Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT While the canon of iconic Star Trek antagonists can often feel like an exclusive boy's club, many of the franchise's best villains have been complex female characters. For nearly 60 years, many of the best known villains in Star Trek movies and TV shows have been male, from Khan Noonien Singh to Shinzon . Looking back, it feels quite regressive, and speaks to a wider issue with how women were written in early Star Trek.
11 Seska Star Trek: Voyager, Seasons 1 to 3 Close Star Trek: Voyager's Seska was a fantastic idea for a character, but very poorly executed. Introduced as one of the secondary Maquis crew members of the Valjean, it quickly became clear that Seska was hiding something. Not only did Seska want Commander Chakotay to lead a mutiny against Captain Kathryn Janeway , she was also a Cardassian spy in disguise.
Asencia's story will presumably continue in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2, as Admiral Janeway heads into the alternate future to rescue Captain Chakotay and his crew from the Vau N'Akat. It's therefore hard to rank Asencia higher until her story plays out in full. However, judging by the ruthlessness and cunning that Asencia displayed in Prodigy season 1, it's clear that Janeway and the crew of the USS Voyager-A will have their work cut out for them.
Star Trek: The Original Series follows the exploits of the crew of the USS Enterprise. On a five-year mission to explore uncharted space, Captain James T. Kirk must trust his crew - Spock , Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy , Montgomery "Scotty" Scott , Uhura , Chekov and Sulu - with his life.
7 Sela Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Redemption" and "Unification" Close Sela was the Romulan daughter of Tasha Yar , who spent years working for the intelligence services. Sela's first notable operations against the Federation were brainwashing Lt. Geordi La Forge to assassinate Klingon governor Vagh in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Mind's Eye".
While Gene Roddenberry objected to her inclusion, Saavik was actually written out of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country because Kirstie Alley declined to return to the role. It's a testament to Amanda Plummer's unique portrayal of a Star Trek villain that it wasn't immediately clear that Vadic was a Changeling. The scenes in "Dominion" in which Vadic described the brutal treatment of Changeling prisoners during the Dominion War were beautifully performed by Plummer, adding depth to Star Trek: Picard season 3's villain.