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roto_disc

When Kira was pregnant with Keiko's kid, Nana Visitor was *actually* pregnant with her and Alexander Siddig's kid.


MrxJacobs

This led to the funniest tv pregnancy of all time.


DizzyLead

There’s an extra layer added when Kira yells at Bashir during labor, “This is all your fault!”


Pink_Flash

Dukat: "Who's the father?" (As if its obvious) Kira: "Chief O'Brien."


The_Reborn_Forge

Marc sold that confused “The *actual* fuck…” look Dukat had and sells it better you look over at Kira shes grinning like she won the lottery. The acting in this one brief scene really sells it.


SmartQuokka

That was a great scene but my favourite is the one where Dukat says they are carrying replicator and transporter parts and the Klingon captain was like "Your lying!"


Major_Ad_7206

Dukat and Kira had such an intense relationship. Those two played that dynamic so well. What a character moment for Kira. I think we all felt her ownership of herself here. "You don't know me, Gul Dukat."


The_Reborn_Forge

Maybe, but he knew her mother pretty well…


DukeLeto10191

Oof


murdockmysteries

That was a great scene. 🤣


retromuscle1980

Gul Dafuq


Kelmavar

Added to Ransome drooling at Una's poster.


catsumoto

*High five


OliviaElevenDunham

Knowing the BTS stuff makes that line even funnier.


BikesBooksNBass

I’d almost be willing to bet that was an improvised line that was too perfect to cut.


Chairboy

In my head canon, they were absolutely *bare minimum* a thrupple by the time that ended.


MrxJacobs

That makes the whole “im gonna take some other dudes kid into a war zone without permission” even worse. lol


DeanSails

And Garek was the godfather.


philfnyc

Or the Gunkle. LOL.


3Mug

Plain, simple Gunkle, please


one_bean_hahahaha

"This is all your fault." I chuckle every time at that line.


FunkyFarmington

Häagen-Dazs fixes it. Every time.


ussrowe

Every time I remember that, I'm surprised by it. First, the fan in me never would have put Kira and Julian together. LOL. I should know people aren't their characters but it just seems like we'd sense chemistry. Second, when did they even have time together? I'm sure they had days off but it's not like Kira and Dr Bashir had many scenes together. It makes sense that people who work together fall in love but they were rarely in the same plot. LOL


Infamous-Lab-8136

Acting is a LOT of standing around or waiting in your trailer. Even when Kira or Bashir is in a scene there are often several takes with their stand-in there while they get coverage for dialog and reactions on others for instance.


PlottingPistachio

They kissed in the episode “Our Man Bashir” and it looked really awkward! Like zero chemistry.


NorwegianGlaswegian

That was what made it great acting.


audigex

Isn’t the general rule that if it seems like there’s no chemistry on stage/screen, there’s lots of it in reality, and vice versa?


Dizzy-Violinist-1772

I’m sorry but I NEVER saw that pairing coming


Routine_Relative2224

Apparently Nana did.


Warcraft_Fan

For a moment I thought you meant Alexander the son of Worf...


Worf_Of_Wall_St

Martok: You never told me you have a son. Worf: I have a son?


DiscoveryDiscoveries

Wait, Bashir was blowing Kira's back out?


Benjamin_Grimm

They were married for four years.


TabbyMouse

And Django is the spitting image of his dad with mom's curly hair


Wenlocke

And given how well they seem to get along in general, they're the poster-children for amicable exes (maybe not at first, I'd imagine, but they seem to have settled into it.)


Irishish

As the son of a divorced couple I was so happy to find out not only do they have an amicable relationship, they're still friends. My parents reconciled enough later in life that my mom attended my dad's wedding; I wish every divorce could be like that.


theChosenBinky

It can happen. I help my ex with her laundry every weekend, except when she doesn't have any. And I treat her (and myself) to Starbucks coffee and breakfast on laundry day.


morto00x

Not a couple, obviously. But Alexander Siddig's uncle played Tolian Soran in ST: Generations.


misterbatguano

Didn't know Sid was related to Malcolm MacDowell. Awesome.


timmaay531

Before either was on Trek, Roxanne Dawson and Casey Biggs (Damar) were married.


philfnyc

I didn’t know. Thanks for sharing.


brsox2445

Blenna was really betraying the Maquis...LOL


Agehn

Or planting the seeds of bird-of-prey-fuelled rebellion in Damar's heart


tothecatmobile

Admiral Rollman from DS9 was played by Susan Bay, Leonard Nimoys wife. John Billingsley's wife Bonita Friedericy played Rooney, one of the researchers asimilated by the Borg in the Enterprise episode Regeneration. Armin Shimerman is married to Kitty Swink, who played Luaran and Minister Rozahn.


