic Con. The final season premieres on Thursday, February 16, 2023, exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., with new episodes of the 10-episode-long season available to stream weekly on Thursdays.

It was also revealed that Tony Award winner Amanda Plummer ( The Fisher King , Pulp Fiction ) joined the cast in a recurring role as Vadic , the mysterious alien captain of the Shrike , a warship that has set its sights on Jean-Luc Picard and his old crewmates from his days on the Enterprise .

Mica Burton ( Critical Role , Vampire: The Masquerade: L.A. by Night ) and Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut ( Cruel Summer ) also joined in recurring roles. Ensign Sidney La Forge is played by Sharpe Chestnut and is the eldest daughter of Geordi La Forge and helmsman of the U.S.S. Titan . Ensign Alandra La Forge is played by Mica Burton, Geordi La Forge's youngest daughter who works alongside her father.

In addition, fans learned during today’s New York Comic Con panel that Brent Spiner reprises his character Lore in this final season, and they will also see the return of Daniel Davis as Professor Moriarty from Star Trek: The Next Generation .

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This year’s Star Trek: Picard panel at New York Comic Con featured series star Patrick Stewart and cast members LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis and Brent Spiner, as well as executive producers Alex Kurztman, Terry Matalas and Rod Roddenberry. Josh Horowitz, MTV host and host of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, served as the panel moderator.

Star Trek: Picard features Sir Patrick Stewart reprising his iconic role as Jean-Luc Picard, which he played for seven seasons on Star Trek: The Next Generation , and follows this iconic character into the next chapter of his life. LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Jeri Ryan and Michelle Hurd star alongside Stewart in the third and final season of the hit Paramount+ original series.

The series is produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment. For season three, Alex Kurtzman, Akiva Goldsman, Terry Matalas, Patrick Stewart, Heather Kadin, Aaron Baiers, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, Doug Aarniokoski and Dylan Massin serve as executive producers. Terry Matalas serves as showrunner for Season 3.

The final voyage begins on February 16, 2023! Stream Seasons 1 and 2 of Star Trek: Picard now.

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Star Trek: Picard Boss Talks Making Amanda Plummer’s Vadic ‘A Classic, Larger-Than-Life Star Trek Villain’

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Warning: This post contains spoilers from Thursday’s Star Trek: Picard .

Yes, we’re enjoying seeing all our Next Generation favorites this season on Star Trek: Picard … but we’re also enjoying getting to know their latest adversary.

This week’s episode introduced Amanda Plummer — a celebrated actress with credits like Pulp Fiction , The Fisher King and So I Married an Axe Murderer — as Vadic, a cackling bounty hunter intent on taking custody of Beverly’s son ( and Jean-Luc’s son !) Jack Crusher. With her gleeful malevolence and boldly literary proclamations, Vadic is already making a place for herself in the pantheon of all-time great Star Trek villains. In fact, she most closely resembles the vengeful Klingon warrior General Chang from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , a role played by Amanda’s own father Christopher Plummer.

They did hit a slight snag with Plummer’s availability, however, Matalas recalls: “Amanda was shooting another show, Ratched , so she came in after we had already shot the majority of Episodes 1 through 5. So we didn’t know who was going to appear on the viewscreen. By the first rehearsal, we were all holding our breath, and [when] she gave that performance, people were hugging each other, people were congratulating each other. We were so thrilled to have a classic, larger-than-life Star Trek villain.”

Vadic isn’t just a one-dimensional bad guy, though, Matalas adds, hinting that she “has her own story and reasons to sympathize with her as well.” Why is she so dead-set on capturing Jack Crusher? “She has very personal reasons, but she also answers to a higher power, let’s just say.” And as far as how Vadic fits into the larger Star Trek universe, “she absolutely connects to canon,” Matalas promises. “It’s coming up.”

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So far this is the strongest season yet. Can’t wait to see where they take this.

Calling it now: She answers to Sela. Someone has to hire the bounty hunter.

Larger-Than-Life usually means exaggerated and over-the-top and is rarely ever a good thing. Her demeanor in epsidoe 2 was already slighty awkward and pointing in that direction. Lets hope the rest of her is grounded and nuanced… but I am not holding my breath.

How can you see we’ve seen all the Next Generation cast, when m so far it’s only been Riker and Crusher????

Worf appeared in episode 2 as Raffi’s handler. LaForge is expected to appear as is Lore.

