Susanna Thompson
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Susanna Thompson (born 27 January 1958; age 50) is an actress who played several Star Trek characters, with her largest role being the Borg Queen in Star Trek: Voyager. She has also appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
She discusses the character of Lenara Kahn and one of Star Trek's most controversial episodes, "Rejoined", in the DS9 Season 4 DVD's special features.
Thompson has appeared in several television movies, including The Reunion - America's Dream, The Homestead, and A Promise Kept: The Oksana Baiul Story. Her television credits include NYPD Blue, Chicago Hope, The X-Files, and Michael Hayes. Her best known television credit was playing divorced mom Karen Sammler on the ABC series Once And Again from 1999-2002. (Sammler's ex-husband, Rick, was played by William O. Campbell.)
She also has had roles in the movies Random Hearts, Ghosts of Mississippi, and When a Man Loves a Woman. Susanna earned her undergraduate degree at San Diego State University in drama. She is also skilled in aikido and stage combat.
In 2006, she appeared as a guest star in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, alongside William Sadler. That same year she guest starred on Without A Trace with Enrique Murciano. She also appeared as the recurring character Lieutenant Colonel Hollis Mann on the CBS series NCIS.
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| Varel | Jaya | Lenara Kahn | Borg Queen |
| TNG: "The Next Phase" | TNG: "Frame of Mind" | DS9: "Rejoined" | VOY: "Dark Frontier" "Unimatrix Zero" "Unimatrix Zero, Part II" |
[edit] Filmography
- Little Giants (1994, with Courtney Peldon)
