When I first considered doing 'The Five' for the women of Star Trek it seemed simple enough. After giving that some thought though, I realized it's just not possible. Over the hundreds of hours of television and movies that comprise the Trek universe, there have just been way too many beautiful women to boil it all down to just five. I mean, just in the original series you have the likes of Yeoman Tamura (Miko Mayama - pictured), Lt. Landon (Celeste Yarnall), T'Pring (Arlene Martel), Mea Three (Barbara Babcock), Drusilla (Lois Jewell), and Andrea (Sherry Jackson). And that's just to start. So, while I have chosen five of my favorites after the jump, I realize that there are easily another fifty that could make the list. Feel free to add your favorites in the comments. I'm curious to see what the TV Squad faithful think.
Majel Barret - Number One, Nurse Christine Chapel, Lwaxana Troi
The first lady of Trek, Majel is the widow of Gene Roddenberry. Along with these characters, she also provided the voice of starship onboard computers which makes her the only actor to participate in all six trek series, as well as both the TOS and TNG movies.
Away from Trek, Majel has a long list of other shows she has done guest spots on including classics like The Untouchables, Leave It To Beaver, The Lucy Show, and Here Come The Brides.
Nicole de Boer - Ezri Dax
I'm only a casual DS9 fan, so I'm not sure if I am going to anger any of the faithful by choosing Nicole de Boer over Terry Farrell. It's a tough call, and I think we would both be right. In the end, the tie breaker was de Boer's appearance in one of my favorite movies, Cube. Yes, Cube trumps Becker every time.
Among her other credits, the Canadian born de Boer appeared in both the Kids In The Hall television show, and their movie Brain Candy. She currently stars as Sarah Bannerman on USA's The Dead Zone. 
Nichelle Nichols - Chief Communications Officer Uhura
Nichelle was the first African American woman to be featured on a major television series, and later followed that up by being half of the first interracial kiss on US television when Uhura and Kirk kissed in "Plato's Stepchildren" .
Post Trek, Nichols has lent her voice to Futurama, Gargoyles, and Batman: The Animated Series, among other things. She has also written three books. Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories, Saturn's Child, and Saturna's Quest. 
Jeri Ryan - Seven of Nine
I think Seven of Nine is probably the character most familiar to non Trek fans from this list. For some reason, maybe even two reasons, this character had something of a mainstream crossover, as evidenced by her seven TV Guide covers.
Previous to her Voyager stint, the former Miss Illinois appeared on two short-lived shows that I dug, The Sentinel and Dark Skies. After Trek, Ryan went on to FOX's Boston Public and The O.C.
Marina Sirtis - Deanna Troi
Even though Ron Moore has described Counselor Troi as one of the show's most embarrassing features, she is still a knockout. And some would argue that had more to do with her being on the show than anything else. The Next Generation's Counelor Troi also made appearances on both Voyager and Enterprise.
Like Nichelle Nichols, Sirtis has also worked on Gargoyles. More recently she appeared in Stargate SG-1, The Closer, and Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Crash.
So there you have it. My favorite women of Trek. Who are yours?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-08-2006 @ 6:15PM
Toby OB said...
Ensign Ro Laren and Orion slave women in general....
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9-08-2006 @ 6:53PM
RevJonathan said...
You'd better explain why T'Pol isn't on this list and fast!
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9-08-2006 @ 7:12PM
Akbar Fazil said...
Erzi is a PALE comparison to the awesome raw sexiness and wonder that was Jadzia Dax. For shame indeed.
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9-08-2006 @ 7:45PM
Jay said...
It begins and ends with yeoman Janice Rand.
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9-08-2006 @ 8:09PM
Jamie said...
Gates McFadden, Nana Visitor, and Linda Park were all quite fetching as well.
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9-08-2006 @ 8:39PM
Al Mendelsohn said...
No love yet for Tasha Yar? Picard's on and off g/f Vash, in the words of Worf had "nice legs." Many of Kirk's triumphs worth mentioning - the woman from Gideon, the 20th century Roman slave girl who was there to "please (him)", and a young spectacular Joan Collins leap to mind.