And with Will, Deanna can’t be too far behind

Deanna Troi was already in the show….

And she will be again this season. The previews have already shown her

During the original run of TNG there were many mentions by Beverly of something she needed to tell Jean Luc.

Combine that with her disappearance in TNG season 2 and that might explain Jack’s origin.

That would be incredible, if that’s when he was conceived!

Nope. Anything but a classic villain for any show or film, let alone Trek. Episode 2 was all the weaker for her Batman ’66 style acting. Her and Rafi are the weak links so far, everyone else has brought it, especially Frakes and Stashwick.

Too bad the 1st & 2nd seasons of Picard were as good as this 3rd season. It really needed all the Next Generation characters and much less artsyness.

she answers to the alien parasite queen, who is perhaps the sister of the queen that was killed in season 1? hmmm

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The final season of Paramount+’s  Star Trek: Picard is a family affair, as just revealed at New York Comic Con . Not only will the third season reunite most of the original cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation for one last adventure, but also Amanda Plummer, daughter of the late Christopher Plummer — who was the villain in  Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country — will go head to head with Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) as new villain Vadic.

Though not much is revealed about Vadic’s beef with Picard, we do discover in the teaser trailer that the cackling villain has something to do with the missing Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden). We also know thanks to a release provided to Decider that she’s an alien, and the captain of the Shrike, “a warship that has set its sights on Jean-Luc Picard and his old crewmates from his days on the Enterprise.”

…and that wasn’t the only reveal at the packed panel. In addition to Plummer, joining the cast are LeVar Burton’s real life daughter Mica Burton as his character Geordi La Forge’s daughter, Alandra La Forge. And Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, who is not LeVar Burton’s real life daughter, will play Geordi’s other daughter, Sidney La Forge. Sidney is the helmsman of the  U.S.S. Titan , while Alandra works side by side with Geordi.

But wait, there’s more! As seen in the trailer, two classic Star Trek villains are returning. The first is Daniel Davis as Professor Moriarty — yes, the one from Sherlock Holmes stories — who seems to have once again escaped from the holodeck to terrorize the crew. And not only that, but Brent Spiner is playing his fourth character in three seasons of Picard with the return of his villainous android, Lore.

Along with Stewart, Spiner, McFadden and Burton, Star Trek: Picard Season 3 also stars Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Jeri Ryan and Michelle Hurd, all reprising their roles from either  Next Generation or early seasons of  Picard or other shows. I dunknow, there’s a lot of  Star Trek .

Alex Kurtzman, Akiva Goldsman, Terry Matalas, Patrick Stewart, Heather Kadin, Aaron Baiers, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, Doug Aarniokoski and Dylan Massin serve as executive producers of Season 3. Terry Matalas also serves as showrunner.

Star Trek: Picard Season 3 will premiere February 16, 2023, with each episode of the 10-episode long season available to stream weekly.

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Who Is Vadic in ‘Star Trek Picard’? Everything We Know About the Villainous Big Bad

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“Star Trek” has had some memorable villains in the past: Khan, Q and The Borg Queen to name just a few.

When the villainous Vadic was introduced as the big bad in “Star Trek: Picard ” Season 3, viewers knew there had to be more to her than possessing a super powerful warship.

As the season progressed, her true, tragic origin was revealed. Here’s everything we know about the villainous Vadic.

Warning, this post contains spoilers through Episode 7 of “Star Trek: Picard.”

Who Plays Captain Vadic?

Vadic is played by Amanda Plummer on “Star Trek: Picard.” She is an original character introduced in Season 3. She appeared in promos ahead of the season premiere, and debuted in the second episode titled “Disengage.”

You may recognize her from her role as robber Honey Bunny from “Pulp Fiction.”

Plummer is the daughter of Christopher Plummer. The elder Plummer also played a legendary “Trek” villain: General Chang of the Klingon Empire in “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.”

Is Captain Vadic Human?

On the outside, Vadic appears human. She has two scars running down her face, earning her the name, “The Marked Woman.”

In reality, Vadic is a Changeling, an alien species of shapeshifters first introduced in “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.” Her true form is a gelantinous state. Her species’ homeworld is the Founders Homeworld in the distant Gamma quadrant.

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Is Vadic an Ordinary Changeling?

Like others in her species, Vadic can change her form and shape. She impersonates a Starfleet lieutenant while arresting Will Riker at Daystrom Station. She kills the other arresting officers before revealing her female humanoid form.

