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There have been only one actor that has starred in every Star Trek show that has ever been made. This actress has starred in the original pilot, “The Cage” that was rejected, the original Star Trek series, she played the computer voice on almost all the series that aired, and she played a recurring character on Star Trek: TNG, and Deep Space Nine.

This actress was Majel Barrett Roddenberry and she was also the wife of Gene Roddenberry. Majel Barrett first starred in the original pilot for Star Trek, “The Cage” as the character, Number One. She was the second in command to Captain Christopher Pike on the starship Enterprise. When the pilot was rejected and the new pilot was reworked for the new show, her character became Nurse Christine Chapel and she played her for 33 of the episodes. She also starred in a few of the Original Star Trek movies. Her character, Christine Chapel, came onto the starship Enterprise, at first to search for her missing finance, Roger Corby. When it appeared that he was a lost cause, she decided to sign on as nurse to Doctor Leonard McCoy. Her character had a soft spot for the Vulcan character, Spock and fell in love, but he was unable to reciprocate her feelings.

The next role that she played was the voice of the computer, which she played throughout Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager. Whenever one of the shows were on and in any given situation, her voice would be heard. As her role of the computer, her voice was heard 98 times in the Next Generation, 25 times on Deep Space Nine, 70 times in Voyager, and 2 times on Enterprise. She also played the computer voice on the Defiant, the Deep Space Nine starship.

The other role that she played was Laxwana Troi, the mother to Deanna Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation. She was a recurring character on that show and on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Her character was introduced in the first season episode, “Haven”, where she came on board to marry her daughter off. Her character was a full Betazed with full telepathic abilities. She would continue to recur on the show throughout the seven years that the show was on. She was mainly an annoyance to Captain Picard and to Commander William Riker. She tended to speak her thoughts just to get a rise out of her daughter. She had tender feelings for Picard, but he tended to feel annoyance more than anything for her. She would also recur on Deep Space Nine throughout the years that it was on. She annoyed the Deep Space Nine crew also, but she helped one crew member immensely when he needed it. She fell in love with Odo, the security chief on the station, but it was not a relationship that they could continue with. She did fall in love with an alien ambassador but it was cut short by the fact that he had to commit ritual suicide.

I am pretty sure that there have been actors who decided to play different alien species and they played them in all the series, but when it comes to the main characters of Star Trek, the only actor or actress to have ever starred in every series was Majel Barrett Roddenberry.