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Kate Mulgrew

• View history
• 2 Playing Kathryn Janeway
• 3.1.1 Ryan's Hope
• 3.1.2 Mrs. Columbo
• 3.1.3 Later series
• 3.1.4 TV movies and mini-series
• 3.1.5 TV guest appearances
• 3.2 Film roles
• 3.3.1 Television
• 3.3.2 Video games
• 3.4 Stage roles
• 3.5 See also
• 4 Star Trek interviews
• 5.1 Appearances as Kathryn Janeway
• 5.2 Appearances as Hologram Janeway
• 5.3 Additional roles
• 6 External links

Personal [ ]

Kate Mulgrew was born in Dubuque, Iowa, to Joan and Thomas James Mulgrew, and was the oldest girl in an Irish Catholic family of eight. Both of her parents have since passed away.

Mulgrew gained an interest in acting at the age of 12, which her mother helped to flourish by giving her biographies of legendary actresses and sending her to summer acting schools. At the age of 17, she left home and traveled to New York City to study acting. She was accepted into Stella Adler 's Conservatory while attending New York University, but left at the end of her junior year to pursue a full-time acting career, beginning within her breakthrough role as Mary Ryan on the hit soap opera Ryan's Hope .

From 1982 to 1995, she was married to Robert Egan. The marriage produced two sons: Ian Thomas and Alexander James . In November 1995, Mulgrew dated Star Trek: Voyager director Winrich Kolbe . ( The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine  issue 6 , p. 39) She married Ohio politician Timothy Hagan in 1999, whom she met in 1994 through her mother. They have since divorced.

In 2001, Mulgrew was reuinted with her daughter Danielle, whom she had placed for adoption during the filming of Ryan's Hope . Mulgrew recalls this reunion, which was initiated while she was working on the set of Star Trek: Voyager , as well as much of her early life in her 2015 memoir Born with Teeth .

Mulgrew is an active member of the Alzheimer's Association National Advisory Council. Her mother, Joan, suffered from the debilitating illness prior to her death on 27 July 2006.

Mulgrew was friends with the late John F. Kennedy, Jr., and attended his funeral with her husband, Tim. She is also a longtime friend of John de Lancie including three episodes of Star Trek: Voyager .

Her last name is pronounced "Mul-GREW", with emphasis on the second syllable.

Playing Kathryn Janeway [ ]

Mulgrew's original audition (likely with a mislabeled year)

Mulgrew was approached to audition for the role of Captain Elizabeth Janeway when Voyager was being cast. At the time, Mulgrew was only vaguely familiar with the Star Trek franchise and did not grasp the importance of the role. She sent in a videotaped audition, which was recorded in New York City in August 1994. Mulgrew felt that her first audition was "devoid of meaning" and actually apologized at the end of her performance, explaining that she had fallen in love with a man and was to meet him that day (her future-husband Tim Hagan). ( Born with Teeth , chapter "We Begin")

Genevieve Bujold was selected to play Janeway over Mulgrew, with the character's given name changed to Nicole . Bujold left the role after only two days of filming, primarily due to her unfamiliarity with the rapid production schedule necessary in a television series. ( Born with Teeth , chapter "The Audition")

Mulgrew was invited to another audition, together with three other women. The audition took place in September 1994 at Paramount Studios , in front of several network executives and the producers of Star Trek: Voyager . As opposed to her first audition, Mulgrew was by then interested in the role and realized its potential. She delivered a scene with Tuvok and a monologue inspiring Voyager's crew that she would bring them home one day. Because many of the producers went on holiday following the audition, Mulgrew only learnt a few days later that she was chosen for the role, with Rick Berman speaking on her answering machine "Welcome aboard, Captain" and asking her to come back to Paramount Studios the following Monday. After taking the part, she was informed by Jeri Taylor that Janeway's given name was changed yet again, to Kathryn , due to legal reasons and in honoring Mulgrew's Irish-American roots. ( Born with Teeth , chapters "The Audition" and "Now, Voyager")

Among the actresses Mulgrew ultimately beat out for the role were Helen Shaver , Chelsea Field , Patty Duke , and Karen Austin . Discussing Mulgrew's casting, Jeri Taylor states that Mulgrew " had an ineffable quality that put her ahead of the pack. She has proven to be a remarkably accurate choice. " [1]

Mulgrew with Winrich Kolbe during early filming of "Caretaker", still spotting her natural hairstyle

The first of her co-stars Mulgrew met were Robert Duncan McNeill and Garrett Wang , filming a scene on the set of Voyager's bridge. She was not introduced to the cast prior to shooting, due to the already belated shooting schedule. Mulgrew spent the first hours on set in make-up and costume, with the executive producers discussing her hairstyle for the show at length – something that would continue the following months. ( Born with Teeth , chapter "Now, Voyager") In fact, many scenes of the series' pilot episode, " Caretaker ", had to be re-shot several months into the production of season 1, because Janeway's hairstyle was to be changed from Mulgrew's long, natural hair to the bob she was wearing for the majority of the rest of the season. ( A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager , p. 318)

In interviews and convention appearances, Mulgrew also revealed that she was closely watched on set during the filming of season 1 by UPN executives, who were concerned that she was not up to the task of performing as a series' lead. Mulgrew also speculated that the network likely had contingency plans to replace her with a male actor. It took some time before the show's producers and network executives trusted her with the role. [2]

Despite the hectic start and stressful twelve-hour shooting days, Mulgrew found the atmosphere on set increasingly relaxing, as she got to know her co-stars and enjoyed the fun they were having between takes. She also met Patrick Stewart on set, who advised her that she would be "very proud" of her accomplishments after seven years, if she did the work to the best of her abilities. ( Born with Teeth , chapter "Now, Voyager")

Mulgrew as Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway ( Star Trek Nemesis )

In an interview with Daniel Howard Cerone of the Los Angeles Times early in the show's production, Mulgrew referred to playing Janeway as "a huge challenge". She found the constant use of technobabble particularly difficult, comparing it to the medical language she had to use while starring on Heartbeat . Mulgrew credited her commanding presence on the set to her upbringing as "the oldest, bossy girl in a family of eight". Regarding her character, Mulgrew commented, " The captain ... has to have an emotional control, an intellectual center, a presence, a calm. Full thrusters , you know? This is a great woman" . [3]

In an interview with the New York Times in 1999, Mulgrew told about her thoughts leaving the production because of the less free time she could spent with her husband Tim Hagan and her two sons. The producers decided to change the production plans and worked out a special schedule and Mulgrew decided to sign on for the seventh season .

Mulgrew played the role of Captain Janeway for seven seasons, from 1995 through 2001 . Her performance earned her a Saturn Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films as well as a Golden Satellite Award in 1998 ; the role also garnered her three more Saturn Award nominations. Kate Mulgrew's stand-in , photo double , and body double on the series was Sue Henley . In 2002 , Mulgrew once again appeared as Janeway – now holding the rank of Vice Admiral – in Star Trek Nemesis . She replaced Jeri Ryan , who was originally approached to appear in the movie.

Mulgrew also voiced the character of Janeway in the video games Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force and Star Trek: Legacy and reprised her role as Admiral Janeway in the 2004 Borg Invasion 4D -ride at the Star Trek: The Experience attraction .

Several costumes worn by Mulgrew throughout the run of Star Trek: Voyager were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay, including a two piece Starfleet uniform. [4]

Mulgrew returned to the role of Janeway in Star Trek: Prodigy . [5] She also voices both Janeway and her mirror universe counterpart in missions released for Star Trek Online in January 2022.

Television [ ]

Ryan's hope [ ].

Mulgrew starred on Ryan's Hope for three years, from 1975 through 1978. Among her co-stars on this series were Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home actress Catherine Hicks (who played Dr. Faith Coleridge), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine actor Andrew Robinson (who played Dr. Frank Ryan), Daniel Hugh Kelly , and Michael Corbett .

When she left the series, Mulgrew requested her character be killed off. The producers initially refused, but finally did so due to unpopular recasts of the character. However, Mulgrew went on to appear intermittently on the series afterwards, as Mary Ryan's spirit.

Mrs. Columbo [ ]

Mulgrew starred in a short-lived spin-off series of Columbo entitled Mrs. Columbo , on which she played Mrs. Kate Columbo. Her character was believed to be the oft-referenced "missus" of the famed TV detective played by Peter Falk, although this detail was never stated outright and later Columbo movies disregarded it entirely.

The character's name was changed to Kate Callahan for the show's second season following an off-screen "divorce", and the series was renamed Kate Loves a Mystery . Although the series only lasted for two seasons in 1979, it earned Mulgrew a 1980 Golden Globe nomination.

One of the actors to guest star on Mrs. Columbo was René Auberjonois , who went on to play Colonel West in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , among other roles. Auberjonois appeared in two episodes of the show, each time as a different character.

Later series [ ]

For two seasons from 1988 through 1989, Mulgrew starred as Dr. Joanne Springsteen (later Halloran) in the TV drama HeartBeat , set in a women's obstetrics and gynecology clinic. Also starring on this series was Deep Space Nine guest actress Gail Strickland .

Another short-lived series on which Mulgrew starred was the NBC sitcom Man of the People , which aired for one season in 1991. The series followed a hustler (played by James Garner ) who becomes councilman of a city headed by Mulgrew's Mayor Lisabeth Chardin.

