10 Actors Who Appeared In Star Trek AND The MCU

5. Alfre Woodard

Alfre Woodard has played two different characters in Marvel properties, and with Daredevil etc. joining the MCU, she technically has appeared in this universe twice. She first appeared in Captain America: Civil War as Miriam Sharpe. It is she who convinces Tony Stark to support oversight for superhumans. Later that year, she appeared in the Netflix series Luke Cage as Mariah Stokes-Dillard.

For Star Trek fans, Woodard will always be best remembered as the no-nonsense, first ray-gun holding Lily Sloane from Star Trek: First Contact. She brings a sense of modern humanity to the crew of the Enterprise-E, even as she openly admits to knowing 'jack' about the 24th Century.

Woodard recently reprised the role of Sloane, albeit an alternate version, in Star Trek: Lower Decks' penultimate episode Fissure Quest.

Authored by Sean Ferrick

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Posted On: 27th Mar 2025

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