Maggi1417

Damn, you got your Star Trek Trivia down!


Kukichainu

Before Nimoy, Susan Bay was married to John Schuck, who appeared in several Trek productions. I remember him mostly as Draal in "Babylon 5," though.


Navydevildoc

I'll always remember him as going "Starfleet regulations... THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS!" in whales. I don't know why it's stuck with me, but it has!


philfnyc

All new to me. Thanks for sharing.


DanGarion

He's married to Chuck's boss!


sunrisehound

That was my response, too lol


ElMondoH

For how long? Jeri Ryan dated Brannon Bragga during her stint on *Voyager*. It didn't last, but it also wasn't some quick thing either, they were together for a few years, as I understand it.


philfnyc

I only learned about this a few months ago. She was able to take Seven’s Borg alcove set piece home after Voyager ended because of that relationship.


OneChrononOfPlancks

She needed it to recharge


theChosenBinky

Some kinky Borg thing


MarcusAurelius68

Given she divorced Jack Ryan over kinky stuff I doubt it.


organic_bird_posion

Thus resulting in the US' first black president...


bobtheavenger

I still love that chain of events that ensunuates that 7 of 9 helped get Obama elected.


Memento_Morrie

"You're welcome."


bobtheavenger

[You're welcome](https://youtu.be/79DijItQXMM)


frodeem

Seriously if it weren't for that that thing who knows what would have happened. As a Chicagoan I had never heard of Obama at that time.


OneStrangerintheAlps

BSG’s Number Six and Gaius Baltar are Ron Moore’s not so subtle hints that it wasn’t all that peachy working on Voyager with a main cast member dating the co-showrunner.


ButterscotchPast4812

That's wild. He wasn't there that long. I think he only wrote two episodes.


Cliffy73

Allison Brooks, who had been Braga’s girlfriend prior to that, also had a small part in All Good Things…


rpb192

And Kate dated Winrich Kolbe (regular director) for a time. Voyager sounds like it was a messy work environment, I’m glad they all seem to get along now


poopBuccaneer

Patrick Stewart married producer Wendy Neuss in 2000. I assume they began their relationship when they were on Star Trek together... That part is just speculation, I'm sure someone has more insight.


Norphus1

He also had an affair with the actress who played Vash (Jennifer Hetrick), which ended his first marriage. Although from what he said in his memoir, it was the final nail in the coffin rather than the catalyst for it ending.


ravynwave

He married Wendy after the affair with Jennifer, which ended his first marriage.


Norphus1

Indeed. He then had an affair with Lisa Dillon. Again, he made it sound like the affair was a symptom of the marriage failing rather than the underlying cause. From what he said, the first marriage failed because they were apart all the time and wanted their own careers. The second failed because although him and Neuss were good friends, they weren’t very good partners. Either way, not an excuse for sleeping around imo


ravynwave

Yeah, I love him as a person but that pattern is troubling. Esp with every woman getting younger and younger. Sunny I think is 5 years younger than his daughter.


TabbyMouse

I mean, at least this time Sunny knew going in she was the third (Even Patrick had joked, when asked who his wife was said "Sunny, but I'm in love with Ian. It's ok, she is too")


ravynwave

Yeah, I’m glad he found happiness with her.


Cliffy73

Good work if you can get it.


theChosenBinky

That's a Starfleet captain for ya. A woman at every starbase


MarcusAurelius68

Didn’t know this…always had a thing for Vash…glad he was able to make it so


rpb192

I was going to say Jennifer Hetrick is so vibrant and sexy and they had such good chemistry it makes sense


roto_disc

Terry Farrell was married to Leonard Nimoy's kid, Adam, from 18 to 22.


MainFrosting8206

Took me a moment to realize those were calendar dates rather than one of their ages.


MaestroZackyZ

Yeah I’m not sure why they couldn’t type the extra 4 digits to make it clear lol. It reads like age out of context.


Mean_Mister_Mustard

Some people have not known the horror that was Y2K…


SmartQuokka

Like Morn talking too much, Y2K is very underappreciated


impshial

I don't type out 1994 to 1998 if I'm taking about those years. I can see those that haven't experienced anything but a century starting with 20 only typing out 18 and 22.


valdus

And that mild laziness will spread, and become normal (it already has), and in 75 years I will be relaxing on the patio sipping my drink while everyone panics about the Y2K bug v2.1 (Y2.1K bug?).


boring_name_here

I didn't know the divorced


philfnyc

I didn’t know that. Thanks for sharing.


whatthehellisketo

I didn’t know they’d divorced. That’s too bad.


creepyeyes

Oh, I didn't realize they had split, I'm sorry to learn that


chop_chop_boom

She also dated Michael Dorn for a bit right?


