Martha Hackett
Martha Hackett is an American actress. She is known for her portrayal of Seska in thirteen episodes of the television series Star Trek: Voyager.
Martha Hackett
- Education
- Harvard University (AB)
- Occupation
- Actress
- Spouse
- Tim Disney (m. married?; div. divorced 2004)
- Born
- 1961 · Boston.
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Martha Hackett is an American actress. She is known for her portrayal of Seska in thirteen episodes of the television series Star Trek: Voyager.
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• Years Active — 1986–present • Education — Harvard University (AB) • Occupation — Actress • Spouse — Tim Disney (m. married?; div. divorced 2004) • Children — 2 • Website — https: marthahackettofficial.com/
Career
Career
Hackett's first experience of Star Trek was when she auditioned for the role of Jadzia Dax 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 Romulan Sub Commander T'Rul in the two-part episode "The Search" in season three. She was cast in Star Trek: Voyager in the recurring role of Seska, a Bajoran member of the Maquis crew who joined Voyager after it was stranded in the Delta Quadrant. She first appeared in the episode "Parallax" where she wore the blue uniform of a Starfleet 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 eBay in 2008. When she was first cast in the role of Seska, she was not informed that she was a Cardassian 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 "Shattered". 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 game show To Tell the Truth.
Personal life
Personal life
Hackett was married to Tim Disney, and they have two sons together. Hackett has an A.B. cum laude from Harvard University/Radcliffe College.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1986 — Hill Street Blues — Carole Green — 2 episodes • 1989 — Hard Time on Planet Earth — Episode: "Jesse's Fifteen Minutes" • 1990 — The Marshall Chronicles — Episode: "Friday Night Fever" • 1992 — Civil Wars — Helen Cashman — Episode: "A Bus Named Desire" • 1993 — Sirens — Camilla — Episode: "Guy Perfect" • 1994 — Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — T'Rul — 2 episodes • 1995–2001 — Star Trek: Voyager — Seska — 13 episodes • 2002 — The Guardian — Cynthia Popper — Episode: "Mothers of the Disappeared" • 2009–2010 — I Heart Vampires — Siona McCabre — 6 episodes • 2009 — NCIS — Celia Roberts — Episode: "Caged" • 2012 — Last Resort — Forest — Episode: "Nuke It Out" • 2013 — Perception — Leah Sullivan — Episode: "Toxic" • 2014 — Masters of Sex — Shirley — Episode: "Thank You for Coming" • 2016–2018 — Days of Our Lives — Pamela Van Damme — 4 episodes
Video games
Video games
• Year — Title — Role • 1996 — Star Trek: Klingon — Pok's Mother • 2001 — Star Trek: Armada II — Additional Voices • 2002 — Star Trek: Bridge Commander — Cmdr. Saffi Larsen • 2003 — Star Trek: Elite Force II — Dr. Stevenson
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1989 — Mind Trap — Shana Beddow • 1991 — Flight of Black Angel — Nurse • 1993 — Carnosaur — Miss Kroghe • 1994 — Leprechaun 2 — Detective • 1994 — In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful — Muriel Walters • 1995 — One Night Stand — Nora Walsh • 1998 — Music from Another Room — Paula • 1998 — Inconceivable — Jill, WOMB member — Credited as Martha Hacket • 1999 — The Last Man on Planet Earth — Mother May the Madame • 1999 — Never Been Kissed — Mrs. Knox • 1999 — Let the Devil Wear Black — Cop #2 • 2000 — A Question of Faith — Anselm — Credited as M.E. Hackett • 2003 — The Lone Ranger — Margaret • 2005 — Kiss Kiss Bang Bang — Pistol Woman • 2014 — Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day — Mrs. Gibson
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Eramo, Steve. Sci-Fi Blast From The Past - Martha Hackett (Star Trek: Voyager). SciFiandTVTalk. June 8, 2011.
- 2.Star Trek Prop Collector. Star Trek: Voy "Seska Starfleet Uniform Jumpsuit".
- 3.Stape, Will. They So Hated They're Loved Characters of Star Trek. Yahoo! Voices. October 21, 2008.
- 4.Elder, Robert K. Moving 'Question of Faith'. Chicago Tribune. May 4, 2001.
- 5.TrekNation. Martha Hackett Gives Birth to Second Child. July 20, 2000.
- 6.Martha Hackett. linkedin.com.
- 7.A Beggar's Banquet. The Harvard Crimson. October 27, 1981.
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