Mulgrew was seen in a recurring role on the short-lived NBC series The Black Donnellys in 2007, playing the mother of the title characters. She then played the recurring role of Mrs. Jeannie Flanagan on the NBC medical drama Mercy , which has been cancelled and was aired in 2009-2010. More recently, between 2011 and 2013, she has starred in the Adult Swim comedy series NTSF:SD:SUV:: .

Alongside Michael Harney , Lori Petty , Lauren Lapkus , and Phumzile Sitole , Mulgrew played Galina "Red" Reznikov in the Netflix streaming series Orange is the New Black from 2013—2019. This role earned her an OFTA Television Award nomination in the category Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, a Critic's Choice TV Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, and an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2014. In 2015, she won the Screen Actors Guild Award in the category Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, shared with Michael Harney . In 2016, Mulgrew was again nominated in this category for Orange is the New Black . [6]

TV movies and mini-series [ ]

Mulgrew co-starred with three-time Deep Space Nine actor Frank Langella in the 1976 made-for-TV movie The American Woman: Portraits of Courage . In 1978, Mulgrew co-starred with fellow Trek performers Jonathan Banks , Nicholas Coster , Christopher Lloyd , Allan Miller , Diana Muldaur , and Nehemiah Persoff in the CBS mini-series, The Word .

In 1987, Mulgrew had a role in the telefilm Roses Are for the Rich . Robert Picardo , who became her co-star on Star Trek: Voyager , also had a role in the film, as did two-time Trek guest star Anne Haney . In 1988, while filming Roots: The Gift , Mulgrew acted alongside three actors who later became a part of three different Star Trek series: Avery Brooks ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ), LeVar Burton ( Star Trek: The Next Generation ), and Mulgrew's Voyager co-star Tim Russ . This telefilm also featured Jerry Hardin , who appeared on TNG in the same year, as Radue .

Mulgrew appeared with TNG actress Patti Yasutake in the 1991 TV movie Fatal Friendship . In the 1993 TV movie For Love and Glory , Mulgrew and Deep Space Nine and Enterprise guest star Robert Foxworth played a married couple, with Voyager guest actor Zach Galligan and TNG guest actress Olivia d'Abo as their children.

In 1998, Mulgrew co-starred opposite TNG guest actor Corbin Bernsen in the TV movie Riddler's Moon , in which Mulgrew played widowed farmer Victoria Riddler.

TV guest appearances [ ]

Mulgrew has made guest appearances on a variety of TV programs. Her first such ventures were two 1978 episodes of Dallas . In 1984, Mulgrew played the wife of William Lucking 's character in an episode of the short-lived series Jessie .

In 1986, Mulgrew guest-starred in a two-parter of St. Elsewhere , a series which had Trek veterans Jeff Allin, Chad Allen , Ed Begley, Jr. , Norman Lloyd , Deborah May , France Nuyen , Jennifer Savidge , Alfre Woodard , and Jane Wyatt as regular cast members. That same year, she guest-starred as a city councilor in a three-parter on the hit sitcom Cheers , co-starring TNG guest star Kelsey Grammer in his regular role as Frasier Crane.

In 1987, Mulgrew appeared in an episode of Murder, She Wrote alongside TOS guest actors Vince Howard , Robert Walker , and William Windom . She returned to the series in 1992 (co-starring with Michael McGrady ) and again in 1994 (with future Voyager guest actress Musetta Vander ). Mulgrew also appeared as an alcoholic anchorwoman on the hit sitcom Murphy Brown in 1992. In 2006, Mulgrew guest-starred in an episode of the NBC drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit .

In 2011 Mulgrew worked on the third season of the mystery series Warehouse 13 . Her character, Jane Lattimer, was featured in a four-episode story arc. Warehouse 13 was co-created by Jane Espenson and stars Saul Rubinek . [7]

Film roles [ ]

Mulgrew made her feature film debut in the drama Lovespell , retelling the tragic tale of Tristan and Iseult (with Mulgrew playing the latter). Filmed in 1979, the film was ultimately released in December 1981. [8]

In 1982, Mulgrew starred in the thriller A Stranger Is Watching , in which she played a journalist who befriends a man whose wife was raped and killed, only to be kidnapped (along with the man's daughter) by the same murderer/rapist.

In 1985, Mulgrew starred as Major Rayner Fleming in the action film Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins . This film also starred Mulgrew's future Voyager co-star Joel Grey as the racist and sexist Chiun, who ridiculed Mulgrew's character for being a woman with rank. Also appearing in this film are Trek alumni Patrick Kilpatrick , Michael Pataki , George Coe , and Jeff Allin .

Mulgrew then starred in the 1987 black comedy Throw Momma from the Train as the ex-wife of Billy Crystal's character who becomes an unwitting part of a childish man's attempts to have his mother killed. Raye Birk and TOS guest star Peter Brocco also appeared in this film. "Momma" was played by Anne Ramsey, wife of Trek guest star Logan Ramsey .

In 1991, Mulgrew played Judith Schweitzer in the film Round Numbers , co-starring with TNG guest-actress Samantha Eggar . In 1994, she appeared in the film Camp Nowhere , starring Christopher Lloyd from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (whom Mulgrew previously co-starred with in the mini-series The Word ) and also featuring an appearance by The Next Generation actor Jonathan Frakes . John Putch and Ron Fassler had roles in the film, as well. The following year, Mulgrew appeared in the 1995 film Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys with Joe Piscopo .

In 2005 Mulgrew portrayed Dr. Mary Smith in the independent drama Perception . Three years later she was cast to portray Colonel Simms in the 2008 short drama The Response and in 2010, Mulgrew portrayed the wife of Christopher McDonald 's character in the comedy The Best and the Brightest .

Voice-over work [ ]

Mulgrew voiced the villainous Red Claw opposite Adrienne Barbeau 's Catwoman in three episodes of Batman: The Animated Series (two in 1992, a third in 1995); also appearing in the third and last episode, "The Lion and the Unicorn," were Loren Lester and Kenneth Mars .

Mulgrew was among the many Star Trek performers who supplied their voices to the Disney animated series Gargoyles , in which she played Queen Titania and her human alter ego Anastasia Renard. Others who have done so include TNG's Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis , Brent Spiner , LeVar Burton , and Michael Dorn , DS9's Avery Brooks, TNG and DS9's Colm Meaney , TOS' Nichelle Nichols , DS9 guest star Salli Elise Richardson , Voyager guest actor John Rhys-Davies , and Trek movie actors and TNG guest stars David Warner , Paul Winfield and W. Morgan Sheppard .

Video games [ ]

Besides voicing Captain Janeway for Elite Force , Mulgrew also lent her voice to a video game entitled Run Like Hell . Other Trek performers who supplied voices for this game were Clancy Brown , Brad Dourif , and Sherman Howard .

Mulgrew's voice can also be heard on the hit video game Lords of Everquest , which also featured voices by Ron Perlman , John Rhys-Davies, and Voyager co-star Dwight Schultz . Additionally, she can be heard in the 2009 role-playing game Dragon Age: Origins , playing the shape-shifting witch, Flemeth. The game also features voice work from fellow Star Trek: Voyager actor Tim Russ . In 2011 she reprised her voice part as Flemeth in the sequel Dragon Age II, and did so again in 2014 with Dragon Age: Inquisition.

Stage roles [ ]

Mulgrew as Katharine Hepburn in Tea at Five

Mulgrew made her professional stage acting debut in a 1975 production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town at the American Shakespeare Theatre, in which she played Emily Webb. One of her co-stars in this play was Star Trek: Deep Space Nine guest actor John Glover . [9]

In 1978, Mulgrew played Desdemona in the Hampton Theatre Company production of William Shakespeare's Othello . Two-time Voyager guest actor Ivar Brogger was among Mulgrew's co-stars in this play. [10]

Mulgrew appeared in numerous stage productions throughout the 1980s, including Neil Simon's Chapter Two (1980, with Michael Zaslow ), Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1981-82), The Ballad of Soapy Smith (1983, with Kevin Tighe ), The Misanthrope (1984, with Daniel Davis ), William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure (1985, with Kelsey Grammer ), Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler (1986, co-starring Julianna McCarthy and Dakin Matthews ), Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing (1986, also with Dakin Matthews), The Film Society (1987, again working with Daniel Davis), and Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus (with Robert Curtis Brown and Don McManus ).

From 20 May through 1 July 1990, Mulgrew acted alongside fellow Trek alumni Raye Birk , Christine Healy , John Larroquette , Joycelyn O'Brien , Andrew Robinson , and John Vickery in the West Coast Premiere of Brian Friel's Aristocrats at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. [11] In 1992, Mulgrew co-starred with Joel Brooks and the late Kellie Waymire in the La Jolla Playhouse production of What The Butler Saw . [12] Mulgrew made her Broadway debut the following year in Peter Shaffer's Black Comedy . [13] [14]

In February 2002, Mulgrew began playing legendary actress Katharine Hepburn in Tea at Five , a one-woman play written by Matthew Lombardo. The play toured through the U.S. through October 2005, and garnered Mulgrew several awards.