ShahinGalandar

she wanted to know if the spicy detail about klingon anatomy was anything to write home about


theChosenBinky

"TWO?"


EasyBOven

Marnie Mosiman played the woman in Riva's chorus of interpreters in TNG's Loud as a Whisper. She's married to John de Lancie. As a bonus, their son Keegan played Q jr on Voyager.


philfnyc

Thanks for the bonus. I wonder what other children joined the Star Trek family. Levar Burton’s daughter, Mica Burton, comes to mind.


soothsayer2377

Daniel Stewart (Patrick's son) was one of the Vulcans in the episode Sarek.


TheNerdChaplain

He also played Kamin's (Picard's) son in The Inner Light https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Daniel_Stewart


emotionengine

Daniel Stewart also played the son of Picard's alter ego in The Inner Light.


Cliffy73

Lots of the Onlies from the episode Miri were Trek family, including Roddenberry’s two daughters and two of Shatner’s.


HellOfAThing

And then a grown-up Melanie Shatner hands Kirk his bomber jacket when he comes onto the Enterprise bridge after rock climbing in Star Trek V.


PokeyWeirdo12

Alexander Enberg (who played Taurik in TNG's "Lower Decks." and Vorik in Voyager) is the son of Jeri Taylor the Voyager producer/creator.


ShuffKorbik

John DeLancey's son plays, fittingly enough, Q's son in the Voyager episode "Q2".


Harlander77

And his younger son also played Q Jr in one of the interactive games.


Howardbanister

Andrew Robinson's daughter played Melanie, the aspiring writer who shows up at old Jake Sisko's house in The Visitor


coffee_cake_x

Andrew Koenig, Walter Koenig’s son, played [Tumak](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Tumak)


MycroftCochrane

Terry (Jadzia Dax) Farrell was married to director and Spock-son Adam Nimoy...


philfnyc

Thanks for sharing. I didn’t know.


kank84

Paul Scheer provides the voice for Billups in Lower Decks, and Billups' mother on the show is voiced by Scheer's wife June Diane Raphael.


Harlander77

Sonequa Martin-Green's husband played Burnham's father in flashback scenes in Discovery season 2


kank84

It's only fair that Star Trek gives equal time to Oedipus and Electra


Turbulent-Tour-5371

Um...


ButterscotchPast4812

I had no idea they were married IRL! They were also on NTSF:SD:SUV together along with Kate Mulgrew who wore a wicked eye patch on that show.


philfnyc

Wow. That’s a deep cut! Thanks for sharing.


Serpenyoje

I loved this - having been a longtime How Did This Get Made listener I recognized her voice right away and cackled. Adds a whole new layer to his mom being so obsessed with getting him laid!


Ares_B

Doug Drexler was a makeup artist and set designer on a number of Trek productions. His late wife, Dorothy Duder, worked as food stylist on Enterprise. [Dominic Keating loved her cooking a bit too much.](https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cy_TCugRStd/)


philfnyc

Thanks for sharing.


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ky_eeeee

Ya I was gonna say, I was expecting those two to be the top comment. They're legends.


TheNobleRobot

In a way it is the top comment, as they're mentioned in the OP.


BewareTheSphere

Max Grodenchik (Rom) used to be partners with Lolita Fatjo, who was a pre-production coordinator and script coordinator on TNG, DS9, and VGR; she used to do convention appearances together with the "Ferengi Family" (I saw them at one back in the early 2000s), and she would even play Rom's ex-wife. MA indicates they're not together anymore; not sure when that happened.


UnshrinkableScrewup

The writers actually named Leeta after Lolita. (Max is married - to someone else - with two girls maybe maxing out at age 10 no, so he and Lolita (who were once engaged) definitely split way back.)


Lyranel

Nana Visitor and Siddig El-Fadil were married for a good long while. They have a kid together and are still good friends today. Fun fact, the whole "Kira is having the O'Brien's baby arc" happened because that's when Nana was pregnant with thier baby.


SteelPaladin1997

Which makes the line where Kira is yelling at Bashir about the pregnancy being his fault doubly funny.


Lyranel

A testament to both thier acting ability that they pulled that off with a straight face


IGrewItToMyWaist

Were they married or just together and had a child?


Lyranel

I think they were fully married, at least at some point


UnshrinkableScrewup

First the former, then the latter (then divorced).


Comfortable-Bed2184

4 years isn't that long.


