6 New Stars Of Star Trek To Watch Out For

Tawny Newsome stars as Beckett Mariner in Star Trek: Lower Decks, the somewhat insubordinate (yet Starfleet to the core) leader of the group of Lower Deck's misfits about the USS Cerritos. As the season has progressed, she has gone from almost-certainly-getting-fired to an officer who can be counted on during a crisis.

Newsome has an impressive list of credits to her name already. She has plenty of voice acting work, as she has been a co-host of the podcast Yo, Is This Racist? since 2018. She also makes frequent appearances on the podcasts Comedy! Bang! Bang! and Spontanenation with Paul F. Tompkins. She has guest starred on Big Mouth in a voice acting role as well, with on-camera roles in Space Force, 2 Broke Girls and The Comedy Get-Down.

In the role of Mariner, she has a very distinctive style of speech which is at all times recognizable while also not overwhelming the other characters on screen. She dominated the first few episodes in terms of 'screen-time', yet as the season has progressed that has settled into more of an ensemble appearance, something that is adding strength to the show as a whole.

Star Trek: Lower Decks is already proving to be hugely popular, not least in thanks to Newsome's role and talent!