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Susanna Thompson as the Borg Queen in Star Trek Voyager

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When  Star Trek   fans talk about the Borg Queen , they’re usually talking about the drone from the movie Star Trek: First Contact .  In that movie, the voice of the Collective was brought to life by the incredible South African actress Alice Krige . She reprised the role for the final episode of  Star Trek: Voyager   and in a few  Star Trek video games.

However, Krige is not the only actress to portray the Borg Queen. The character appeared in three other episodes of  Voyager , “ Dark Frontier ,” “ Unimatrix Zero ” and “ Unimatrix Zero: Part II .” In these episodes, the Borg Queen was brought to life by popular television actress named Susanna Thompson.

The Borg Queen Wasn’t Thompson’s First ‘Star Trek’ Role

When Thompson was just starting out as a television actress in the early 90s, one of her first roles was a guest appearance on Star Trek: The Next Generation . In the season five episode entitled “ The Next Phase ,” Thompson played the character Varel, one of the Romulans the crew encountered.

In the next season, Thompson was invited back for another role. She played Inmate Jaya in the season six episode “ Frame of Mind .” Her character was one of the people in the mental institution where Commander William Riker was convinced he was being held against his will.

Thompson also made one appearance in  Star Trek: Deep Space Nine before she became the Borg Queen. In the fourth season episode “ Rejoined ,” she played Lenara Kahn, the wife of one of Dax’s former hosts. To DS9 fans, she’s known for the famous kiss she gave Terry Farrell , who played Jadzia Dax .

Becoming the Borg Queen

In an interview about becoming the Borg Queen, which can be seen above, Thompson revealed that she’d actually been asked to read for the part of the Borg Queen in  First Contact . However, the audition didn’t come across the way she’d intended. She said she’d struggled with playing a “disembodied” character. Thompson had tried to create the feeling of disembodiment with her movements in the audition, but it didn’t work the way she wanted. So, she didn’t end up getting that role.

However, when the producers wanted to bring the character back in  Voyager , Krige wasn’t available. So, they called Thompson. At the time she wondered why they would ask her back for a part Krige had done so well. She surmised that it was because she had a “similar energy” to Krige. So, she went back in to read for the part. Thompson openly acknowledged that she tried to match the character Krige had created for First Contact in her audition, and apparently, it worked. She got the role.

Though Thompson knew she’d be putting her own spin on the Borg Queen, she said she was adamant about bringing some of Krige’s Borg Queen into her own portrayal. Thompson actually had an in-canon reason for this choice. She said that to her, it made sense that the previous Borg Queen would be a part of the new one in some way because of the collective consciousness that defines the Borg. So, she used the “blueprint” Krige had created and built her character off of that.

Thompson admitted that she wasn’t prepared for the rigors of playing the character. Her previous Star Trek roles hadn’t required much makeup or complicated costumes, but the Borg Queen required both, as well as contacts that literally had metal in them.

After her first day of filming, which she said was nearly 20 hours long, Thompson said she almost quit. However, she did come back to finish out the episode. She even said yes when they invited her to play the character again. Thompson emphasized that Jeri Ryan , who played former Borg drone Seven of Nine, gave her a lot of support.

Since Thompson’s appearance in the  Star Trek  universe, she’s become a popular television actress with numerous recurring roles on shows like Once and Again, Kings, Cold Case, NCIS , Timeless and, most recently,  Arrow .

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She also provided the voice of the Borg Queen in the Star Trek: Picard third season episodes " Vox " and " The Last Generation " and voiced a hologram of the Borg Queen in the Star Trek: Lower Decks second season episode " I, Excretus ".

She can also be heard in the video game Star Trek: Armada II and at Star Trek: The Experience .

An undersuit worn by Krige in First Contact was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. The name tag misspelled her name as Alice Creed . [1]

In an interview with TrekMovie.com , Star Trek: Enterprise writers Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens revealed that they had pitched a story to Krige for an episode of Enterprise . The episode would have featured the birth of the Borg Queen, with Krige portraying a Starfleet medical technician who made contact with the Borg from " Regeneration ", which would assimilate her thus transforming her into the Queen. However, Enterprise was canceled before the episode could be further developed. [2]

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Early life and career [ ]

Krige was born in Upington, South Africa. She was preparing for a career in psychology until she attended an acting class at Rhodes University. In 1976, she moved to London to pursue an acting career. She began appearing on British television in 1979. One of her earliest roles was a 1980 made-for-TV version of Charles Dickens ' A Tale of Two Cities , which starred Star Trek: Deep Space Nine guest actor Chris Sarandon . Also appeared in "The Professionals" episode "Operation Suzie" filmed in 1980.

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Krige attracted much more attention in 1981 when she made a colorful feature film debut in the acclaimed drama Chariots of Fire , which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. In this film, Krige portrayed the wife of the lead character, Jewish athlete Harold Abrahams, who was played by Ben Cross . Star Trek: Enterprise guest star Dennis Christopher also had a role in the film.

Since then, she has played supporting roles in a number of other films, including Ghost Story (1981, with Craig Wasson , Robin Curtis , and Jacqueline Brookes ), Barfly (1987), Haunted Summer (1988, co-starring Philip Anglim ), See You in the Morning (1989, with George Hearn and Theodore Bikel ), Sleepwalkers (1992, with Mädchen Amick , Ron Perlman , and Frank Novak ), Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997, with Frank Gorshin ), and The Little Vampire (2000). Krige has worked with David Warner on two films: the 1988 comedy Spies Inc. and the 2001 thriller Superstition .