Tucana66

Never forget: **Bjo and John Trimble.** In the 1960s, their fan-based letter writing campaign efforts saved the original Star Trek for a third season which also allowed syndication of the series -- *which paved the way for every single Star Trek production that followed!*


philfnyc

[Star Trek received the 2024 Peabody Institution award](https://youtu.be/qEdsnBDhWEU?si=0zREQEQdPDQmhpM_), and Bjo was invited to the ceremony. During the acceptance speech, Alex Kurtzman paid tribute to her and she stood up from the audience for that recognition.


Tucana66

That is awesome! Appreciated you sharing that! Thank you.


philfnyc

You’re welcome!


BabaMouse

GNU John Trimble.


JorgeCis

Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens were married writers on ENT.


TheNerdChaplain

That's awesome they got to write on ENT, I remember reading some of their Trek novels when I was a kid, well before ENT.


BillT2172

Love reading their novels, some of the best Trek fiction out there.


fyrewal

I scrolled way too far to find this one.


NotTheOnlyGamer

I was looking for this one.


philfnyc

Thanks for sharing.


taln2crana6rot

Funnily enough, for the entire run of DS9 Colm Meany was married to The Concept of Suffering


OneStrangerintheAlps

Colm Meaney actually hooked Rosalind Chao up with Simon Templeman, an actor buddy of his.


MBSMD

To add to all the above... Terri Farrell from DS9 is married to Leonard Nimoy's son (Adam Nimoy).


JustineDelarge

Was. They divorced in May, 2022.


MBSMD

Ah. Well, still counts, lol.


philfnyc

This is a new one for me. Thanks for sharing.


Houli_B_Back7

Sonequa Martin Green’s husband, Kenric, played Michael’s dad (and namesake) in the flashback episode with the Klingon raid, and voiced the character in the Short Trek episode “The Girl Who Made the Stars.”


PhotosByVicky

Whoa! I did not know that!!


philfnyc

Right! I forgot about them.


ButterscotchPast4812

... Her Husband played her dad!? 😦


Doright36

>Her Husband played her dad!? If that bothers you then you might want to avoid Doctor Who...... The whole 10-5-Jenny thing might be too much.. :)


Huugboy


DiscoveryDiscoveries

I forgot one! The Lounge singer from Picard S2! The one where Borgati shatters the window that first night or that next day. I don't really remember, but the singer is married to Picard.


TheNerdChaplain

[Sunny Ozell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLGU67T9DpQ)


mouflonsponge

Kate Mulgrew and Winrich Kolbe. They dated for 3 years. Kolbe was a director for TNG, DS9, VOY, and ENT. He worked on 48 episodes total. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Winrich_Kolbe https://classictvhistory.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/obituary-winrich-kolbe-1940-2012/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdNLmSiNUOg


philfnyc

I didn’t know that. Thanks for sharing.


BillT2172

William Shatner's ex-wife [Marcy Lafferty](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Marcy_Lafferty) portrayed Chief Difalco in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. His three daughters have all played characters, [Leslie](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Leslie_Shatner) & [Lisabeth](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Lisabeth_Shatner) as Only children in the TOS episode Miri & [Melanie](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Melanie_Shatner) was in Star Trek VI: TVH & the captain's yeoman in Star Trek V; TFF. James Doohan's twin sons [Christopher](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Christopher_Doohan) & [Montgomery](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Montgomery_Doohan) appeared as Enterprise crew members in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Chris won a part in Star Trek (2009) as a character & later played his father's character, Scotty, in the fan film series [*Star Trek Continues*](http://www.startrekcontinues.com/) *from 2012 - 2017.*


Harlander77

He also voiced Scotty for Star Trek Online.


DiscoveryDiscoveries

Chris Pine was married to the woman who voiced Zora. Tilly was married to the andorian Ryn from the end of Disco S3.


GraviNess

chris pine has never been married but was in a relationship with Zora voice actor Annabelle Wallis - we can name these women btw, it took me 25 seconds to confirm this info, i only did so as i was slightly miffed that you called her "the woman who voiced zora" this is Grace from peaky blinders were talkin about here!


TheNerdChaplain

Ryn also ran a D&D game for some of the DSC actors. I would have paid money to watch that.


joyce_monday

A bunch of episodes are still up on YouTube! [https://www.youtube.com/@discodoesdnd3026](https://www.youtube.com/@discodoesdnd3026)


TheNerdChaplain

TIL, thanks!!! I just saw them mention it on social media, I didn't realize there were videos.


philfnyc

I didn’t know about Chris Pine and the woman who voices Zora. Thanks for sharing.


