Oscar nominee Carol Kane (Hester Street) will have a recurring role on season two of Paramount+’s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. The casting announcement was made on “Star Trek Day” – September 8th – and was accompanied by the release of the first clip from the much-anticipated second season.
Kane will be playing Pelia, a character described as highly educated and intelligent. “This engineer suffers no fools. Pelia solves problems calmly and brusquely, thanks to her many years of experience,” per Paramount+.
Returning cast members includes Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Number One, and Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock. Jess Bush plays Nurse Christine Chapel, Christina Chong is La’an Noonien-Singh, Celia Rose Gooding is Cadet Nyota Uhura, Babs Olusanmokun is Dr. M’Benga, and Melissa Navia stars as Lt. Erica Ortegas.
Strange New Worlds is executive produced by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet, Alonso Myers, Heather Kadin, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, and Aaron Baiers. Goldsman, Kurtzman, and Lumet created the series, and Kurtzman and Myers are the co-showrunners.
September 8th is celebrated each year in recognition of the premiere date of the original Star Trek series starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, and Nichelle Nichols. The pilot for Star Trek debuted on September 8, 1966.
Paramount+ released the following description of the sci-fi series:
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is based on the years Captain Christopher Pike manned the helm of the U.S.S. Enterprise. The series follows Captain Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.