Krige also had a small role in Reign of Fire (2002, with Deep Space Nine star Alexander Siddig was among the stars of this film. In 2006, Krige was seen in the horror films Stay Alive and Silent Hill , as well as Lonely Hearts . In 2008, Krige was cast in the film Solomon Kane , based on the pulp magazine character created by Robert E. Howard. [3] Krige was seen in Jerry Bruckheimer's The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) co-written by Lawrence Konner . She appeared in Thor: The Dark World (2013), starring Chris Hemsworth in the title role. [4]

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Alice Krige Star Trek Las Vegas Convention 2004

Krige at the 2004 Creation Star Trek Las Vegas Convention

Krige's earliest American television work was the 1984 CBS mini-series Ellis Island , which also featured Ben Vereen . In 1986, Krige was a part of the cast of the TV mini-series Dream West , as were her First Contact co-stars Jonathan Frakes and James Cromwell . F. Murray Abraham , Anthony Zerbe , Fritz Weaver , Lee Bergere , Michael Ensign , Matt McCoy , Noble Willingham , and Glenn Morshower also had roles in the series.

Krige has guest-starred on such television drama series as Murder, She Wrote (with George Murdock ), Beverly Hills, 90210 , and Law & Order: Criminal Intent . In 1999, she played a rare comedy role as the ex-wife of Dr. John Becker (played by Ted Danson) in one episode of Becker , on which Terry Farrell was a regular. In 2002, Krige made two appearances on Six Feet Under : one episode with Julianna McCarthy and another with David Andrews , Michael Bofshever , Joel Brooks , Graham Jarvis , Kristopher Logan , Nan Martin and Amy Wheaton .

Krige portrayed Lady Jessica Atreides in the Sci-Fi Channel 's 2003 mini-series Children of Dune , which also starred Alec Newman and Steven Berkoff . She later played Joan Collins (the actress who guest starred in TOS : " The City on the Edge of Forever ") in the 2005 TV movie Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure . In 2005, she was a regular on the acclaimed HBO series Deadwood , which co-starred Jim Beaver , Brad Dourif , Paula Malcomson , and Leon Rippy . In 2006, she appeared in a two-part episode on René Echevarria 's science fiction series The 4400 .

Other television projects include The Strauss Dynasty (1991, with John Rhys-Davies ). In 1994 she starred as 'La Marquesa' in Sharpe's Honour (1994) and the films Second Serve (1986, with Jeff Corey and Louise Fletcher ), Baja Oklahoma (1988, with Anthony Zerbe), Ladykiller (1992, with Bob Gunton and Bert Remsen ), Jack Reed: Badge of Honor (1993, with Neal McDonough , William Sadler , Bruce French , and Bill Bolender ), Donor Unknown (1995, with Clancy Brown and Steven Culp ), and Hidden in America (1996, with Bruce Davison ). She was most recently seen in an episode of Dirty Sexy Money in 2008, along with series regular Zoe McLellan .

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  • "Queen Bee", Ian Spelling, Starlog , issue 236, March 1996, pp. 75-78

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Annie Wersching, Who Played Borg Queen on ‘Star Trek: Picard,’ Dies at 45

Ms. Wersching was best known for playing the Borg Queen on the Paramount+ “Star Trek” series. She was also on the television series “24,” “Bosch” and “Timeless.”

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By Livia Albeck-Ripka

The actress Annie Wersching, best known for her roles in positions of authority on television series like “Star Trek: Picard,” “24,” “Bosch” and “Timeless,” died on Sunday in Los Angeles. She was 45.

The cause was cancer, her publicist, Craig Schneider, said in a statement. He noted that even after Ms. Wersching was diagnosed in 2020, she continued her acting work, playing the Borg Queen on the second season of “Picard,” a “Star Trek” spinoff on Paramount+, as well as the serial killer Rosalind Dyer on the ABC crime series “The Rookie.”

Ms. Wersching was also known for playing Julia Brasher, a police officer on the Amazon series “Bosch,” and Emma Whitmore, an engineer, on the NBC series “Timeless.” On Fox’s “24,” about a counterterrorism team that protects the United States from potential attacks, she played the F.B.I. special agent Renee Walker, which she once called “a dream role.”

“She gets to experience so much action and do so many stunts; she is so cool,” Ms. Werschling told Alive St. Louis magazine in 2009. “Plus, I can relate to her; in real life, I’m not too much of a girly girl.”

Ms. Wersching also provided the voice for the character Tess in The Last of Us , a 2013 video game that has recently been adapted into a television series on HBO, with Anna Torv as Tess.

In an interview on the Paramount+ show “The Ready Room,” Ms. Wersching described playing the Borg Queen as “certainly a little intimidating.” She noted that she had familiarized herself with the role and those who had previously played it before going forward with her own interpretation and performance. “It’s such an iconic role,” she said. “I’m incredibly excited to have everyone see.”

Ms. Wersching was born on March 28, 1977, and raised in St. Louis. Her parents, Sandy and Frank Wersching, were involved in the local arts community. Her father died when she was 12.

Annie spent her youth competing in Irish dance with the St. Louis Celtic Stepdancers. She graduated from Crossroads College Preparatory School in 1995 and received a B.F.A. in musical theater from Millikin University in Decatur, Ill., in 1999. She had intended to make a career in theater but changed her mind after she was on tour with a musical in Los Angeles and went to a live taping of the sitcom “Stark Raving Mad.”

“I thought, ‘This is the best of both worlds — they are performing like it’s theater with the audience interaction, but you are on TV,’” she told Edge magazine. “This is the dream.”

She moved to Los Angeles in 2001.

She is survived by her husband, Stephen Full, whom she married in 2009, and three children, Freddie, Ozzie and Archie Full.

“There is a cavernous hole in the soul of this family today,” Mr. Full said in a statement. “But she left us the tools to fill it. She found wonder in the simplest moment. She didn’t require music to dance. She taught us not to wait for adventure to find you.”