A foe capable of besting the legendary crew of the infamous U.S.S. Enterprise certainly has a few tricks up her sleeve. Literally.

Vadic’s hand is actually another Changeling whom she receives instructions from. She cuts off her hand so this other unnamed Changeling can take form. Yes, it’s as gross as it sounds.

Why Does She Hate Starfleet?

In order to win the Dominion War, Starfleet devised a virus — a biological weapon — to weaken the Changelings.

In Episode 7, Vadic reveals Starfleet gave her the ability to mimic human blood and hold her solid form longer than other Changelings. Her “evolved physiology” comes from cruel experiments conducted upon her and her “loved ones” as a prisoner of war.

She and nine other Changelings were subject to all sorts of tests as part of Project Proteus at Daystrom Station. In Greek mythology, Proteus was a sea god who could take many different forms.

Vadic and the other Changelings were burned, injected with chemicals, electrocuted, spliced and experimented on. The goal was to create “perfect, undetectable spies who could drop into any species and create chaos.”

Vadic eventually was freed and took the face of the female scientist that tortured her.

She has the ability to pass on her evolved physiology to any Changeling who wishes, at the cost of shorter life span and constant pain.

What Does She Want With Picard and Jack Crusher?

Vadic seeks revenge against the Federation for “taking her family.”

The Changeling’s plan for Frontier Day — an event where the entire fleet gathers in one place — remains unclear.

Picard and Beverly Crusher surmise they want Picard’s human body and Jack Crusher’s blood to create a perfect replica of Picard to infiltrate the Frontier Day festivities.

But Vadic suggests Jack is something more, telling Beverly, “He’s not for me. We could bond over that, since he was never really for you either.”

What Ship Does Vadic Command?

Vadic commands the Shrike, a powerful warship of unknown origin.

It’s far more powerful than the Titan and has a massive weapons payload, including an experimental portal device stolen from Daystrom Station.

The Shrike used the portal weapon to disable the Titan by “teleporting” its own photon torpedos back at it, although it easily could’ve used other weapons as well.

Also Read: ‘Star Trek: Picard': Everything We Know About Jack Crusher

What Are Unanswered Questions About Vadic?

It’s unclear how and where Vadic obtained the Shrike.

Who is the mysterious “hand” she take instructions from?

And why is Jack Crusher so important to her?

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Amanda Plummer's Shrike captain Vadic on Star Trek: Picard offers up a direct connection to the franchise's past.

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This Star Trek: Picard article contains spoilers.

At last, Star Trek: Picard has revealed its big bad for season 3. A bounty hunter with a starship that’s armed to the teeth, Amanda Plummer’s Vadic makes her debut in “Disengage” and immediately leaves her mark on Star Trek canon. Not only do we learn that her ship, the Shrike, is capable of slinging enemy ships at other enemy ships but that she’s not even remotely afraid of Starfleet or legendary officers like Jean-Luc Picard. In fact, Vadic seems to relish this chance meeting with the “synthetic” Starfleet admiral.

But it’s not the old man she’s truly after. As we learn in the episode, it’s Dr. Beverly Crusher’s son, Jack Jr., who is being relentlessly hunted by Vadic and her masked crew. Jack (Ed Speleer) is a smuggler with a bounty on his head for crimes committed outside of Federation space and Vadic’s come to collect. The episode seems to tease there’s a bit more to Vadic’s mission than meets the eye, and perhaps it has something to do with the hour’s biggest reveal: that Jack is not just Beverly’s son but also Jean-Luc’s child ! Has Vadic manipulated events to get both Picard Sr. and Jr. on the same ship?

Picard showrunner Terry Matalas has teased that there are more layers to Vadic than what’s presented at the start of the season, describing her to SFX magazine ( via Trek Movie ) as a “bit of a mystery” who has a “deep-seated yet sympathetic reason for wanting vengeance against Picard and the Federation.”

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“We really wanted a major villain, for Vadic, that she should be a larger than life, classic Star Trek villain who had her own reasons for doing what she does. And when you heard them, you’d say, ‘You know, she might have a point,’” Matalas told SFX ahead of the season premiere.

There are already plenty of theories floating around about who Vadic might truly be. Some fans think she might be secretly connected to another The Next Generation alum from an alternate universe. Or perhaps she’s related to Shinzon in some way or is a descendant of the Soongs? Is she also related to Picard?