She later starred as Laura Keane in the new Civil War-era Broadway play, Our Leading Lady , written by Charles Busch. The play had a preview run from 22 February through 18 March 2007 and opened 20 March 2007 in New York City. It closed on 29 April 2007. [15]

On 9 July 2007, the Signature Theatre Company announced that Mulgrew has replaced Victoria Clark in the role of Clytemnestra in Charles Mee's Iphigenia 2.0 , directed by Tina Landau and co-starring Rocco Sisto , which ran from 26 August 2007 through 7 October 2007 at the Signature Theatre Company's Peter Norton Space. [16] Mulgrew won an Obie Award for her performance in this play. [17]

On 22 April 2008, Mulgrew stepped into the role of "Mommy" in the off-Broadway production of Edward Albee's The American Dream and The Sandbox , replacing another actress who had to depart after the play was extended to 17 May. However, Mulgrew was forced to withdraw from the play early "due to a dire family emergency" and the play closed on 3 May. [18]

On 25 September 2008, Mulgrew began playing the role of Hesther Saloman in the Broadway revival of Equus . The play ran through 8 February 2009. [19] After Equus , Mulgrew starred as Maria Callas in a production of Terrence McNally's Tony Award-winning play Master Class . The production was staged at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Milburn, New Jersey, from March 4 through April 5, 2009. [20]

See also [ ]

• Born with Teeth: A Memoir
• How to Forget: A Daughter’s Memoir

Star Trek interviews [ ]

• VOY Season 1 DVD special feature Cast Reflections: Season One , interviewed on 3 October 1994
• VOY Season 1 DVD special feature Voyager Time Capsule: Kathryn Janeway , interviewed on 3 October 1994, 21 March 2001 , and 30 March 2003
• VOY Season 1 DVD special feature Lost Transmissions from the Delta Quadrant , interviewed on 3 October 1994
• E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager ( 1995 )
• Launch of Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
• Star Trek: Voyager - Inside the New Adventure (1995)

Star Trek appearances [ ]

Appearances as kathryn janeway [ ].

• VOY : Every episode except " Living Witness "
• Star Trek Nemesis
• " A Moral Star, Part 2 " ( Season 1 )
• " Let Sleeping Borg Lie "
• " All the World's a Stage "
• " Crossroads "
• " Masquerade "
• " Preludes "
• " Mindwalk "
• " Supernova, Part 1 "
• " Supernova, Part 2 "

Appearances as Hologram Janeway [ ]

• PRO : Every episode

Additional roles [ ]

External links [ ]

• TotallyKate.com – official site
• Kate Mulgrew at StarTrek.com
• Kate Mulgrew at the Internet Movie Database
• Kate Mulgrew at the Internet Broadway Database
• Kate Mulgrew at Wikipedia
• Kate Mulgrew at TriviaTribute.com

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Author Interviews

'born with teeth,' actress kate mulgrew on a life lived with abandon.

"I'm not one of those who will ever say to you 'No regrets.' I have serious regrets," says actress Kate Mulgrew. "And I think most thoughtful people do, if they live a life as I have lived mine, with a great deal of abandon and passion." Diane Bondareff/Invision/AP hide caption

"I'm not one of those who will ever say to you 'No regrets.' I have serious regrets," says actress Kate Mulgrew. "And I think most thoughtful people do, if they live a life as I have lived mine, with a great deal of abandon and passion."

Even if you don't know Kate Mulgrew's name, you know her work. She currently plays Red, the formidable prison kitchen manager in the series Orange Is the New Black . And for seven seasons she was Captain Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager.

Mulgrew starred as Captain Kathryn Janeway, the first woman to command a Federation Starship, in Star Trek: Voyager. CBS Photo Archive/Delivered By Online USA/Getty Images hide caption

Mulgrew starred as Captain Kathryn Janeway, the first woman to command a Federation Starship, in Star Trek: Voyager.

"Nothing could be more challenging, more arduous, or more rewarding than that part on that series," Mulgrew tells NPR's Tamara Keith, referring to the role of Janeway.

But the story behind the actress is more dramatic than anything she's played on screen. In her new memoir Born With Teeth, Mulgrew pulls back the curtain on her own life with an honesty that's raw and refreshing. It's not your typical, "Oh, the people I've known" celebrity story.

At the heart of Mulgrew's story is a choice she made when she was just 22 years old, when her acting career was on the rise.

Interview Highlights

On getting pregnant and putting her baby up for adoption

Born With Teeth

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I found myself pregnant at the age of 22 while I was playing Mary Ryan on a very popular soap opera called Ryan's Hope . And I immediately called my mother who was still in a passage of grief over the loss of her daughter Tessie, my sister Tess. ... I said to mother, "This is going to be very difficult, Mom, but I have to tell you the truth: I'm pregnant."

And she said, "Well, that's too bad. You've made a big mistake, kitten, and now you're going to have to fix it. And the only way you can fix it is to give the baby up for adoption. So I think you should go over to Catholic charities and find a wonderful social worker who will guide you through this process and you will do the brave thing and you will give up this baby. So, kitten, pull yourself together and do what you know you need to do. You won't be the first and you certainly won't be the last — " I think she said "actress" who's ever given birth to an illegitimate child. So that was that.

On how she went back to work on the set of Ryan's Hope just a few days later

Possibly more harrowing than the birth itself in terms of my sense of loss, my sense of disequilibrium, my understanding that the size of what I had done would never leave me. The dimension of the decision was not only epic but infinite. And whereas my teacher had promised me that the work would lift me up, in this particular case, three days after the birth of that baby, being handed a tiny stunt baby by the studio nurse and told to start a monologue ... and the monologue is a promise of fidelity and endurance, love and maternal care — I just thought I had to tap into something that I didn't even know I had in terms of sheer mettle because, the earth I had known .... disappeared.

Mulgrew plays Red, a formidable prison chef, in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. Ali Goldstein/Netflix/AP hide caption

Mulgrew plays Red, a formidable prison chef, in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black.

On coping with the many personal losses she's endured

I have to be very straight with you about this — I've never considered it preponderance of loss. I've met too many people who've lost far more than I've lost. So I don't look at it that way, I just looked at it as my lot. When you are born into a big Irish Catholic family, these are the odds I guess. Somebody's going to leave you. I couldn't have predicted that it would be two sisters and I couldn't have predicted that one of them would be so deeply, deeply, deeply loved by me. But such is life!

And as for my relationships with men, well, I know a lot of women who've had a lot more! ... What I think I tried to call on in the book, is my sense of vulnerability. My sense of being just a middle-class girl from Dubuque, Iowa, being thrown into the world early and having these experiences in such a vivid and big way — I think that's what hits you when you read the book and when you begin to understand my life.

On how her life might be different if her daughter hadn't been adopted

I think about it all the time and did for those 20 years before I met her. ... I'm not one of those who will ever say to you "No regrets." I have serious regrets. And I think most thoughtful people do, if they live a life as I have lived mine with a great deal of abandon and passion.

I regret that I could not have raised her. I regret that I saw that decision as an impossible one. I regret that my mother was in such an agony of grief that she could not help me raise this child.

But do I regret her? Not for one second. And this is the thing of life. This is the deep mystery. Not for one second do I regret that girl or giving birth to that girl, who is now a fundamental, integral part of my life and part of my ongoing learning about the vicissitudes of love and loss.

Star Trek: Why The First Actress Cast As Captain Janeway Was Replaced By Kate Mulgrew

Booking a role doesn't guarantee an actor has ownership of it. Take Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) from "Star Trek: Voyager" for example; the sci-fi icon bore a different face than the one fans are familiar with for exactly three days of filming — the first three days. Before Mulgrew made the captain's chair her own, Geneviève Bujold was cast in the role. According to "The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years: From The Next Generation to J. J. Abrams: The Complete, Uncensored, and Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek," a behind-the-scenes compendium written by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman, Bujold's recasting followed a series of contested conflicts.

"On the first day, I got calls from [pilot director Winrich] Kolbe ... saying that [Bujold] was having trouble with her lines. She felt that she couldn't memorize seven pages a day," executive producer Rick Berman explained. He then went on to list a series of minor squabbles involving Bujold and various creatives attached to "Voyager," one of which culminated in the actress asking how she could be expected to cooperate with a director she didn't know.

Berman added that he was the one to finally tell Bujold that they had to part ways. While he notes that he was levelheaded throughout the interaction, he admitted to experiencing a certain vindictive pride, seemingly regarding the company losing time and money over a casting decision he did not agree with in the first place.

Geneviève Bujold's talent won over (some of) the cast and crew

Rick Berman's issues aside, some of the parties involved in the early days of "Star Trek: Voyager" offered Geneviève Bujold the benefit of the doubt, and others even defended her. Actor Robert Beltran, who notes that Bujold's casting partially inspired his decision to join "Voyager," said, "It didn't seem like [Bujold] was happy to be there ... Maybe she was starting to realize the limitations of the possibilities of what she could do with so many hands on her character ... they weren't going to let her play [Janeway] the way she wanted to play it."

Additionally, supervising producer René Echevarria praised Bujold for her talent and professionalism, going so far as to compare her work to William Shatner's on  "Star Trek: The Original Series."  Regardless of talent or professionalism, the demands placed on a lead actor in a long-running television series are best suited to an individual who enjoys the material, and Bujold simply didn't enjoy being involved with "Star Trek." Executive Vice President of Paramount Television Tom Mazza phrased it best when he said, "It was like divine intervention because it really didn't work for both parties." 