Mr. Full noted that whenever he and his sons left their house, Ms. Wersching would shout “Bye!” until they were out of earshot.

“I can still hear it ringing,” he added.

Amisha Padnani contributed reporting.

Livia Albeck-Ripka is a reporter for The Times based in California. She was previously a reporter in the Australia bureau. More about Livia Albeck-Ripka

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First Contact's Borg Queen - Alice Krige

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Alice Krige made such an indelible impression as the sinewy, sexy and sinister Borg Queen in Star Trek: First Contact that the character remains one the greatest Trek villains of all time. Krige later reprised the role in the Voyager series finale, “Endgame,” and provided her voice for both the game Star Trek: Armada II and the Borg Invasion 4-D short at the Star Trek: Experience attraction in Las Vegas. The Borg Queen represents just one role in Krige’s long and varied career, but it’s still a favorite to Trek fans and Krige herself. StarTrek.com recently caught up with the South African actress – who’s been living mostly in London since her home in L.A. burned down during the fires there-- for an exclusive two-part interview in which she talked about the Borg Queen and filled us in on her current acting and producing endeavors. Below is part one and be on the lookout tomorrow for the second half of the conversation.

Today, November 22, is the 14th anniversary of Star Trek: First Contact’s release into theaters. How crazy is it that so much time has flown by already?

Krige: Life fast-forwards, I guess. A lot has happened in those 14 years, in my life and probably in everyone’s life. Fourteen years; goodness, it is a long time.

You’ve done so much in your career, acted around the world on stage, in films and on television. That said, you’re extraordinarily popular with a core group of sci-fi and horror fans who appreciate your work in First Contact, Ghost Story, Sleepwalkers, Children of Dune and Silent Hill. Is that disconcerting, perfectly fine with you, or a phenomenon that’s out of your control?

Krige: I suppose that I’ve got two thoughts on it. Very often, the characters that one plays in the genre form, like Silent Hill or First Contact, are huge characters. They’re like Shakespearean women, like Lady M. They’re not just like playing your next-door neighbor and, as such, I think that they’re quite memorable. However, people have seen the other work, too. There’s more of an organized fan base for the genre work, of course. But if someone stops me to say, “Oh, were you the Borg Queen?” or “Were you the ghost?” they will also often say, “And I saw you in this and this and this, and I really enjoyed you in that as well.” So, it’s hard to quantify if (the genre projects) are what people principally recognize me for, especially because they’re part of a very communicative and organized fan base. They’ll come forward and say hello, which I love, actually. I don’t feel it’s an intrusion. I’m delighted to know that someone has seen something that I’ve done and enjoyed it.

When you think back to the actual production of First Contact , what are the first things that come to mind?

Krige: What pops is what a truly joyful experience it was. They were like the best repertory theater, that cast. They hadn’t worked together, the Next Gen group, for about two years, I think, and they were really delighted to see each other and to work with each other again. It was just a ball. It was just flat-out fun from beginning to end for me. Another thing that I found very striking was that everyone was absolutely determined that it should be a good film because they really wanted to support Jonathan Frakes (who was debuting as a feature film director after having directed several TNG episodes). There’s always a sense of focus on a set, but there was a kind of cohesion on First Contact. People stepped in behind him, I felt, to support him in the most loving way. I’m not saying that he needed support. I’m just saying that it was like a truly functional family supporting one of its own. If I look back on it, that was what was most unique about the experience.

You returned to the Star Trek fold for Armada II and The Experience , but you did not play the Borg Queen in her first Voyager appearances. Susanna Thompson assumed the role for those episodes. Did you, when you returned for “Endgame,” check out those Voyager episodes either to see what Thompson had done or to get a feeling for how the writers had developed the character in your absence?

Krige: I chose not to watch Susanna. I generally don’t like watching myself. In retrospect, it’s OK to watch rushes or to watch the replays on the monitor in the flow of making it, but I find it very painful to watch myself afterward. And I decided that I would not watch Susanna. It had absolutely nothing to do with Susanna. Whoever had played the role, I would have made the same decision. But I did ask to receive all the scripts. And I read them. I read all of the Voyager episodes that the Borg Queen was in, but I didn’t watch them. I didn’t want something in my head, in my imagination. I needed my performance to happen in the moment, and I didn’t even watch First Contact again. So not only did I not watch Susanna, I didn’t watch First Contact. I just focused on the stories I’d been sent, that had been filmed, and on the new script for “Endgame.”

Several years had passed between your appearances. So, how different an experience was it for you to play the Borg Queen on Voyager versus First Contact ?

Krige: It was very different in that this time (on Voyager ) I was actually working with two women (Kate Mulgrew and Jeri Ryan). There’s a very different energy to that; delightful and just as interesting and just as challenging, but quite different. What was lovely was there were members of the First Contact crew who were either on the lot, working on other things, or who were on Voyager, and everyone came in to say hello. That was lovely.

Be on the look out tomorrow for part two of our interview with the Borg Queen herself, Alice Krige.

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Before joining Star Trek: Voyager as the Borg Queen, Susanna Thompson played the love interest of Lt. Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell) in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . Thompson was no stranger to Star Trek , having appeared in two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation . All four of Thompson's Star Trek characters were easily distinguishable from each other, due to the alien prosthetics that she was required to wear for three out of the four roles.

Susanna Thompson played the role of the Borg Queen when Alice Krige was unavailable for the Star Trek: Voyager episodes "Dark Frontier" and "Unimatrix Zero." The Borg Queen and Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) became nemeses during Voyager , as they battled for the future of former Borg drone Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan). Playing the role of the Borg Queen in Star Trek fulfilled a dashed ambition for Thompson, following an earlier casting disappointment.

