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Denise Crosby. Denise Michelle Crosby (born November 24, 1957) [ 3 ] is an American actress and model known for portraying Security Chief Tasha Yar mainly in season one of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Yar's daughter, the half- Romulan Commander Sela, in subsequent seasons. She is also known for her numerous film and television roles, and ...
Tasha Yar. "All Good Things..." (1994) Natasha " Tasha " Yar is a fictional character that mainly appeared in the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Portrayed by Denise Crosby, Yar is chief of security aboard the Starfleet starship USS Enterprise -D and carries the rank of lieutenant ...
During casting, the role of Troi was originally assigned to Denise Crosby, with Marina Sirtis cast as Security Chief Macha Hernandez. Roddenberry believed that Sirtis would be better in the role of Troi and switched the two actresses; Crosby was cast as a modified version of the security chief, called Tasha Yar. [14]
When Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered in 1987, Denise Crosby helped Patrick Stewart and co. launch a new chapter of Gene Roddenberry's universe. But unlike Captain Picard and other OG ...
Denise Crosby as Faye Richardson. Rachael Harris as Sheila Sazs. Alison Louder as Susan. Brynn Thayer as Lily Specter. As it turns out, Markle, who played paralegal Rachel Zane, didn't make an ...
Denise Crosby's character, Tasha Yar, was killed off in this episode after the actress asked to be released from her contract. The original story, then titled "The Shroud," was written by Joseph Stefano, who had previously worked on The Outer Limits. Hannah Louise Shearer was given the task of re-writing the original take. The first draft had ...
During the same period, Stillwell met Denise Crosby – who played Tasha Yar in the series' first season – at a 1989 fan convention in San Jose. Over dinner, Crosby admitted she missed being part of the series and suggested that Stillwell write a script to bring back her character, who was killed off in the episode "Skin of Evil". Ganino and ...
In this episode, while the ship is visiting the planet Ligon II to retrieve a vaccine, crewman Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby) is abducted by the leader of the Ligonians. The race abides by a strict code of honor and their leader seeks to use Yar as a pawn to increase his power.