Whatever the case, Vadic actor Amanda Plummer brings her own Star Trek history to the role that won’t be obvious on screen. As you might have guessed from her surname, the actor is the daughter of the late, great Christopher Plummer, who’s best known to Trek fans as the scheming General Chang, the main villain of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country .

You’ll of course remember that Chang was the Shakespeare-loving Klingon general who tried to sabotage peace talks between the Federation and the Klingon Empire until he was eventually thwarted by Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise. That hard-earned peace would ultimately mark the final mission for The Original Series crew on the big screen, and result in the new status quo that saw Klingons cooperating with the Federation in The Next Generation .

Vadic isn’t Klingon, of course, so the General Chang connection will very likely just remain a fun behind-the-scenes easter egg, a wink at longtime fans of the movies. That said, Star Trek characters have been known to alter their appearances to hide their true identities in the past…

We’ll find out what’s up with Vadic soon enough as Star Trek: Picard season 3 continues its run on Paramount+.

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She is the daughter of the late actor Christopher Plummer , who played General Chang in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country .

Plummer is best known for her roles in The Fisher King (1991, with Melinda Culea and John de Lancie ) and Pulp Fiction (1994, with Phil LaMarr ). She co-starred with Michelle Forbes in the notable 1996 The Outer Limits episode "A Stitch in Time" (narrated by Kevin Conway ), for which she won an Emmy Award. She won another Emmy Award for her guest role in the 2004 TLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Weak".

She also appeared in films such as The World According to Garp (1982, with George Ede ), Daniel (1983, with John Rubinstein ), Joe Versus the Volcano (1990, with James Hudson , Carol Kane , and Branscombe Richmond ), Freejack (1992, with Jonathan Banks and Jimmy Ortega ), So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993, with Michael G. Hagerty and Rico E. Anderson ), Needful Things (1993, with W. Morgan Sheppard ), A Simple Wish (1997, with Terri Garr ), 8½ Women (1999), The Million Dollar Hotel (2000, with Harris Yulin ), Ken Park (2002, with Wade Andrew Williams ), My Life Without Me (2003), and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013, with Jack Quaid and Lenny Kravitz ).

Plummer guested on episodes of television series like Moonlighting (with Terry O'Quinn and Jack Blessing , photographed by Jerry Finnerman ), Miami Vice (with Stephen McHattie ), Tales from the Crypt , Dark Skies (with Conor O'Farrell and Tim Kelleher ), Ronald D. Moore 's Battlestar Galactica (with James Callis , Kate Vernon , Rekha Sharma , and Dean Stockwell , written by David Weddle and Bradley Thompson ), and The Blacklist .

In 2020, she had a recurring role in the One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest prequel series Ratched , alongside Jon Jon Briones .

Star Trek appearances [ ]

• " Disengage "
• " Seventeen Seconds "
• " No Win Scenario "
• " The Bounty "
• " Dominion " (also as a Daystrom Station scientist )
• " Surrender "

External links [ ]

• Amanda Plummer at Wikipedia
• Amanda Plummer at the Internet Movie Database
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Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Is Evidence That Amanda Plummer Was Born To Play A Sci-Fi Villain

On the new season of "Star Trek: Picard," actress Amanda Plummer plays a mysterious character named Vadic, the captain of a massive, overpowered weapons craft called the Shrike. Vadic is something of a mystery. She's very clear that she wishes to apprehend Jack Crusher (Ed Speelers) to collect the bounty on his head, but she seems willing to commit horrendous acts of villainy in order to do it. Either Jack's bounty is massive, or something else even more mysterious is afoot. 

Vadic is more than a mysterious and determined bounty hunter, though. She is an outright villain. The bridge of the Shrike is a dim, misty space, and she sits in her captain's chair like it's a throne of skulls. She wears red gloves, slicks her hair forward, and sports scars on her cheeks. There is something not-so-vaguely fascistic about her wardrobe. She has a crew, but it's difficult to tell if they are skull-faced robots, or bird-like aliens in masks. When Vadic speaks, she purrs with self-satisfied wickedness, knowing she has the upper hand in any scenario. Most threatening of all, she pronounces Jean-Luc Picard's name with a stressed French accent. "Picarrrrr," she growls. 