Susanna Thompson Romanced Dax In A Controversial DS9 Episode

In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 4, episode 6, "Rejoined", Susanna Thompson played Dr. Lenara Kahn, a Trill scientist, and the new host for one of the previous Dax symbiont's wives. Dax and Kahn find themselves drawn to one another, with Jadzia and Lenara picking up where Torias and Nilani left off. This was a taboo subject on the Trill home world, not because Jadzia and Lenara were both women, but because it is forbidden for symbionts to rekindle their relationships in new host bodies. The process is known as " reassociation " and "Rejoined" reveals that reassociated Trills were exiled from society, and both host and symbiont would later die, ostracized from their community.

Sadly, and predictably, "Rejoined" caused controversy for featuring a same-sex kiss between Terry Farell and Susanna Thompson, leading to complaints from certain corners of the USA. Viewers objected to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine depicting a same-sex relationship between two women, with the usual suspects begging the DS9 team to think of the children. According to producer Steve Oster, a production assistant took a call from an angry viewer who claimed that seeing two women kiss would mess up his kids.

It's depressing to think of how negatively viewers reacted to a same-sex kiss on network television in 1995. It proves that Rick Berman's squeamishness about presenting a same-sex relationship in Star Trek: The Next Generation 's notorious unmade episode "Blood and Fire" wasn't completely without merit. However, the fact that LGBTQ+ representation on TV was so taboo at the latter end of the 20th century made Star Trek: DS9 's Trill love story far more allegorical than had ever been intended.

Susanna Thompson Was Cast As Star Trek: Voyager’s Borg Queen

Susanna Thompson first auditioned for the role of the Borg Queen when Star Trek: First Contact was being cast. While Thompson lost out to Alice Krige, it wasn't the end of the road for her aspirations for assimilation. While preparing to bring the Borg Queen back in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Dark Frontier", the producers reached out to Krige to see if she would reprise her memorable movie role. When Krige declined due to availability, the producers remembered Susanna Thompson's original First Contact audition and brought her into read for the part of the Borg Queen in Voyager .

Rather than completely reinvent the wheel, Susanna Thompson instead built on what Alice Krige had done in Star Trek: First Contact . In a special feature on the Star Trek: Voyager season 5 DVD collection, Thompson reflected on how there could be different Borg Queens in Star Trek . Creating her own rationale for the Borg Queen's ability to regenerate and rebuild herself, Thompson said that:

"...genetically there was a strain of her that still exists in the hive, in the collective. And, so I wanted to infuse my queen with her, but also allow the fact that I was going to interpret her slightly different."

Thompson also revealed that the role was physically demanding, due to the heavy make-up, restrictive costume, and uncomfortable contact lenses. As a result, she found the full-on shooting schedule incredibly grueling, and considered not returning to the role. However, her request that the shooting schedule be adjusted for these conditions was granted, and so she returned to the role for "Unimatrix Zero" in Star Trek: Voyager season 6.

Susanna Thompson's Other Star Trek: TNG Roles

Before Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , Susanna Thompson appeared twice as two different alien characters in Star Trek: The Next Generation . In TNG season 5, episode 24, "The Next Phase", Thompson played Varel, a member of the Romulan military. When the USS Enterprise-D offered assistance to a stricken Romulan science ship, she was keen that the truth about their experiments in interphase cloaking were kept a secret from the Federation.

In Star Trek: The Next Generation season 6, episode 21, "Frame of Mind", Commander William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes) was subjected to psychological torture and interrogation. He was led to believe that he was not a Starfleet officer, but a patient in a mental health facility. One of his fellow patients was Jaya, played by Susanna Thompson, who believed that she was the commanding officer of the USS Yorktown. With roles in TNG , Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager , Susanna Thompson was a regular and reliable guest star throughout the Berman era.

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Annie Wersching Dies; ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Borg Queen Actress Was 45

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| January 29, 2023 | By: TrekMovie.com Staff 32 comments so far

Sunday brings shocking news that Annie Wersching passed away. First reported on social media, the news was confirmed by Wersching’s family. She played the Borg Queen in the second season of Star Trek: Picard .

RIP Wersching

According to reports Wersching died of cancer after learning of her diagnosis in 2020. Even after getting the news, the actress continued to work, with her recurring role in the second season of Star Trek: Picard as the Borg Queen being one of her final parts.

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In a statement (via Deadline ) Wersching’s husband said: “There is a cavernous hole in the soul of this family today. But she left us the tools to fill it. She found wonder in the simplest moment. She didn’t require music to dance. She taught us not to wait for adventure to find you. ‘Go find it. It’s everywhere.’ And find it we shall.”

Wersching may best be known for her role as FBI agent Renee Walker in two seasons of 24 . She also had regular roles on Bosch  and Runaways as well as recurring roles in Timeless and The Vampire Diaries . Her final roles were in Picard and a recurring role on The Rookie .

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Annie Wersching attending Star Trek Day event in Los Angeles –  September 8, 2021

Trek community remembers Wersching

The surprising news of Wersching’s passing has generated an outpouring of condolences from the cast and crew of Star Trek: Picard … and beyond.

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This was Annie Wersching pic.twitter.com/6KioDkIGct — daní ᱬ (@LtMenalippe) January 29, 2023
Just hearing of this now. Impossible to process. So much passion, energy and love for her work. Such a joy to work with. She loved this role so much and really had fun with it. Damn. pic.twitter.com/hQKqiAQoqh — Dave Blass (@DaveBlass) January 29, 2023
I just heard about this. Losing a member of the Trek fam is always heartbreaking. All of my love & condolences to the friends and family of #AnnieWersching . https://t.co/31rdtXPfKi — Anson Mount (@ansonmount) January 29, 2023
A true loss to our Trek family, and to television. May she rest in God’s peace. #RIP #AnnieWersching https://t.co/qyQvxwwOkc — Doug Jones (@actordougjones) January 29, 2023

TrekMovie offers our condolences to the friends and family of Annie Wersching.

