The Women of "Star Trek": Then and Now

Denise Crosby

You can see Denise Crosby in 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' as Natasha "Tasha" Yar, who was a lieutenant. At first, she was seen as one of the most important characters, but later on, she was found only in the background. She once said, "I was struggling with not being able to do much with the character. I had all these ideas and couldn’t do them. I was just stage dressing."

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