Oh yes, and the Shrike: Built to look like a talon, the Shrike is equipped with ultra-powerful weapons the likes of which Starfleet hadn't ever encountered. It is equipped with tractor beam technology that can grab a whole starship and hurl it at another. Later in the series ... well, other, more powerful weapons will also be revealed. Eventually, too, audiences will see that Vadic has a connection to a larger, perhaps recognizable "Star Trek" antagonist. 

While Vadic follows a tradition of threatening Trek villains, Plummer is making her into something notable and memorable. Like her father, Plummer is a great Trek villain.

The villain tradition

One might recall that Christopher Plummer , Amanda's father, played the eye-patched Klingon General Chang in Nicholas Meyer's feature film "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country." At the end of that film, Chang could be seen gleefully spinning in his captain's chair, enthusiastically yelling Shakespeare quotes as he pummels the U.S.S. Enterprise with photon torpedoes. It seems that playing cackling sci-fi villains is an intergenerational talent, as Amanda Plummer is meeting the task with aplomb.

"Star Trek," of course, more typically eschews the moral simplicity of "heroes" and "villains." In a superhero universe, one can approve of violence committed by heroes and condemn violence committed by villains because, well, the heroes are going to be peerlessly righteous by definition. On "Star Trek," the antagonists are rarely outwardly evil, often driven by philosophies and principles that merely stand counter to the show's protagonists. Even popular "villains" like Q (John de Lancie) or the Borg are functioning perfectly ethically by their own personal guidelines. It's just that neither of them has had any reason to place much value on human life. 

The "Star Trek" feature films are more typically concerned with a simpler, unambiguous hero/villain dynamic, at least since "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan." While many love "Khan," a consensus seems to have been reached at some point that it was the best Trek movie of them all (a claim that few might dispute). As such, future Trek movies began to emulate it; one might have noticed that multiple films in a row featured crazed, revenge-bent villains who have a bone to pick with Starfleet. All the films from "Star Trek: Nemesis" through "Star Trek Beyond" had "villains."

Plummer's range

Since the new season of "Star Trek: Picard" is quite clearly trying to emulate the look and feel and plotting of a feature film (it even borrows musical cues from previous Trek movies), it stands to reason that the showrunners would also want to employ a now-traditional villain character.

Amanda Plummer is weirdly perfect as a "Star Trek" villain. Plummer began her acting career in the 1980s, and she immediately accrued acclaim for her twitchy intensity. In 1982, she won a Tony award for a production of "Agnes of God," and can be noted for any number of high-profile film roles. She was the shy woman beloved by Robin Williams in "The Fisher King," she held up a restaurant in "Pulp Fiction." She was excellent in an early episode of " Tales from the Crypt ." She won two Emmys for her guest spots on "The Outer Limits" in 1996 and on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" in 2005. Plummer's career is perhaps too extensive to delve into here. Needless to say, the reader has likely seen her in several films or TV shows without trying. 

"Star Trek" is a world of order, rules, a chain of command. Jean-Luc Picard is a formal character played by a classically trained actor, Patrick Stewart. Amanda Plummer, meanwhile, has amazing talents playing unhinged, angry, or twitchy characters. Compared to the typical propriety of "Star Trek," she is unpredictable, dark, scary. She's perfect in how out-of-place she is. And yet, she is completely convincing, representing a dark, criminal corner of "Star Trek" that is not usually explored. 

More than anything, Plummer is emotionally and dramatically immediate. Like Iago, her motivations are less important than her impact. What a cool character. 

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Picard's sidney la forge actor explains filming season 3's villain scenes.

Exclusive: Star Trek: Picard season 3 star Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut explains how the scenes where the Titan crew met Captain Vadic were filmed.

Warning: SPOILERS Below For Star Trek: Picard Season 3, Episode 2 - "Disengage" Star Trek: Picard season 3 star Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut explains how the pivotal scenes in episode 2 where the crew of the USS Titan-A meets the villainous Captain Vadic (Amanda Plummer) were filmed. Chestnut plays the Titan's helmsman, Sidney La Forge, who is also the daughter of Star Trek: The Next Generation icon Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton). Sidney is on the Titan's bridge when Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) comes face-to-face with Vadic, the mysterious marauder chasing his son, Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers).

In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant , Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut gives some behind-the-scenes info on how Star Trek: Picard season 3, episode 2 's Vadic scenes were produced. Ashlei clarified whether Amanda Plummer visited the Titan bridge set or if everything was done using green screen. Read her quote below:

Just the lines in the green screen. It's us acting. (laughs) I didn't really see... No, I don't think... Well, that's not true, I think at one point, Amanda actually did come to set just to say her lines for, like, a viewpoint. But for the most part, it was just the green screen.

