10 Actors Who Appeared In Star Trek AND Battlestar Galactica

9. Rekha Sharma

Rekha Sharma grew up as a fan of Star Trek: The Original Series. In 2017, she joined the Star Trek universe, first as Avi Samara in the episode Still Treads the Shadow of fan production Star Trek Continues, then as Commander Ellen Landry in Star Trek: Discovery's first season.

Landry's time on Discovery was short. She was ripped apart by a very big tardigrade she had named 'Ripper' when she let it out of its cage. The deep-fake despot on the bridge soon jumped the ship through the looking glass. As a result, Sharma returned as Landry in mirror form in What's Past Is Prologue, to be blown up along with the ISS Charon. A little later, for Terra Firma, Parts 1 & 2, mirror Landry was resurrected by the magic of Carl, the Guardian of Forever, and of print news media.

Battlestar Galactica introduced the character of Tory Foster in its second season episode The Captain's Hand. Played astutely by Sharma, Foster was "precinct captain for the Federalist party in Delphi [a city on the planet Caprica]" before the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies. One of the survivors, Foster made it to the civilian fleet. There, her political acumen would prove particularly useful when she became President Laura Roslin's chief aide, advisor, and campaign manager.