Conversely, the bond between "Star Trek: Voyager" and actress Kate Mulgrew worked out for everyone involved. She helmed the USS Enterprise for seven successful seasons. To this day, "Voyager" is still considered one of the strongest installments in the entire "Star Trek" franchise, and, to some degree, that must be thanks to the right Captain Janeway making it on board. 

Kate Mulgrew And The Tormenting Of Jeri Ryan On Star Trek: Voyager

It didn’t help Kate Mulgrew’s cause when there was an immediate rise in the ratings.

By Rick Gonzales | Published 4 years ago

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She played Red in Orange is the New Black. She was even Columbo’s wife. But perhaps actress Kate Mulgrew is best known for playing Captain Kathryn Janeway on the long-running TV series Star Trek: Voyager.

LONG AND STORIED

Kate Mulgrew has been around the block a time or two. Her career began in the mid-70s with an appearance on The Wide World of Mystery as well as the long-running soap opera Ryan’s Hope. In fact, she was part of Ryan’s Hope for 14 years.

Before, during, and after her Ryan’s Hope years, Mulgrew spread her wings. She first became Mrs. Columbo, the wife of famous TV character Lieutenant Columbo (portrayed brilliantly by Peter Falk) from the TV series Columbo. Unable to grab fans the way the original series did, it lasted one season.

That cancellation didn’t slow Mulgrew down. She continued to work both sides of the ledger, small and big screen. She grabbed roles in the TV series Cheers, St. Elsewhere, Man of the People, and Heartbeat while also starring in movies such as A Stranger is Watching, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, and Camp Nowhere. All this was leading up to her most iconic role: the first female captain on a Star Trek series.

THE STAR TREK YEARS

The first three seasons of Star Trek: Voyager for Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway were good for the actress. It was a solid series, breaking barriers as Mulgrew took on a position within the Starfleet that no other female had before seen. But the ratings weren’t jumping as much as those in charge were wanted. So, in season number four, Jeri Ryan came on board as Seven of Nine. The script flipped. So did Mulgrew. It didn’t help Kate Mulgrew’s cause when there was an immediate rise in the ratings.

According to Voyager’s executive producer Rick Berman , things were tense between the two women from the beginning. “Kate was sort of the Queen of Star Trek at that point. She hung out with astronauts, she hung out with Hillary Clinton, and she was the spokesman for women in leadership roles, and for a lot of things. All of a sudden, this busty, gorgeous, blond babe appears who took away everybody’s breath. I literally once remember some press being on the stage and just sort of pushing by Kate to get to Jeri. So there was a little antagonism that existed right through to the end of the show with those two ladies.”

Berman wasn’t the only one who saw this. Garret Wang , who played Operations Officer Harry Kim said, “Kate’s anger was not directed toward Jeri Ryan, it was directed toward the character of Seven of Nine. She was the female captain, and now you bring in this borderline T-and-A character. When the writers/producers said no [about getting rid of her], she kept complaining. Finally her anger was turned toward the actress playing the character, Jeri Ryan . That’s when it became horrible.”

He also added this unbelievable anecdote. “At one point, Kate pulled the line producer aside and said, ‘Jeri Ryan is not allowed to use the bathroom unless she uses it before work or after work, but not during work,” another castmate added. “It takes too much time to get her in and out of that suit. It’s wasting time.’ Okay, so you’re trying to tell another human being that they’re not allowed to urinate? She’s just got to hold it? Are you kidding me? Obviously it didn’t happen; they didn’t honor that request.”

There are quite a few more stories that fall in line with Wang’s. Jeri Ryan even commented on the situation with Mulgrew: “The situation with Kate was very… difficult. It was not a fun work experience, particularly the first season. It was very difficult. I completely understand why. I get it, believe me, but it was very difficult. I had mornings, that first season especially, where I’d be nauseous before I went to work that morning, because I was so stressed.”

KATE MULGREW COMES CLEAN

Kate Mulgrew finally sat down with author Edward Goss to clear the air. He was in the process of writing The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years: From The Next Generation to J. J. Abrams: The Complete, Uncensored, and Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek (yes, that’s the title of the book!) and was hoping to get Mulgrew on the record concerning the horrible stories about her.

He got more than he bargained for in Mulgrew’s own words, “Let’s be very straight about something,” said Mulgrew to Goss via Closer Weekly. “This is on me, not Jeri. She came in and did what she was asked to do. No question about that, and she did it very well. It’s on me, because I’d hoped against hope that Janeway would be sufficient. That we didn’t have to bring a beautiful, sexy girl in. That somehow the power of my command, the vicissitudes of my talent would be sufficient unto the day, because this would really change television, right? That’s what dug me the hardest, that to pick up the numbers they did that… That was my interpretation of it. And that hurt me. I found it sort of insulting. And, of course, she embodied the part, this beautiful girl. But we certainly were utterly professional. I had been nothing short of completely professional, and she did her job. Very well! It was a very good idea that she was half Borg, but it’s on me. I’m sorry it has to be part of this legacy, and I probably should have comported myself better. I should have been more philosophical about it, but in the moment it was difficult.”

That is a lot to swallow but very important in terms of Kate Mulgrew understanding her part in all that happened on Star Trek: Voyager.

KATE MULGREW AFTER TREK

Kate Mulgrew’s time as Captain Janeway ended in 2001. But even with Mulgrew’s difficulties on the Voyager, her career did not stall. She moved on from series to series, movie to movie. She was seen in The Black Donnellys, Mercy, Warehouse 13, finally catching on to the hit series Orange is the New Black.

KATE MULGREW NOW

Orange is the New Black ended in 2019. Now 65-years-old, Kate Mulgrew is slowing down a little. These days she’s doing voice work, voicing the part of Cat on Infinity Train.

She’s also extremely active in the Star Trek fan community, doing various fan events and getting together with her old castmates. That includes Jeri Ryan who, it seems, bears Kate no ill-will for their contentious time together on Star Trek: Voyager.

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As a lifelong, devout Catholic, Kate Mulgrew is also a staunch pro-life activist and also campaigns against capital punishment. She has received awards from the pro-life group Feminists for Life. Mulgrew says, “Life is sacred to me on all levels”.

In addition to her pro-life work, Kate is also a member of the National Advisory Committee of the Alzheimer’s Association. Her mother died of Alzheimer’s in 2006.

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Whatever Happened To Kate Mulgrew, ‘Captain Kathryn Janeway’ From Star Trek: Voyager?

By Christopher Covello | January 18, 2023

Kate Mulgrew is an American actress and author best known for her role as Captain Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager and, more recently, her role as Red on the hit Netflix series Orange is the New Black.

She has won numerous awards including a Critic’s Choice Television Award, a Saturn Award, and an Obie Award, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Mulgrew was born on April 29, 1955 in Dubuque, Iowa. Her father was a contractor and her mother was an artist and a painter who encouraged her to nurture her creativity from a young age.

At the age of 17, Mulgrew was accepted to the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting at NYU and left Iowa to pursue her passion.

Acting Career

Between 1975 and 1978, Mulgrew landed a few minor roles including The Wide World of Mystery, The American Woman: Portraits of Courage, Dallas, and a TV mini series called The Word.

Mrs. Columbo

In 1979, NBC created a spin-off series based on the wife of Lieutenant Columbo from the popular crime drama Columbo. Mrs. Columbo was made specifically for Kate Mulgrew and featured her as a news reporter who tries solving crimes while raising a daughter.

The show enjoyed a 13-episode run but never quite took off and, despite the name and premise, never featured Columbo himself at any time.

In 1986, Mulgrew would play the dastardly Councilwoman Janet Elridge for a 3-episode run, “Strange Bedfellows”. Elridge is suspected to be dating Sam only for appearances with the intent to dump him after the reelection. 

Over the course of 3 episodes, Mulgrew’s character drives a wedge between Sam and Diane, only to have it blow up in her face in the end when Sam proposes to Diane. Diane turns Sam down, but at least he didn’t fall for Councilwoman Elridge’s scheme!

Ryan’s Hope

Between 1975 and 1978, Mulgrew played Mary Ryan on the soap opera Ryan’s Hope, earning fan favorite status and becoming associated with the show long after her departure. She would return to the show for a few final episodes in 1983, 1986, and 1989.

In total, Mulgrew appeared in 421 episodes of the show between 1975 and 1989.

HeartBeat is an American medical drama that aired on ABC in 1988 for two seasons and 18 episodes total, all of which starred Mulgrew as the co-founder of a clinic called Women’s Medical Arts.

While the show’s run was short, it was considered groundbreaking for featuring a lesbian as a main character and depicting her in a long-term committed relationship. This would lead HeartBeat to win GLAAD’s first ever Media Award for Outstanding Drama Series in 1990.

Voice Acting

In the early ‘90s, Mulgrew began lending her voice to a number of animated TV shows as well, including recurring roles on Batman: The Animated Series, The Pirates of Dark Water, Mighty Max, Gargoyles, and Aladdin.

Although she would take a hiatus from voice acting while working on Star Trek: Voyager, Mulgrew quite enjoyed it and would return to lend her voice to numerous animated TV shows and video games later in her career.

Star Trek: Voyager

In 1994, Mulgrew auditioned for the part of Captain Janeway on the upcoming Star Trek: Voyager, which was scheduled to air as a flagship program on the new network UPN in 1995. Unfortunately, the showrunners selected film actress Geneviève Bujold for the role instead.

However, Bujold quit two days into filming after realizing the substantial work and time commitment for filming the show. At this juncture, the showrunners offered Mulgrew the spot and, as they say, the rest is history.

