12 Actors Who Hated Their Own TV Characters

3. Denise Crosby - Tasha Yar (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Denise Crosby appeared in the divisive first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation as Lt. Tasha Yar, though decided to quit the show at the end of its first season, being memorably killed off in the episode "Skin of Evil". Of the her dissatisfaction with her character, Crosby said:

"I was miserable. I couldn’t wait to get off that show. I was dying. This was not an overnight decision. I was grateful to have made that many episodes, but I didn’t want to spend the next six years going 'Aye, aye, captain,' and standing there, in the same uniform, in the same position on the bridge...I think you have to take your chances...I’d been in acting school really dreaming of playing all kinds of different things...God forbid you go through your life thinking, 'What if?'"

Crosby did make a few more sporadic appearances during the show's tenure, though her movie career never took flight. Still, being the granddaughter of Bing Crosby and all, she's probably doing just fine.