Boy this could go on for a while...
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9-08-2006 @ 8:53PM
Jimmy said...
Lose Nicole de Boer, she pales in comparison to Terry Farrell. Personally, I always like the Counselor Troi character. The fact that Moore, who often sounds like a pompous ass, says that explains why the women of ST:TNG never got good stories. I would add Nana Visitor to that list -- the woman was hot, still is on Wildfire. I would also add Joan Collin in "City on the Edge of Forever."
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9-08-2006 @ 8:53PM
Amanda said...
Michael Dorn said that he Nicole de Boer was a better kisser han Terry Farrell, so he'd probably pick Nicole too.
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9-08-2006 @ 11:59PM
Daniel said...
My favorite episode of the original series is "Mirror, Mirror." Barbara Luna as the "Captain's woman" is breathtakingly beautiful in that episode. Nichelle Nichols looks absolutely delicious in Uhura's two-piece uniform.
Pilar Seurat made an all-too-brief guest appearance as the wife of the Argelian planetary leader in the "Wolf in the Fold" episode of the original series.
Sherry Jackson as Andrea in "What Little Girls are Made Of" is quite stunning.
Angelique Pettyjohn made me drool in "Gamesters of Triskelion."
Of the "Next Generation" series, Famke Janssen guest starred on an episode wherein she bonded with Capt. Picard on the evening before her wedding to the leader of another planet. I thought she was more bewitchingly captivating as a guest star for that episode than in any of her other screen (big or small) appearances.
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9-09-2006 @ 12:22AM
Wayne said...
Two words: BORG QUEEN!
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9-09-2006 @ 1:01AM
erroneous_nick said...
My first television crush was on Grace Lee Whitney's character Janice Rand. She made me very glad the women's uniforms in TOS were so...impractical.
Always had a thing for Terry Farrell and *really* wanted to know just where Jadzia's spots went under that uniform. Still do.
It's no surprise that I would never resist assimilation by Jeri Ryan, in fact, I'd insist on it.
One of my favorite characters from Enterprise was also a severely underused one: Hoshi Sato
And I can't get away without a huge vote for Nichelle Nichols who always managed to ooze tons of sexiness no matter what she did.
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9-09-2006 @ 2:53PM
Michael Luckenbill said...
There is no doubt who my favorite female on Star Trek was ... it was Lol ... Data's daughter .. . No other female even came close to how she affected me....well Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) was a very honorable mention ... wow what a beautiful woman !!
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9-09-2006 @ 11:57PM
Jason Anderson said...
Ezri Dax had my heart the minute she walked into Sisko's restaurant in the last season.
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9-10-2006 @ 9:45PM
Fan said...
Does nobody remember Ashley Judd as Wesley's girlfriend in one ep of TNG?
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9-24-2006 @ 9:12PM
Tim-1 said...
Oh my God! This list isn't even close to the gorgeous women that should be on it! For instance....oh...never mind...
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9-28-2006 @ 12:36PM
hill stuart said...
dear sir hi and good morning to you i wonder if you have the DVD with the STAR TREK TOS episode #39 MIRROR MIRROR on it so if you do have it could you make from it some DVD SCREENCAP PICTURES OF MIRROR UHURA that you could then put up on to your web site so please e.mail me back on if you might be able to do it,--------sincerely yours--------------------------Hill Stuart-----------------------------8 Dix Ave Johnston-----------------------Rhode Island USA-------------------------02919
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11-13-2009 @ 8:46AM
Leah said...
I know exactly who and what episode you are talking about. It was called "Elaan of Troyius" and her name is France Nuyen.
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8-16-2007 @ 6:37AM
barry Price said...
Not sure of her name, but one of my favorite women in the original Star Trek played the lead in the episode "Elain of Dolas". Also not sure of the spelling. It's been some time since I've seen it. "-)
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10-28-2007 @ 9:30AM
Bob D said...
I believe that Marina Sirtis is on of the sexyist if not the most sexiyst women on any of the series and the movies that I have seen
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