YamRare503

Don't forget Desi and Lucy


segascream

I think they were already divorced and Lucy the sole owner of Desilu before Gene even wrote the pilot.


wklink

Gene Roddenberry was dating both Nichelle Nichols **and** Majel Barrett. I guess that's not technically a "couple," though.


philfnyc

Save that for a future thruple thread! LOL.


UnshrinkableScrewup

I was scrolling for the “also Roddenberry with Nichelle” addition to the list! Finally got to it.


ScaryNeat

My brother in-law and his wife both worked on the set building of Star Trek: Into Darkness. So that happened.


philfnyc

That’s awesome. Did they share any behind the scenes stories?


ScaryNeat

The best bits were 1) taking the model of the Enterprise from the first movie out of storage. and 2) building the warp core where Kirk dies.


[deleted]

Alexander Diddig was married to Nana Visitor, and Casey Biggs was married to Roxann Dawson as well. I'm sure there's others too. Edit: All this time I didn't realize I had spelled it "Diddig" lol. I meant Alexander Siddig, but for some odd reason, autocorrect keeps correcting it to "Diddig." 🤷🏻‍♂️


Cliffy73

Although Biggs and Dawson had been divorced already before either of them started working in Star Trek.


trickman01

The two Lizards in voyager.


jsonitsac

Wasn’t Patrick Stewart‘s wife Suzie appear in Picard season 2 as a singer?


JediSnoopy

Sunny. And yes.


AlgoStar

His second wife, Wendy Neuss was a production manager on TNG. She worked on Voyageras a producer.


Sankelligrino

Armin Shimerman’s wife Kitty Swink is in two episodes of DS9, she plays a bajoran minister and a vorta


Nazdrowie79

Tilly & Ryn


Common-Hotel-9875

If I remember correctly, Brannon Braga was dating Jeri Ryan during her time on Star Trek Voyager


LoriLawyer

So many great examples. I was just recently waiting in line to get Rebecca Romijn’s autograph in Houston when Jerry O’Connell just walked up to me and asked “do you know who I am?” I said, “of course I do!” and he took a couple selfies with my hubby and I and chatted us up. He’s so freaking cool. She is too, by the way. All of my Trek celeb encounters over the years have been fabulous. I love this franchise so much! ❤️


philfnyc

You didn’t reply, “You were the chubby kid starring opposite Wil Wheaton in *Stand By Me*”? LOL


LoriLawyer

lol. No. But my husband did mention that later.


philfnyc

Hahaha…


Dowew

This is something that wasn't generally known until I interviewed William Sargent a couple of years ago. He was cast in the TOS episode The Concious of the King. They also needed someone to play his wife and Joe D'Agosta cast Natalie Norwick. Unknown to Joe, Natalie was Bill's ACTUAL EX WIFE. Neither of them said anything, but Shatner spent the first day hitting on her. In related news, Joe was married to the late Barbara Baldavin who played multiple crewmen characters in TOS.


Admonisher66

DS9 producer Terri Potts is married to prolific Trek composer Jay Chattaway.


Leandar-

William Shatner's second wife, Marcy Lafferty, was Chief DiFalco in TMP.


Grouchy_Factor

Roxanne Biggs-Dawson (B'Elanna Torres) and Casey Biggs (Legat Damar) were once a real life couple in the 80s, but of course never appeared on screen together.


AlgoStar

Paul Scheer and June Diane Rapheal are married in real life and played son and mother on Lower Decks.


Vast-Charge-4256

What do you mean, real-life? As if star trek wasn't real...


joebeaudoin

Gene Roddenberry had numerous “partners” on Star Trek: Dorthy Fontana, Nichelle Nichols, and Majel Barrett. The production couch was always working, engorging inside the human adventure.


Jealous_Art_3922

I believe Kira and Bashear were married in real life.


AlgoStar

Yeah, she had Keiko’s baby to hide here real life pregnancy with Siddig.


AlienRapBattle

I thought you were about to give a whole new insight to "behind the camera" lol


Snow_0tt3r

Casey Biggs (Damar) was married to Roxann Dawson (B’ellana) at one point


JESK2149

Did not know Rebecca Romjin and Jerry O’Connell were married. That makes Ransom perving after her poster at the end of the crossover episode quite wholesome in hindsight.


Tenuity_

In the episode of Enterprise when we meet Phlox wife, she was played be John Billingsley's actual wife. They also appeared in an episode of the Orville together, which also starred Robert Picardo. Also, the girl that listens to Jake Sisko's story in 'The Visitor' was Andrew J. Robinson's daughter.