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Holly Hunter to Star in ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Series

Holly Hunter as Nahla Ake in season 1 of ‘Starfleet Academy’ (Photo Credit: Nino Munoz/Paramount+)

Oscar-winner Holly Hunter is set to star as a captain and Academy chancellor in Paramount+’s new Star Trek series, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Filming is expected to begin this summer with Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau serving as co-showrunners and executive producers.

“It feels like we’ve spent our entire lives watching Holly Hunter be a stone-cold genius,” said Kurtzman and Landau. “To have her extraordinary authenticity, fearlessness, sense of humor, and across-the-board brilliance leading the charge on Starfleet Academy is a gift to all of us, and to the enduring legacy of Star Trek.”

Additional executive producers include Gaia Violo, Aaron Baiers, Olatunde Onsunsamni, Jenny Lumet, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, Frank Siracusa, and John Weber. Violo wrote the series premiere. The series is produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy introduces viewers to a young group of cadets who come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism,” reads Paramount+’s synopsis. “Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves, and a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself.”

Paramount+’s roster of Star Trek programs includes the fifth and final season of Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and the original movie Star Trek: Section 31.

Holly Hunter has been nominated for four Academy Awards, winning Best Actress for her performance in The Piano. Hunter’s recent credits include Mr. Mayor, Succession, The Comey Rule, Incredibles 2, and Here and Now.

 

This post was last modified on February 5, 2026 2:24 pm

Rebecca Murray: Journalist covering the entertainment industry for 23+ years, including 13 years as the first writer for About.com's Hollywood Movies site. Member of the Critics Choice Association (Film & TV Branches), Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and Past President of the San Diego Film Critics Society.
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