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So sad, so talented, so young.

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She was one of the most memorable parts of Picard so far. Condolences to her family and friends.

Wow this is so shocking! I guess she didn’t tell anyone and she looked fine when she was doing interviews for Picard. After going through the pandemic (which is still killing tons of people even though most have practically forgotten about it) it’s another reminder any of us can go at any time or age.

That’s why I’m retiring in 2 months, at 57. Life is short.

When my beloved mom-in-law was fighting Stage IV lung cancer (though she never smoked a day in her life), she was taking a specific immunotherapy drug for her cancer which was of a specific genetic type.

She didn’t slow down much at all during her remaining time until about a month or so before her end, when the cancer had mutated and the drug was consequently no longer effective. From there it was a quick and steep decline. Maybe that was the case with Ms. Wersching. : (

You have to admire someone who most likely knew their time was limited and still threw themselves into life with verve that she apparently have. I find it truly inspiring.

Very sad to learn of her passing. Her Borg Queen was the right combinations of playful, seductive, and terrifying.

I had a hard time believing this news. She was the best part of S2 of Picard. She was amazing and terrifying at the same time. My thoughts are with her family tonight.

She was one of the best parts of Picard Season 2 and brought greatness to the role.

Oh my god, I knew Annie. She was so nice. This is heartbreaking. I had no idea she was even sick. Those poor kids.

Very sad news. How awful for her young children to lose their mother. Her performance was a highlight of season 2 of Picard and knowing now what she was dealing with during filming it’s even more impressive. RIP.

Rough news, and hitting close to home, having lost my brother to cancer about seven weeks ago. MRNA research can’t find a cure/vastly superior treatments fast enough… :-(

I’m so sorry to hear that. There’s no right way to grieve, we just try to muddle through in our own ways and find a way to live with the scars but also the happy memories.

So sorry to hear this. Condolences to you and your family for your loss.

My sincerest condolences…

Very sad news. She was so young and talented and I’m sure her family and friends are absolutely devastated. RIP.

Can’t believe this, watched several interviews and she looked so full of good vibes and energy. Such an amazing actor playing the Queen. Her performance was one of the highlights of Picard Season 2.

Breaks my heart thinking about her kids. My condolences to her family and friends. R.I.P.

Loved her on “24,” “Bosch,” and “Picard.” That’s a very bright light that just went out. :(

This is so sad. Annie Wersching’s Borg Queen was brilliant … right up there with Alice Krige. The interplay between Wersching and Allison Pill made up the most exciting parts of those middle six episodes (of PIC S2). So very sad she’s gone.

That video of Annie had me laughing and crying at the same time. I was ALWAYS impressed by her work. SHE WILL BE MISSED.

Very sad news. I’m currently re-watching Picard S2 in the run up to S3 and she was terrific in her role as the Borg queen. Annie Wersching was an undisputed highlight of S2. I also remember she appeared in an episode of Enterprise.

The Queen is dead, Long live the Queen! This is so tragic and unexpectedly sad, she was only 45 years of age. May she rest in peace.

This is truly sad news. She was a great incarnation of the Borg Queen.

It reminds me of the early Trek movies when we lost so many guest stars at such a young age… Merritt Butrick, Persis Khambatta, Bibi Besch It’s hard to lose those great talents at 85, but 45… so, so utterly sad…

Agree and well observed about early Trek movie losses.

She took a character created by Alice Krige and played it with relish. Sad to hear of her passing.

This is sad news and very unexpected. Far too young for this to happen to anyone. Annie Wersching was one of those instantly recognisable familiar faces on television; always an excellent actress too. She was great on 24 and Timeless, and of course most recently our very own Star Trek.

Rest in Peace. My condolences to Annie’s family and friends.

Love, Love, Love Timeless. Probably my all time fave show. I wanted a new season. But without Annie it wouldn’t be the same.

So sad, so talented. So bee Hive Queen vibes… my Condolences to her Family and Friends

This is so sad. Rest in Peace.

I’m shocked! I am a trekker from Sweden. Picard is very popular on Amazon Prime here in Sweden! Annie was perfect as the Borg Queen! R.I.P Annie Wersching

RIP and my condolences to her family. : (

Cancer is a killer and, as much as you can deny it, especially when you’re young, life is really short. Love is the answer and trying to live a life that is decent, kind, and good. Everyone will have regrets in the end, but we should work to be the best we can be.

Ms. Wersching sounds like she was a wonderful person, a loving mother and wife, and a gifted performer. The outpouring of love from her family and friends is evidence of that. She sounds like a person who’s life was well-lived. Bless her! My thoughts and prayers are with her family at this truly horrible time for them.

Depressing news. When I saw the announcement, it didn’t mention her Picard role and didn’t know THAT until I got to this site. I’m just numb. I’ve had relatives drop just about every 30-45 days the last few months. Its awful. Her Borg Queen portrayal was creepy with the blackened eyes, but effective.

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[Warning: This story contains spoilers for episode two of Star Trek: Picard .] 

It has been a question pondered by Star Trek fans for years: Is there more than one Borg Queen, or have multiple actresses played the same alien in assorted franchise projects? Picard newcomer Annie Wersching has thoughts on the matter.

“In my opinion, she is a different incarnation of the Queen,” says the third actress to embody the iconic role. “[My version] is going to have all the information and all the memories that the other two queens have, but she is her own incarnation.”

