Martha Hackett (born February 21, 1961) is an American actress. She is known for her portrayal of

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in thirteen episodes of the television series '' Star Trek: Voyager''. Hackett is an alumna of

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, and was married to independent filmmaker

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Career

Hackett's first experience of ''Star Trek'' was when she auditioned for the role of

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in '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', but lost out to Terry Farrell. She subsequently was cast as a member of the Terellian alien species in the finale of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', " All Good Things...". She appeared on ''Deep Space Nine'' as the

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Sub Commander T'Rul in the two part episode "

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" in season three. She was cast in '' Star Trek: Voyager'' in the recurring role of Seska, a

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member of the

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crew who joined Voyager after it was stranded in the

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. She first appeared in the episode "

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" where she wore the blue uniform of a

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science officer; this was later revealed to be a costuming error and she was subsequently seen in the uniform of the operations department. The original uniform sold for $1,276 ($ today) in the "It's a Wrap!" auction on

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in 2008. When she was first cast in the role of Seska, she was not informed that she was a

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spy. She later explained that "when I first started I was Seska the Bajoran Maquis member and they sort of worked everything else up in soap opera fashion." Hackett became pregnant, which was written into Seska's character. Hackett described Seska as being a character with several layers, saying that "Seska’s darker sides came from a certain emotional instability, at least that’s how I played her." Seska was killed off in the second part of " Basics", which came as a surprise to Hackett as she was previously sent a version of the script where Seska survived, but her baby died. She was only told that Seska was to die less than a day before filming. Following her character's death, Hackett as Seska returned to ''Voyager'' twice more in the episodes " Worst Case Scenario" and "

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". She appeared in a total of thirteen episodes of ''Voyager''. In 2001, she appeared in the independent film ''Question of Faith'', where she played the monk Anselm. Her character underwent a sex change from male to female as part of a divine miracle. The film was directed by her husband. In 2018, she appeared on the

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'' To Tell the Truth''.

Personal life

Hackett was married to

, and they have two sons together. Hackett has an

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''cum laude'' from

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

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