Mulgrew portrayed the fearless Captain Janeway for 168 of the show’s 172 episodes, spanning across 7 seasons and 6 years airing from 1995 to 2001.

Of the 168 she appeared in, Mulgrew cites season 5’s “Counterpoint” as her favorite because of the dangerous cat-and-mouse game her and guest actor Mark Harelik were engaged in during the episode’s action.

Feud with Jeri Ryan

While everything appeared copacetic on the outside, drama was brewing by the start of season 4 when the showrunners decided to hire Jeri Ryan and add a new character, Seven of Nine, as fan service and resident sex appeal in an attempt to boost stagnant ratings.

Mulgrew did not approve of this new direction and became responsible for creating a hostile work environment for her new co-star. She was unwelcoming and unreasonable, informing the crew that Ryan should not be permitted to use the bathroom during filming since the costume took time to take off and put back on. The crew did not abide by this unreasonable request.

Mulgrew reflected upon her attitude during this era and took ownership of her wrongful approach. Because she had been associated as the strong female lead and the face of Star Trek: Voyager and seemingly overnight Ryan assumed the new face of the series, it was difficult for her to accept and process. 

Regarding her treatment of Ryan and the drama, Mulgrew said she regrets how she treated Jeri and wish she had conducted herself better.

As the years went on, it seems that Kate and Jeri have resolved their difference and put the past behind them. They have been seen being friendly to each other at conventions and other appearances.

Regardless, Star Trek: Voyager was lauded for featuring a female lead, the first ever in a Star Trek series, and critics were impressed by Mulgrew’s range and on-screen presence. Fans and critics alike praised her performance, and Janeway was a groundbreaking character increasing the inclusivity of the already diverse Trekverse.

Mulgrew does admit that the show was constantly challenging, often involving being on set for up to 18 hours at a time, but she wouldn’t trade it for anything and she is immensely proud of the show, her role, and the impact that it has had on her life.

What did Kate Mulgrew do after Star Trek?

While Star Trek: Voyager would become her most iconic appearance, Mulgrew’s career was far from over when the show wrapped in 2001. She has had a prodigious career and has appeared in numerous movies and television shows.

Star Trek: Nemesis

In 2002, Mulgrew reprised her role as Janeway for a cameo in the film Star Trek: Nemesis starring Patrick Stewart and his crewmates from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Her appearance is brief, but it is her instruction to Captain Picard which leads to the action of the film.

Unrelated to Janeway’s appearance, the film was a box office failure and would mark the last film to involve the crew of The Next Generation, leading to a Star Trek film reboot in 2009 instead.

NTSF:SD:SUV::

Between 2011 and 2013, Mulgrew was part of the main cast of the confusingly-named police procedural parody NTSF:SD:SUV::, which stands for National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego: Sport Utility Vehicle:: and aired on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim.

Mulgrew appeared on 33 of the 39 episodes across 3 seasons alongside Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, Brandon Johnson, Rebecca Romijn, Martin Starr, Karen Gillan, Rob Riggle, and Peter Serafinowicz.

Orange is the New Black

While it seemed unlikely for Mulgrew to land another iconic role following the massive success of Star Trek: Voyager and her stunning portrayal of Captain Janeway, lightning did strike twice for her when she landed the role as Galina “Red” Reznikov on hit series Orange is the New Black.

Her role as Red would earn her a Primetime Emmy nomination and a Critic’s Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Of 91 episodes during the show’s 7 season run, Mulgrew appeared in 85 between 2013 and 2019.

Mr. Mercedes

In 2019, Mulgrew joined the cast of American drama series Mr. Mercedes during their third season and was featured in 9 of the 10 episodes. Although the show was renewed for a fourth season, the network that was airing it, Audience, vanished in May of 2020.

Mr. Mercedes is currently streaming on Peacock, but it is unclear if it will receive a fourth season.

Infinity Train

Between 2019 and 2020, Mulgrew would work as a voice actor on the acclaimed animated series Infinity Train, which was created by former Regular Show writer and storyboard artist Owen Dennis.

The show received praise for its complex and sometimes dark themes and aired two seasons on Cartoon Network before moving to HBO Max to air two more.

As of August 2022, HBO Max announced that Infinity Train would be among 37 shows to be removed from the streaming service and two days later it was gone. At this time, Infinity Train has no home. In response, creator Owen Dennis advocates online piracy as a means to watching it, presumably in hopes to generate enough buzz to revive it.

While it was intended for eight seasons, it remains unclear if it will receive even a fifth.

Star Trek: Prodigy

When the animated series Star Trek: Prodigy was announced, it combined Mulgrew’s experience of portraying Janeway with her voice acting talent for an intuitive arrangement and slam dunk opportunity for Mulgrew.

Ultimately, Mulgrew chose to reprise the role so she could subject a younger audience to her character and the Trekverse as a whole. As of 2021, Mulgrew has been part of the main cast of a show that is currently producing its second season.

The Man Who Fell to Earth

As of 2022, Mulgrew has been part of the main cast of The Man Who Fell to Earth, a science fiction drama series airing on Showtime, alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor, Naomie Harris, Annelle Olaleye, and Bill Nighy. Mulgrew appeared on 7 of the show’s 10 episodes in season 1.

While the final episode of season 1 aired in July 2022, there has been no announcement that the series has been canceled or renewed at this time.

Beyond her talents as an actress, Mulgrew is also an accomplished author. She has written two memoirs, 2015’s Born with Teeth and 2019’s How to Forget.

Both provide an extensive inside look at the trials and tribulations that have shaped Mulgrew into the evocative actress and public figure she would grow to become today.

Star Trek Conventions

Along with a number of her Voyager castmates, Mulgrew regularly attends Star Trek conventions to engage with the fans. In 2022 she attended the 56-Year Mission Las Vegas convention, the Phoenix Fan Fusion, the Star Trek: Mission Chicago and she is scheduled to appear at the Destination Star Trek convention in Germany.

Star Trek Cruise

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Kate Mulgrew, alongside fellow Star Trek actors Doug Jones, Sarah Mitich, Michelle Herd, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, and many, many more, is scheduled to appear on Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas for a cruise experience like no other.

Departing from Los Angeles, guests will spend 7 days among their favorite Star Trek characters for themed nights, Trek-inspired accommodations, and excursions in Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan, and Puerto Vallarta.

It’s an “un-conventional” voyage, indeed, and next plans to sail in early 2023.

Relationships and Family Life

Danielle Gaudette

In 1977 at the age of 22, Mulgrew became pregnant while working on Ryan’s Hope. The father of her baby was an assistant director on the show. Single and scared and at the urging of her mother, Kate when to Catholic charities and elected to give the child up for adoption.

The producers of Ryan’s Hope decided to write her pregnancy into the story of the show and Kate had to act out a monologue with a stunt baby declaring her love for the baby and how she will never leave her. Kate admits it was one of the hardest moments of her life.

It wouldn’t be until 2001 that she reunited with her daughter, Danielle Gaudette. The two remain in one another’s lives today.

Alexander “Alec” Egan and Ian Egan

In 1982, Mulgrew married television director Robert Egan and they had two children together, Alexander “Alec” Egan and Ian Egan. Egan and Mulgrew separated in 1993 and finally divorced in 1995.

Her son Alec Egan is an accomplished artist. There is little information about her other son Ian.

In 1999, Mulgrew married politician Tim Hagan, but the two divorced in 2014 and had no children together.

Sexual Assault

In 1982, Mulgrew was held at knife point by an intruder. She had given him a diamond necklace, a diamond ring, and $300 in cash, but it was not enough for the intruder and he raped her before leaving. The unidentified assailant was never apprehended.

In a 2015 interview, Mulgrew spoke about the incident and the trauma, but stated that, despite the graphic and horrific nature of the crime, she was able to forgive her attacker.

“I never blamed him,” she stated. “To become embittered because of the fight is to lose the fight. And I have no intention of losing the fight.”

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Star Trek: Voyager's Janeway Becoming Ripley From Alien Explained By Producer

• Captain Janeway's "Ripley" moments in "Macrocosm" left a notable impact on Star Trek: Voyager.
• Brannon Braga didn't intend to copy Alien with "Macrocosm," instead wanting to create a dialogue-light episode.
• "Macrocosm" allowed Janeway to showcase new action-hero qualities while retaining her core characteristics.

Star Trek: Voyager 's Executive Producer Brannon Braga explained his real inspiration behind the episode where Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) becomes Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) from Alien . Although both Voyager and Alien are science fiction, there are a lot of differences between the Star Trek and Alien franchises. While Alien focuses on blending horror and suspense with its sci-fi elements, Star Trek almost always takes a more optimistic approach to the future. However, there are occasionally Star Trek episodes that take on more of a horror twist .

One such episode was Voyager season 3, episode 12, "Macrocosm," where an alien virus managed to take over the USS Voyager, mutating to grow at least a meter in length and then proceeding to make Voyager 's cast of characters very sick. As the lone un-infected, Captain Janeway was forced to mount a guerrilla attack on the viruses while the Doctor (Robert Picardo) worked on finding a cure. Along with similar premises, "Macrocosm" seemed to take a lot of influence from Alien , especially in how it portrayed Janeway as its heroine.

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Star trek: voyagers janeway alien episode explained by executive producer, braga's intention wasn't actually to copy alien.