Wersching made her debut as the (unmasked) Borg Queen in “Penance,” the second episode of the Paramount+ series’ second season. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter prior to the episode’s Thursday premiere, the actress detailed her roller-coaster experience while also teasing what’s to come with one of Jean-Luc Picard’s ( Patrick Stewart ) greatest adversaries.

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It is clear from “Penance” that Wersching’s Borg Queen is different from the previous versions, as this time, she is cut off from the Hive after Q (John de Lancie) returns to wreak havoc on the timeline.

“The Borg Queen is in such a distressed state at this point, which is not a way we are used to seeing her. She is usually so in control,” says the actress, who plays coy when asked about the queen’s true intentions after agreeing to fix the timeline. “I think a really interesting development that happens through the season is her interest in Agnes [Alison Pill], and what is that exactly. There is something very interesting in their relationship.”

It becomes clear in “Penance” that whatever Q did to the timeline, humanity took a dark turn, with Picard becoming one of its greatest military heroes as a conqueror of alien races and xenophobia on Earth running rampant, which comes to a head for the characters when Picard is supposed to publicly execute the queen, now the last of the Borg. That moment was a tough one, Wersching admits.

“It just makes you wildly uncomfortable, knowing there are people in the world who think like that for real,” says the actress of modern-day struggles around the globe. “ Star Trek has always been so good about acceptance for everyone. And it is very strange to see the totalitarianism that is happening in this episode. It is not something that [the writers] had to reach that far into their imaginations to find, unfortunately.”

Wersching was cast as the queen in December 2020 after auditioning via self-tape in April that year. In fact, so much time had elapsed due to the pandemic, she was in total shock when the call finally came. The actress would be the third Borg Queen in all of Star Trek , the first being Alice Krige in the feature film Star Trek: First Contact and then Susanna Thompson in the series Star Trek: Voyager .

“Before I auditioned, I watched First Contact , and then after I got the role, I watched every episode that had to do with the Borg,” Wersching recalls. “But I didn’t rewatch to mimic them. I wanted to watch once and get the information, and then take what I learned to make my own version. I know Alice is the queen of all Queens. It would be really special to meet her someday. Susanna and I actually worked together a bunch on the NBC show Timeless .”

Ironically, this is not Wersching’s first time working in the Star Trek world, as her first TV gig was a 2002 episode of Star Trek: Enterprise . And Picard producer Akiva Goldsman toyed with the idea of bringing the actress’ Star Trek adventure full circle.

“At one point, he was like, ‘You know, we could make it like the queen assimilated her and make it all connected. It is Star Trek ; we can make anything happen,'” Wersching says with a laugh. It seems the idea, while fun, was not pursued.

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Everyone In Star Trek Who Beat The Borg

  • Starfleet crews in various Star Trek series have defeated the fearsome Borg Collective, showcasing heroism and tenacity.
  • Key encounters include saving Earth from assimilation, battling the Borg Queen, and allying with the Borg to defeat a greater threat.
  • These epic battles showcase the resilience and resourcefulness of Starfleet officers in the face of the deadliest threats to the Federation.

The Borg Collective are one of the most fearsome enemies in the Star Trek franchise, but a handful of heroic Starfleet crews have managed to defeat them and defy assimilation. First introduced in Star Trek: The Next Generation season 2, the Borg became the deadliest threat to Starfleet and the Federation in almost a century . The threats from the Borg Collective, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 's Dominion meant that the mid 24th century was an extremely difficult time for Starfleet.

The Borg and the Dominion would later pool their resources in Star Trek: Picard season 3 , in a last-ditch attempt to eradicate their mortal enemies. However, once again the Borg were defeated, thanks to the heroic efforts of Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of the USS Enterprise-D. While Picard's batles with the Borg Collective are the most notable encounters in Star Trek history , he's far from the only one to have defeated Starfleet's most fearsome enemy.

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Uss enterprise-d crew in star trek: the next generation, season 4, episode 1, "the best of both worlds, part ii".

Things were looking bleak for Starfleet and the crew of the USS Enterprise-D in Star Trek: The Next Generation 's game-changing season 3 cliffhanger "The Best of Both Worlds." Assimilated by the Borg, Picard led a devastating assault on the Federation's defenses in the Battle of Wolf 359, which claimed around 11,000 lives . The Borg's next target was the assimilation of Earth, unless acting Captain William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and the crew of the starship Enterprise could find a solution.

Distracting Locutus' Borg Cube with a surprise Enterprise saucer separation , Riker sent Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner) and Lt. Worf (Michael Dorn) to retrieve the assimilated Picard. Once Locutus was back aboard the Enterprise, Data and Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) set about using Picard's connection to the Collective to locate a weakness. With the help of a clue from the struggling Picard, Data connects to the Borg's regeneration sub routine and effectively puts them to sleep. The resulting feedback loop meant that the Borg Cube self-destructed, saving the Earth .

Captain Picard & Data In First Contact

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The Borg Collective's next major assault on Earth occurred in Star Trek: First Contact , in which they sought to change the course of human history. Pursuing the Borg back in time to 2063, Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-E were initially unaware that the ship was being assimilated by the Borg. As Data was seduced by the Borg Queen (Alice Krige), and the Borg prepared to sabotage the first-ever human warp flight , things looked bleak for Picard and the future of humanity.

In the climax of Star Trek: First Contact it's revealed that Data hasn't been seduced by the Borg Queen, and has instead been deceiving her. Data programmed the missiles to miss the Phoenix, before dragging the Borg Queen into toxic gases that destroyed her organic components. This allowed Picard to deliver the killer blow to the Borg Queen, severing her connection to the Collective and deactivating the remaining Borg drones .

