Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s Carol Kane will quickly beam aboard the Enterprise.
As revealed throughout Star Trek: Unusual New World’s panel for Star Trek Day, the actress has been solid in a recurring function for Season 2 of the Paramount+ sequence. Kane will play Pelia, a extremely educated engineer who “suffers no fools,” per the official description, and solves issues “calmly and brusquely, because of her a few years of expertise.”
The streamer additionally unveiled a sneak peek on the upcoming season, that includes Lt. Ortegas prepping for an away mission.
Press PLAY on the above video, after which see a primary take a look at Kane in full uniform beneath.
Set within the years earlier than Kirk takes the helm of the U.S.S. Enterprise, Unusual New Worlds follows Captain Christopher Pike, Quantity One Una Chin-Riley and Science Officer Spock as they discover new worlds across the galaxy.
Further crew consists of Nurse Christine Chapel (performed by Jess Bush), La’an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong), Cadet Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), Dr. M’Benga (Babs Olusanmokun) and Lt. Erica Ortegas (Melissa Navia).
As beforehand reported, Paul Wesley can also be headed to the present subsequent season to reprise his function as James T. Kirk, a lieutenant on the U.S.S. Farragut. Co-showrunner Henry Alonso Myers advised TVLine that this youthful model of the enduring character is “not but the one who he’s going to be” and “has some stuff to determine earlier than he turns into that particular person.”
How are you feeling about Carol Kane becoming a member of Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds? What do you hope to see subsequent season?