Despite Janeway's crusade against the viruses in "Macrocosm" often being compared to Ellen Ripley, Brannon Braga, who wrote the episode's story, claimed it wasn't his intention to create a tribute to Alien . In an interview with Cinefantastique around the time of the episode's release, Braga stated that "Macrocosm" actually rose out of a desire to do a solo character story with very little dialogue , and implied that any comparisons between Janeway and Ripley were completely unintentional. Read Braga's full quote below:

"Sometimes Star Trek can be a little high-and-mighty, talky, moralistic. Sometimes it's just time to have fun. The intention actually began, on my part, to do an episode with no dialogue. I wanted to just do a purely cinematic episode with Janeway and a bunch of weird creatures, these macroviruses, viruses as life-sized creatures. Unfortunately it was impossible to do, and I ended up having to put a couple of acts of dialogue in. I just wanted to do something that felt and looked and smelled differently than most shows. It was not an attempt to make Janeway look like Ripley."

Despite Braga's protestations, it is hard not to see the numerous similarities between Janeway and Sigourney Weaver's iconic Alien role in "Macrocosm." Stripped down to her uniform's undershirt and equipped with a large phaser rifle for defense, Janeway embodied the recognizable sci-fi "final girl" aesthetic popularized by Weaver's portrayal of Ripley in the first Alien film from 1979 . Given what a recognizable character Ripley is thanks to Alien 's popularity, it's no wonder that "Macrocosm" became such a memorable episode of Voyager after it aired.

Why Captain Janeways Ripley Moments In Star Trek: Voyager Are Still So Popular

"macrocosm's" version of janeway is still extremely well-liked.

Despite not being one of Voyager 's most popular episodes, Janeway's "Ripley" scenes in "Macrocosm" left an indelible mark on the series. This is likely due to what a departure Janeway's actions and aesthetic were from how she was usually portrayed on Voyager . "Macrocosm" allowed Janeway to be a true action hero , showing that she was able to handle more than just the scientific and diplomatic aspects of being a Captain.

However, Janeway never lost what made her such a popular character in the first place, including her stubborn determination and fierce loyalty to her crew. Her nearly single-handed defeat of the macrovirus perfectly demonstrated how far she was willing to go to make sure everyone under her protection was safe. The macrovirus itself also likely contributed to the episode's popularity , and demonstrated its longevity when it was brought back as part of Star Trek: Lower Decks ' tribute episode to Voyager , "Two-vix." Lower Decks helped remind audiences just how iconic "Macrocosm" was for Star Trek: Voyager season 3.

Source: Cinefantastique , Vol. 29

Star Trek: Voyager is available to stream on Paramount+ Alien is available to stream on Hulu

Star Trek: Voyager

The fifth entry in the Star Trek franchise, Star Trek: Voyager, is a sci-fi series that sees the crew of the USS Voyager on a long journey back to their home after finding themselves stranded at the far ends of the Milky Way Galaxy. Led by Captain Kathryn Janeway, the series follows the crew as they embark through truly uncharted areas of space, with new species, friends, foes, and mysteries to solve as they wrestle with the politics of a crew in a situation they've never faced before.

Cast Jennifer Lien, Garrett Wang, Tim Russ, Robert Duncan McNeill, Roxann Dawson, Robert Beltran, Kate Mulgrew, Jeri Ryan, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo

Release Date May 23, 1995

Genres Sci-Fi, Adventure

Network UPN

Streaming Service(s) Paramount+

Franchise(s) Star Trek

Writers Kenneth Biller, Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller, Brannon Braga

Showrunner Kenneth Biller, Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller, Brannon Braga

Rating TV-PG

Where To Watch Paramount+

Alien (1979)

Alien is a sci-fi horror-thriller by director Ridley Scott that follows the crew of a spaceship known as the Nostromo. After the staff of the merchant's vessel perceives an unknown transmission as a distress call, its landing on the source moon finds one of the crew members attacked by a mysterious lifeform, and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun.

Director Ridley Scott

Release Date June 22, 1979

Studio(s) 20th Century Fox

Distributor(s) 20th Century Fox

Writers Dan O'Bannon

Cast John Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Yaphet Kotto, Veronica Cartwright, Tom Skerritt, Ian Holm, Harry Dean Stanton

Runtime 117 minutes

Genres Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror

Franchise(s) Alien

Sequel(s) Alien: Covenant, Aliens, Prometheus, Alien Resurrection, Alien 3

Budget $11 million

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Captain Janeway actress Kate Mulgrew discusses Star Trek: Voyager revival

Is a Star Trek: Voyager revival in the works?

Published: 14 Jul 2022 10:53 AM +00:00 Updated: 14 Jul 2022 11:12 AM +00:00

Over the past few years, fans have Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds have released to invoke some kind of nostalgia for classic Trek characters. It looks like we could get yet another nostalgia-fest as Captain Janeway actress Kate Mulgrew revealed that she’s been in talks with old cast members for a possible Star Trek: Voyager revival.

Is Captain Janeway returning

Kate Mulgrew recently spoke with Den of Geek about the legendary Star Trek: Voyager series. During the interview, Mulgrew confirmed that she has spoken with co-stars about a possible Star Trek: Voyager revival.

While Mulgrew didn’t outright confirm a revival for the fan-favorite Trek series, she did bring up how the cast likes to talk about the franchise’s evolution over the years.

“I mean my great friends are Robert Picardo and John de Lancie. We’re always touching down and crossing paths. And when we do talk about Star Trek, all of us are just so amazed that it constantly is reinventing itself,” reveals Mulgrew. “I think that fact only speaks to its sort of undying virtues. I know Jeri [Ryan] loves doing Picard. And I know that all of us — all of us — would love to continue and when the opportunity presents itself, we’ll always do more Star Trek.”

While Mulgrew hasn’t portrayed live-action Captain Janeway in a while, she was able to reprise her role during the animated series Star Trek: Prodigy. In one of the Season 2 episodes, Kathryn Janeway appeared as a hologram and she looked just like she did in the Star Trek: Voyager days.

Read More: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds replaces Captain Kirk with a new actor

It’s all about The Next Generation

Until more news is revealed about Star Trek: Voyager, it looks like Paramount will focus on nostalgia for The Next Generation. Star Trek: Picard will be concluding with its third season and it was revealed that most of the cast from Next Generation will be appearing there. Hopefully, Next Generation fans will get the closure they deserve so Voyager fans can get something.

Paramount also finally confirmed that a fourth Star Trek film in the Chris Pine timeline has been greenlit . This was great news to many since most had assumed that it would be canceled after talks with Pine seemingly went downhill. If no delays happen, we could get Star Trek 4 sometime in December 2023.

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Star Trek Prodigy: Why Kate Mulgrew Resurrected Janeway

During the Comic-Con 2021 panel for Star Trek: Prodigy, the Captain Janeway actress revealed why she returned to the franchise.

By Chris E. Hayner on July 24, 2021 at 12:10PM PDT

With the upcoming Star Trek: Prodigy animated series arriving on the Paramount+ streaming service later in 2021, a major piece of the Star Trek universe will be in play once again. Kate Mulgrew is returning to the franchise, reprising her Star Trek: Voyager role as Captain Janeway for the first time since the 2002 film Star Trek: Nemesis.

Appearing during the show's Comic-Con 2021 panel, the actress explained exactly why she believed now was the right time to make her highly-anticipated return to the universe. "When this was proposed to me, some time ago, after a moment's deliberation, I thought, 'What could be better than possibly handing this to the next generation? To a demographic that heretofore has not known anything about Star Trek--the beauty of it, the philosophy of it, the depth of it, the hope and the promise of it?'" Mulgrew explained. "And if there's any age group that's going to take this thing and embrace it with a wholeheartedness not seen before, it's the young kids. They're going to get it in a way that older people-due to perhaps a little life experience, a scintilla of cynicism--might not get entirely. But the young ones--5,10, 15 [years old]-- are going to embrace it with a guilelessness and a readiness and I think an emotional capacity, a component that's going to make them absolutely adore it."

While there is plenty of new Star Trek content to be found on Paramount+, from Discovery and Picard to the adult animated series Lower Decks and the upcoming Strange New Worlds, none of it is aimed specifically at kids. With the arrival of Prodigy, which includes Mulgrew playing a hologram version of her iconic character, that will all change.

Prodigy is set in the year 2383, post-Voyager, and follows a group of young aliens who come across an abandoned starship that they reclaim and use to go on adventures of their own. It debuts later this year on Paramount+. You can check out the first teaser trailer for the show above.

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Meet The Actress Who Almost Played Janeway

Susan Gibney appeared in four episodes of Star Trek – portraying Dr. Leah Brahms in The Next Generation hours “ Booby Trap ” and “ Galaxy’s Child ” and Commander Erika Benteen in the Deep Space Nine installments “ Homefront ” and “ Paradise Lost .” However, Gibney very, very nearly spent much more time in the Star Trek universe. She was among the frontrunners for the role of Captain Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager . The role, of course, went to Genevieve Bujold, who departed soon after production commenced. Voyager ’s producers again called back Gibney, though Kate Mulgrew ultimately won the role. It’s also true that Gibney auditioned for the roles of Deanna Troi, Tasha Yar, Seven of Nine and even the Borg Queen.