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Stranded in the Borg's native galaxy, it was inevitable that Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) would come into contact with the Collective. In the Star Trek: Voyager season 3 finale, "Scorpion", the USS Voyager finally enters Borg space , only to discover that the Collective has been seriously weakened by a mysterious foe known as Species 8472 . Having launched a Borg invasion of fluidic space, the home dimension of Species 8472, the Collective were unprepared for what they found there.

Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) stated that Species 8472 were the first species to offer "true resistance" to the Borg Collective.

Species 8472 possessed superior bio-technology to the Borg Collective, and used it to swiftly destroy multiple Borg Cubes . Species 8472 launched their own invasion of Borg space, something that Janeway believed to be a major threat to the future of the Delta Quadrant. To counter the threat posed by Species 8472, Janeway allied herself with the Borg Collective, to repel this superior force from laying waste to the Delta Quadrant. However, it was a decision that Janeway would later come to regret.

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Season 7, episode 25/26, "endgame".

The ending of Star Trek: Voyager centered on one final battle between Kathryn Janeway and the Borg Collective. An older Admiral Janeway, tortured by the losses incurred in getting the USS Voyager back to Earth, conceives a plan to use Borg technology to get everyone home much earlier. Admiral Janeway travels back in time to advise her younger self to a network of wormholes that had previously been avoided. The wormholes are part of a transwarp hub that, if destroyed, could seriously weaken the Borg Collective, but would also cut off Voyager's way home .

It's a neat callback to Star Trek: Voyager 's pilot, "Caretaker", which gave Janeway a similar dilemma. This time, both Janeways decide to destroy the hub and find a way home. Admiral Janeway allows herself to be captured by the Borg Queen, so that she can implant a neurological pathogen into the Collective . The pathogen cripples the Collective, destroying the Queen's ship, and allowing the USS Voyager to ride through the Borg's transwarp corridor back to Earth.

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Centuries before the first official encounter with the Collective, Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and the crew of the Enterprise NX-01 fought the Borg in Star Trek: Enterprise season 2. "Assimilation" revealed that leftover Borg drones from Star Trek: First Contact had regenerated themselves after being discovered in the Arctic Circle. The regenerated Borg assimilated the scientists that discovered them and headed into space where they encountered a Tarkaelian freighter and assimilated the crew.

The Enterprise NX-01 came to the freighter's aid, only to find themselves under attack from the Borg. Archer and Lt. Malcolm Reed (Dominic Keating) transported to the Borg assimilated ship, hoping to deactivate the drones by destroying their manifolds. Archer and Reed fought their way to the conduit, and detonated it, causing an explosion that destroyed the ship, containing all the drones. However, as Archer grimly noted at the end of the episode, he had merely postponed a Borg invasion until the 24th century .

A Borg Queen origin story was pitched for Star Trek: Enterprise 's fifth season before the show was canceled at the end of season 4.

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In the years before the events of Star Trek: Picard season 1 , a Borg Cube encountered two Romulan Tal Shiar vessels. When it attempted to assimilate the crew of the scout ship Shaenor, the Borg Cube encountered a substantial mental force that overwhelmed the ship and disconnected it from the Collective. The mental energy that caused the Borg Cube's submatrix collapse was the distress of the noted Romulan scientist, Professor Ramdha (Rebecca Wisocky).

As a scholar of ancient Romulan myths, Ramdha was aware of the Admonition, a message designed for synthetic life forms. The Admonition was misread as a prophecy for the destruction of all organic life, and it drove many who experienced it to madness and murder in Star Trek: Picard season 1. The knowledge of this message was so overwhelming for the Borg that it caused a submatrix collapse, deactivating the Cube and leaving it drifting in Romulan space. This Cube became known as The Artifact, which was the home to the rehabilitation project for former Borg drones including Hugh (Jonathan del Arco).

Confederation of Earth in Star Trek: Picard

Season 2, episode 2, "penance".

In Star Trek: Picard season 2, Q (John de Lancie) created a dark alternative timeline in which Jean-Luc Picard was a brutal military leader that had vanquished many foes. Picard even kept grisly trophies of the victories he clocked up while in command of the CSS World Razer, the Confederation's version of the starship Enterprise . In this reality, the Confederation eradicated the Borg Collective, and kept the Borg Queen (Annie Wersching) as a political prisoner.

Picard's study in Star Trek: Picard season 2's Confederation reality contains the skulls of Gul Dukat (Marc Alaimo), General Martok (J.G. Hertzler), and Director Sarek (Mark Lenard)

It's unclear exactly how Picard and the crew of the CSS World Razer eradicated the Borg in Star Trek: Picard season 2 . However, the magistrate does concede that the Borg were the most dangerous foes to bring " under heel ". On the day that Picard and his crew arrive in the Confederation reality, citizens are congregating for the annual Eradication Ceremony, where the Borg Queen will be publicly executed. Instead, Picard and the crew of La Sirena rescue the Borg Queen so they can travel back in time to 2024 and fix what Q's done to time .

Every Star Trek Difference In Picard Season 2's Confederation Reality

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Ensign Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid) defeated the Borg multiple times in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 2, episode 8, "I, Excretus". Ever the over-achiever, Boimler had read everything that was available about the Borg, making him prepared for an encounter with the Collective. Boimler got to put his knowledge to the test in a holo-simulation in "I, Excretus", but was unhappy with his initial score of 79%.

Boimler became obsessed with bettering his score, repeating the simulation again and again, seeking new ways to beat the Borg. Notable ways that Boimler defeated the Collective in Star Trek: Lower Decks included beating the Borg Queen at chess, saving Borg babies, and hijacking a Borg sphere . Unfortunately for Boimler, events elsewhere on the USS Cerritos force him to remain in the simulation, reducing his 100% score with each passing minute.

USS Enterprise-D Crew In Star Trek: Picard

Season 3, episode 10, "the last generation".