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Captain Vadic's Scenes In Picard Call Back To Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan

Star Trek: Picard season 3, episode 2's tense confrontations with Captain Vadic call back to similar moments in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan . Ricardo Montalbán famously never physically shared the screen as Khan opposite his nemesis, William Shatner's Admiral James T. Kirk. All of their scenes were shot separately, with the actors simply "acting," as Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut puts it, as if the other person was on set. Star Trek: Picard utilizing the same filming technique is one of season 3's many homages to The Wrath of Khan .

It's a testament to the talent of Star Trek: Picard 's cast that the results are seamless, with the USS Titan's crew reacting with appropriate horror at the scarred visage of Captain Vadic. Chestnut also gets to say one of the best lines of Picard episode 2 when Sidney confirms that Vadic's starship, the Shrike, " threw a ship" at the Titan in a startling use of a tractor beam. Later in the episode, Sidney La Forge also shares a lesson she learned from her father, Geordi, that there's "no law of physics that can't be broken by another law of physics" to explain how Vadic accomplished her tractor beam attack.

It's unclear thus far whether Captain Vadic will remain on the Shrike for the remainder of Star Trek: Picard season 3, or if Starfleet heroes will confront her in the flesh. Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut did confirm that Amanda Plummer visited the Titan set so that she got to meet her fellow cast members. Meanwhile, Sidney La Forge is definitely one of the new characters in Star Trek: Picard season 3 who is worth watching to see how her character arc progresses.

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Star Trek: Picard Season 3 streams Thursdays on Paramount+.

Star Trek: Legacy Gets Boost As New Report Teases Picard Follow-Up Movie

• Star Trek: Legacy may become a movie instead of a TV series.
• Rumored Star Trek streaming movie "Legacy" may happen if Section 31 succeeds, says Variety report.
• Star Trek: Legacy has been campaigned for by fans since Picard season 3 ended.

Star Trek: Legacy , the rumored follow-up series to Star Trek: Picard , gets an update courtesy of a new report. In addition to reuniting the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation for one last mission, Picard season 3 set up a new Star Trek show featuring Captain Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) as commander of the USS Enterprise-G, tentatively titled Star Trek: Legacy . The cast ideally would include Commander Raffi Musiker (Michelle Hurd) as First Officer; Ensign Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers), as well as several returning Picard characters.

A new Variety cover story about the future of the Star Trek franchise includes a long-awaited, albeit brief, update on the possibility of Star Trek: Legacy happening as a Star Trek streaming movie made for Paramount+ if Star Trek: Section 31 is a success. Read the quote below:

And Kurtzman is already eyeing more opportunities for TV movies, including a possible follow-up to “Picard.”

Star Trek Picard Season 3 Ending Explained (In Detail)

Why hasn't star trek: legacy been confirmed yet, short answer: money..

The fan-led campaigns to greenlight Star Trek: Legacy certainly show that demand for the new Star Trek: Picard spinoff exists, but demand alone isn't enough to warrant a whole new Star Trek series going into production. Even though Picard season 3 clearly set up Legacy , with its potential cast of new characters, Captain Seven catchphrase cliffhanger, and even a visit from Q (John de Lancie), there was never a guarantee that the premise would result in a multi-episode, ongoing Star Trek show, especially with 3 other Star Trek shows currently in production.

The new Variety report suggests that Star Trek: Legacy may come to exist as a streaming Star Trek movie, which would be a more financially sound move , even if it isn't exactly what fans have been clamoring for. Star Trek: Section 31 was intended as a series before being modified into a more cost-effective feature-length telefilm, and its success could lay the groundwork for a collection of similar Star Trek content on Paramount+. Legacy as a Star Trek movie may not be ideal, but it would still see the continuing adventures of the USS Enterprise-G crew, and that's better than no Star Trek: Legacy at all.

Source: Variety

Star Trek: Picard season 3 is available to stream on Paramount+

Cast Orla Brady, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, Jeri Ryan, Patrick Stewart, Alison Pill, Isa Briones, Evan Evagora, Marina Sirtis, Amanda Plummer, Whoopi Goldberg, Gates McFadden, Todd Stashwick, Santiago Cabrera, Michelle Hurd, John de Lancie, Ed Speleers

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