Undeterred by her Voyager near-miss, the actress got on with her career, starring on Happy Family , recurring on Crossing Jordan and guest starring on Lost and The Mentalist . These days, Gibney runs Rogue Actor Training , a just-opened acting studio in Rochester, New York, where she lives with her family, and she has completed work on an upcoming horror film, We Are Still Here . StarTrek.com recently spoke with Gibney for an extensive interview that we’ll run in two parts. Part one is below and visit StarTrek.com again tomorrow to read part two.

How did you first win your role as Dr. Brahms?

GIBNEY: I lived in New York and I auditioned for the Next Generation pilot. They brought me in several times for the roles that Marina Sirtis and Denise Crosby got. I did not get to the finals for those. I was this little actress just straight out of Yale and doing television and some theater in New York, but I thought, “Now, that they’re looking at me, I think it’s time I went to L.A.” So I moved to L.A. and I let people know that I was there. I started going out for roles. And it seemed like every single week the Star Trek people would bring me in to audition for some role that was being cast for the show. I’d say, “OK, all right,” and I’d go and do it again. I’d say, “See you guys next time.” They’d call me again. I'd say, "See you again." So they’d brought me in at least nine times for various roles, until I did Leah Brahms.

Did they tell you at the time that Dr. Brahms would be on more than once?

GIBNEY: Actually, she was supposed to be on three times, but I got pregnant. They had a third episode planned, but I was pregnant at the time, so that didn’t work. But what they told me when I first got the role was that is what they always tell you on any show, which is, “There is a possibility of this recurring.” They don’t commit to it.

Dr. Brahms was a great character. What did you appreciate most about her?

GIBNEY: Oh my gosh, I got to do everything. First of all, she was Geordi’s love interest. I thought, “This is fantastic.” I don’t know if Geordi and Leah was the first interracial relationship since Uhura and Kirk, but that was exciting to me. So it was a doctor role and a romantic role, which gave it a lot of different arcs to play. There’s the stern part of being a professional and the work ethic and the strength and being immune to emotional things, and then having the opposite happen, too. She has this romantic, loving relationship with… well, it gets torn down a little bit, but there was so much to do as an actor. And, let’s face it, I got to be beamed up. I got to design an engine. I got to restructure the dilithium crystal chamber. The only thing I didn’t get to do was shoot a phaser. I got to do so much of the classic Star Trek stuff.

What do you remember of actually shooting the episodes, of being on set?

GIBNEY: Everything. I knew some of the people on the design crew. I went up, and they were showing me all of the other things that they were working on, the models and stuff. I loved that. I remember LeVar Burton was super-nice. He had to wear that VISOR and he said to me, “I never-ever-ever take this VISOR off on set when I’m doing something, but I’m going to do it for you so that we can look at each other and really have a scene happening.” I said, “LeVar, thank you,” because I didn’t have to look at the metal. I could look at him and we could rehearse the scene and establish it as two actors. He was very nice and I felt quite honored that he would do that for me.

You did your episodes of DS9 in 1996, after you ended up not landing the role of Janeway on Voyager , which we will discuss in detail later. Were those DS9 episodes something of a consolation prize?

GIBNEY: Yes, they were. I think they were, and it was lovely that they did that. Rick Berman was awesome. I think it had been such a huge process, auditioning for Captain Janeway. It was painful.

OK, since you’ve started the conversation… You tried on Janeway costumes. You had different Janeway hairstyles. You shot test scenes with actors who’d already been cast…

GIBNEY: They filmed, yes. They did a whole screen test and brought in the other actors and a crew. We did several hair tests and several costume tests, and then they brought in everybody who’d been cast and the entire crew. And they filmed most of the scenes in the pilot that day. Was that the first test or the second test? I did three tests for them. Every time I thought it was over… I guess I was up against Genevieve (Bujold). She got it. I was in New York at the time (when Bujold left) and I was told, “Susan, you’ve got to fly back to L.A.” Then there was another audition. Then I was told they were thinking of using a man. Then I had an audition with another woman, but evidently, the other woman didn’t do as well that day as they would have liked, so they thought Rick was trying to get me on the show by not having good-enough people opposite me.

Then it went to the last round and, anyway, we know the results of that one. This was weeks and weeks. I was there and I was in and I was out and I was in and I was out. So it was a long process. So DS9 may have been a consolation prize or they just liked having me around. I think they just liked having me around. I’m fun on the set.

Visit StarTrek.com again tomorrow to read part two of our interview with Susan Gibney.

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Star Trek: Why Voyager's Original Captain Janeway Quit

Before Kate Mulgrew's Captain Janeway, Star Trek: Voyager had another iconic actor playing the fan-favorite captain until she quit.

Star Trek takes the deliberate approach of using an ensemble cast to convey its stories. However, even with this group dynamic, the captain stands as the central pillar on which everything else rests. It's why Star Trek: Voyager ' s producers were faced with the gut-wrenching reality when the first person they chose to play Captain Janeway -- Geneviève Bujold -- was anything but mission ready.

Bujold is one of the most accomplished performers in entertainment. For over half a century, she has appeared in a slew of iconic films and series. So casting her as Captain Elizabeth Janeway (later renamed Kathryn Janeway for actor Kate Mulgrew) seemed like a smart move. But the moment Voyager  moved into production, alarm bells started ringing the first day on set.

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It was immediately apparent that something wasn’t working. While Bujold was an accomplished performer, most of her experience was in film, not television on a demanding, hour-long episodic sci-fi series. Reports of her unhappiness grew due to the constant demands of rigorous production days. Executive producer Rick Berman confirmed her less-than-ideal performance, and Bujold's own unhappiness led to her abandoning the captain’s chair in early September 1994, after only two days of filming. To make matters worse,  Voyager 's 23 million dollar pilot had to keep production rolling to meet its premiere date.

Voyager was going to be one of the crown jewels for the brand new United Paramount Network. The plan was over 20 years in the making. Back in the mid-1970s, Paramount planned to launch its own network on the strength of the new Star Trek series. Its creator, Gene Roddenberry , committed to creating  Star Trek II . However, those plans eventually collapsed, and the new network was put on hold until the 1990s.

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As such, Voyager would be used to launch UPN. But with an air date already chosen, the show was without its most important crew member. So producers eventually went back to an earlier option, Kate Mulgrew. After initially being ambivalent about the role on her first audition, Mulgrew was eager to get another shot after Bujold stepped away.

Mulgrew, like Bujold, was a performing powerhouse and had far more experience with episodic television. From Ryan’s Hope to Heartbeat , Mulgrew had the chops to take command and help lead Voyager , both in front and behind the scenes. As exemplified by  Orange Is the New Black  and  Mr. Mercedes , Mulgrew is as bold with her intriguing character choices as her decisions on the bridge of the Starfleet vessel . As such, audiences took notice, and Mulgrew's Captain Janeway became a fan favorite despite a rocky start.

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Star trek: ds9 foreshadowed voyager’s fate a year earlier.

In 1994, Star Trek began laying the groundwork for Voyager's 1995 premiere with a stark warning from Sisko about both the Maquis and the Badlands.

• DS9 set the stage for Voyager's fate, including the introduction of the Maquis and the crucial Badlands location.
• Commander Sisko's pursuit of the Maquis in DS9 foreshadowed Voyager's disappearance in the Badlands.
• The Badlands played a significant role in Voyager's pilot episode, setting the stage for the crew's journey to the Delta Quadrant.

The fate of the USS Voyager was foreshadowed by Commander Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 2. With Star Trek: Voyager slated to premiere in January 1995, DS9 season 2 and Star Trek: The Next Generation season 7 laid some of the groundwork for the new show. The biggest way that DS9 and TNG set up Voyager was the introduction of the Maquis, the terrorist organization that would provide the rogue element in Voyager 's cast of characters. The TNG episode "Journey's End" set up the political situation from which they originated, while DS9 's two-parter "The Maquis" formally introduced them to the Star Trek universe .

Several Maquis members, including Commander Chakotay (Robert Beltran) and Lt. B'Elanna Torres (Roxann Dawson) would later be forced to join the crew of the USS Voyager. However, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 's Maquis two-parter set up the plot of Star Trek: Voyager in other ways, too . Halfway through "The Maquis", Gul Dukat (Marc Alaimo) is captured by terrorists, forcing Sisko to give pursuit. Tracking the Maquis freighter, Sisko, Major Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor), and Dr. Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) enters the Badlands, a region of space that would play a crucial role in Voyager 's pilot episode, "Caretaker".

Star Trek: Voyager & DS9 Crossed Over In The Mirror Universe

Ds9 foreshadowed uss voyager's disappearance in the badlands, the maquis' use of the badlands as a hiding place and strategic location was seeded through ds9 seasons 2 and 3..

Briefing Dr. Julian Bashir, Kira reveals that the Badlands is beset by plasma storms, making it an incredibly dangerous region of space. To which Sisko adds that " a few ships have been lost there over the past year or two ", foreshadowing the loss of the USS Voyager a year later. DS9 would also later establish that the Badlands was a key strategic location for the Maquis in their resistance efforts against Cardassian occupation , further setting up the Star Trek: Voyager pilot. Not only was the Badlands a crucial hiding place for the Maquis, the region was also used as a staging ground for larger military operations.

The Badlands were likened to the Bermuda Triangle in an early outline of Star Trek: Voyager dated 17th August 1993.