Star Trek: Picard season 3 featured the most elaborate Borg plot in the Collective's long history. Siding with the Changelings from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , they used the shapeshifters to infiltrate Starfleet and install Borg DNA in the transporter code. This meant that each Starfleet officer who used the transporters was covertly assimilated by the Borg Collective. Full assimilation was triggered by Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers), who had inherited Borg DNA from his father, Jean-Luc Picard, and became a beacon for the Borg Queen's signal.

The combination of a father's love, and some fancy flying from Data, led to the destruction of the Borg.

The Borg also took control of Starfleet's Fleet Formation mode, giving them complete use of the Federation armada. The only starship unaffected was the USS Enterprise-D, restored by Commodore Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton). The Enterprise-D crew headed into one last battle with the Borg, firing on the Queen's Cube while Picard tried to get through to his son. The combination of a father's love, and some fancy flying from Data, led to the destruction of Star Trek 's Borg once and for all, severing the connection to the signal, and returning everyone back to normal.

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  • Goofs The Borg Queen says that Seven is the only Borg to return to a state of individuality. Either this is a deliberate or convenient deception, or she is unaware of the recurring characters 3rd-of-5 ("Hugh") and Locutus (Captain Picard's alter ego) from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and the colonists from Unity (1997) , although it is conceivable she was unaware of the latter.

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Harry Kim : I don't know, but a few minutes ago it was crawling around the floor.

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    Yesterday, in part one of our interview with Alice Krige, the actress recounted her memories of playing the Borg Queen in Star Trek: First Contact and also on Voyager. Here, in the second half of our conversation, Krige talks more about her time as the Borg Queen, says she wasn't aware of any possible return engagement on Enterprise, and lifts the curtain on several upcoming projects ...

  12. Everything You Need to Know About the Borg Queen

    In Star Trek: Picard, the Borg Queen is cut off from the Borg Collective due the actions of Q and a divergence in time. As a result, she becomes wholly and fully obsessed with Agnes Jurati. StarTrek.com. Seen as the last of the Borg, instead of finding the Collective, she sets her sights on Agnes in hopes of building out a new Borg collective.

  13. Every Borg Queen In Star Trek

    Alice Krige played the Borg Queen again in Star Trek: Lower Decks season 2, episode 8, "I, Excretus".The episode revolves around the crew of the USS Cerritos enduring a series of impossibly hard hologram simulations. Ever the over-achiever, Brad Boimler becomes obsessed with getting a perfect score on the Borg Cube simulation, which pits him against the Borg Queen.

  14. Alice Krige

    Alice Krige. Actress: Star Trek: First Contact. Alice Maud Krige was born on June 28, 1954 in Upington, South Africa where her father, Dr. Louis Krige, worked as a young physician. The Kriges later moved to Port Elizabeth where Alice grew up in what she describes as a "very happy family", a family that also included two brothers (both of whom became physicians) and her mother, Pat, a clinical ...

  15. Jeri Ryan

    Jeri Lynn Ryan (née Zimmermann; born February 22, 1968) is an American actress best known for her role as the former Borg drone Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Voyager (1997-2001), for which she was nominated four times for a Saturn Award and won in 2001.She reprised her role as Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Picard (2020-2023), for which she won another Saturn Award.

  16. First Contact's Borg Queen

    Alice Krige made such an indelible impression as the sinewy, sexy and sinister Borg Queen in Star Trek: First Contact that the character remains one the greatest Trek villains of all time. Krige later reprised the role in the Voyager series finale, "Endgame," and provided her voice for both the game Star Trek: Armada II and the Borg Invasion 4-D short at the Star Trek: Experience ...

  17. Before Voyager, A Borg Queen Actor Romanced Star Trek: DS9's Dax

    Before joining Star Trek: Voyager as the Borg Queen, Susanna Thompson played the love interest of Lt. Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell) in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Thompson was no stranger to Star Trek, having appeared in two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. All four of Thompson's Star Trek characters were easily distinguishable from ...

  18. Annie Wersching Dies; 'Star Trek: Picard' Borg Queen Actress Was 45

    According to reports Wersching died of cancer after learning of her diagnosis in 2020. Even after getting the news, the actress continued to work, with her recurring role in the second season of ...

  19. 'Picard' Borg Queen Actress Weighs In on Debated 'Star Trek' Character

    The actress would be the third Borg Queen in all of Star Trek, the first being Alice Krige in the feature film Star Trek: First Contact and then Susanna Thompson in the series Star Trek: Voyager.

  20. "Star Trek: Voyager" Dark Frontier (TV Episode 1999)

    Borg Queen : They should be. They've left behind their trivial, selfish lives, and they've been reborn with a greater purpose. We've delivered them from chaos into order. Seven of Nine : Comforting words. Use them next time instead of "Resistance is futile." You may elicit a few volunteers. Borg Queen : We are Borg.

  21. Seven of Nine

    Seven of Nine (born Annika Hansen) is a fictional character introduced in the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager.Portrayed by Jeri Ryan, she is a former Borg drone who joins the crew of the Federation starship Voyager.Her full Borg designation was Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero One. While her birth name became known to her crewmates, after joining ...

  22. Everyone In Star Trek Who Beat The Borg

    The Borg Collective's next major assault on Earth occurred in Star Trek: First Contact, in which they sought to change the course of human history.Pursuing the Borg back in time to 2063, Picard ...

  23. "Star Trek: Voyager" Dark Frontier (TV Episode 1999)

    Dark Frontier: Directed by Cliff Bole, Terry Windell. With Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill. Aboard the Delta Flyer, Janeway leads Tuvok, Paris and the Doctor on a rescue mission to retrieve Seven from the Borg Queen. whose treatment of Seven is markedly atypical.