In DS9 season 3, episode 9, "Defiant", Thomas Riker (Jonathan Frakes) hijacked the USS Defiant and took it into the Badlands to rendezvous with a fleet of Maquis raiders. "Defiant" aired a few months before Star Trek: Voyager 's pilot, in which Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and the crew of the USS Voyager departed from Deep Space Nine to track down a missing Maquis ship in the Badlands . It was a fateful mission that ultimately resulted in the Intrepid-class Voyager being stranded thousands of lightyears from home, another starship " lost over there " in the Badlands.

While devising Star Trek: Voyager in August 1993, Jeri Taylor wrote that the Badlands were " a turbulent area of space where some ships have been lost (some of them might crop up during the series) "

Other Star Trek Starships Lost In The Badlands

"a few ships have been lost over there..." - commander sisko.

The USS Voyager was initially sent to track down the missing Maquis freighter, the Val Jean, aboard which Lt. Tuvok (Tim Russ) was undercover for Starfleet. The Val Jean was lost in the Badlands after being pursued by Gul Evek (Richard Poe), who was overseer of the Demilitarized Zone in place between the Cardassian and Federation territories. However, rather than being destroyed by the plasma storms that plagued the region, the Val Jean was actually captured by the Caretaker's coherent tetryon beam and brought to the Delta Quadrant . The Caretaker had also taken a Cardassian Galor-class warship, and a Cardassian Dreadnought missile.

In the Star Trek: Voyager episode "The Voyager Conspiracy" it is suggested that it was Gul Evek's ship that was captured by the Caretaker, however this is later debunked.

The most notable starship taken by the Caretaker was the USS Equinox, which was encountered by Captain Janeway and the crew in Star Trek: Voyager 's season 5 finale . However, given that the Equinox was stranded in a different region of space, it seems that they weren't lost in the Badlands like Voyager was. The Badlands continued to be a key position during the Dominion War in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , until the Maquis were rooted out by the combined forces of the Cardassians and the Jem'Hadar, a devastating loss for Voyager's Maquis crew members.

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, also known as DS9, is the fourth series in the long-running Sci-Fi franchise, Star Trek. DS9 was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, and stars Avery Brooks, René Auberjonois, Terry Farrell, and Cirroc Lofton. This particular series follows a group of individuals in a space station near a planet called Bajor.

Star Trek: Voyager

The fifth entry in the Star Trek franchise, Star Trek: Voyager, is a sci-fi series that sees the crew of the USS Voyager on a long journey back to their home after finding themselves stranded at the far ends of the Milky Way Galaxy. Led by Captain Kathryn Janeway, the series follows the crew as they embark through truly uncharted areas of space, with new species, friends, foes, and mysteries to solve as they wrestle with the politics of a crew in a situation they've never faced before. 

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Ensign Miral Paris : Welcome to the House of Korath, Admiral.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : I love what he's done with the place.

[one of the guards shouts at Janeway in Klingonese. Ensign Paris retorts back at him, upon which he growls and walks away] 

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : What was that about?

Ensign Miral Paris : He said your demeanor was disrespectful.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : I hope you told him I didn't mean to be rude.

Ensign Miral Paris : I told him if he didn't show *you* more respect, I would break his arm.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : You are your mother's daughter.

[the Borg Queen has received a virus] 

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : Must be something you assimilated.

Commander Reginald Barclay : Ten years ago tonight, this crew returned home from the longest away mission in Starfleet history. 23 years together made you a family, one I'm proud to have been adopted by. So let us raise our glasses - to the journey.

All : To the journey.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : And to those who aren't here to celebrate it with us.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : As they say in the Temporal Mechanics Department: there's no time like the present.

The Borg Queen : You've infected us... with a neurolytic pathogen.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : Just enough... to bring chaos to order.

Captain Janeway : That baby is as stubborn as her mother.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : I don't know how you do it. All those voices talking at once. You must get terrible headaches.

Captain Janeway : [reading from Chell's sample menu]  Plasma Leek Soup? Chicken Warp Core-don Bleu?

[she laughs] 

Chakotay : If his cooking's as bad as his puns, we're in trouble.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : I know exactly what you're thinking.

Captain Janeway : You've also become a telepath?

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : I used to be you, remember?

[first lines] 

[images are displayed of Voyager's arrival over a firework-illuminated San Francisco] 

News Speaker : These should be familiar images to everyone who remembers USS Voyager's triumphant return to Earth after twenty-three years in the Delta Quadrant. Voyager captivated the hearts and minds of the people throughout the Federation, so it seems fitting that on this, the tenth anniversary of their return, we take a moment to recall the sacrifices made by the crew. Corruption charges were brought...

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : Computer, end display.

The Borg Queen : [suffering violent malfunctions]  What have you done?

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : I thought we didn't need words to understand each other.

[long-range sensors have detected a high concentration of wormholes] 

Captain Janeway : Any idea where they lead?

Ensign Harry Kim : Not yet, but if just one of them leads to the Alpha Quadrant...

Tom Paris : Who knows, Harry. Might take us right into your parents' living-room.

Captain Janeway : Alter course, Mr. Paris.

Captain Janeway : [to Kim]  Ensign, when you speak to your mother, tell her we may need her to move the sofa.

[Captain Kim in the USS Rhode Island catches up with Admiral Janeway in her shuttle] 

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : Harry. And people are always saying that space is so big.

Captain Janeway : I shouldn't be listening to details about the future.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : Oh, the almighty Temporal Prime Directive. Take my advice: it's less of a headache if you just ignore it.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : [to Captain Janeway]  I used to be much more idealistic. I took a lot of risks. I've been so determined to get this crew home for so many years... that I think I forgot how much they loved being together - and how loyal they were to you. It's taken me a few days to realize it. This is your ship. Your crew. Not mine.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : I've reconsidered your offer.

Korath : I thought you might.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : I'll give you the shield emitter, but not until I've inspected the device you're offering - to make sure it's genuine.

Korath : You question my honor?

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : If you were honorable, you wouldn't have changed the terms of our agreement.

Captain Harry Kim : If Starfleet Command finds out I had anything to do with this, they'll demote me back to ensign.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : You worry too much, Harry. It's turning you gray.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : [at Chakotay's grave]  Any final words of advice for your old captain? Wait, don't tell me: I'm being impulsive. I haven't considered all the consequences. It's too risky. Thanks for the input, but I've got to do what I think is right. I know it wasn't easy living all these years without her, Chakotay, but when I'm through... things might be better for all of us. Trust me.

[the Borg Queen has warned Seven that she would destroy Voyager if they were to re-enter the nebula] 

Captain Janeway : It was one thing to attempt this when we thought it was a secret, but if the Borg are monitoring us...

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : There's no guarantee they won't try to assimilate Voyager even if we DON'T go back into the nebula.

The Doctor : [aside, to the Captain]  Is that supposed to be reassuring?

Captain Janeway : [from her personal log]  Though I've had some strange experiences in my career, nothing quite compares to the sight of my future self briefing my officers on technology that hasn't been invented yet.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : [about drinking coffee]  I don't know why I ever gave this up.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : Captain - I'm glad I got to know you again.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : It's YOU... who underestimated US.

Captain Janeway : Sorry, Mr. Kim. You may be the Captain someday, but not today.

Captain Harry Kim : The Doctor and I decided to keep things in the family.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : What about your crew?

Captain Harry Kim : I told them I needed to take you back to Starfleet Medical because you'd contracted a rare disease.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : I hope it isn't terminal.

Captain Harry Kim : No, but it has been known to affect judgment.

Captain Janeway : [at her first encounter with Admiral Janeway]  It's usually considered polite to introduce yourself before you start giving orders.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : I've come to bring Voyager home.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : Three days ago, you detected elevated neutrino emissions in a nebula in grid 9-8-6. You thought it might be a way home. You were right. I've come to tell you to take Voyager back to that nebula.

Captain Janeway : It was crawling with Borg.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : I've brought technology that'll get us past them. Oh, I don't blame you for being skeptical, but if you can't trust yourself, who can you trust?

The Doctor : [to Admiral Janeway]  Tell me, what other extraordinary breakthroughs am I going to make?

Captain Janeway : Doctor.

The Doctor : Sorry, Captain, but you can't blame a hologram for being curious.

Tuvok : I know you.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : That's right. I'm your friend. Kathryn Janeway, remember?

Tuvok : You're an impostor.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : No, Tuvok, it's me.

Tuvok : Admiral Janeway visits on Sunday. Today is Thursday. Logic dictates that you are not who you claim to be.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : You said you and The Doctor wanted to keep things in the family - but our family's not complete anymore, is it?

[last lines of the series] 

Captain Janeway : Set a course... for home.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : I'm not actually here, Your Majesty.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : In case you didn't notice, I outrank you, Captain.

Captain Janeway : There's got to be a way to have our cake and eat it, too.

Captain Janeway : Thanks for your help, Admiral Janeway.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : I've been meaning to ask you: Are you familiar with a drug called chronexaline?

The Doctor : We've been testing it at Starfleet Medical to determine if it can protect biomatter from tachyon radiation.

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : And?

The Doctor : It's very promising. Why do you ask?

Admiral Kathryn Janeway : I need two thousand milligrams by tomorrow afternoon.

Captain Janeway : [to Admiral Paris, as Voyager arrives in the Alpha Quadrant]  Sorry to surprise you. Next time we'll call ahead.

Captain Janeway : We did it.

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