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Actress Marlene Forte Joins Star Trek Cast as Enterprise Transporter Chief

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By GustavoLeao / 23:02, 27 January 2008 / Feature Films

According to Variety, actress Marlene Forte (Real Women Have Curves), has joined the cast of J.J. Abrams upcoming Star Trek movie prequel playing the Transporter Chief of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise.

Forte was recently seen in 24, The Unit, Lost and CSI.

Her other television credits include The West Wing, Bones, Nip/Tuk, The George Lopez Show and Oscar winning director Paul Haggis' Family Law.

Marlene Forte is represented by Tony Martinez at GVA and managed by Paulo Andres at Link Talent Management.

In the Original Series, Lt. John Kyle, played by actor John Winston, was the Transporter Chief of the Enterprise. The first Transporter Chief of the Enterprise was Chief Pitcairn, who served under Captain Pike in the 1964 pilot episode "The Cage." The part of Pitcairn was played by Clegg Hoyt, but his voice was supplied by Robert C. Johnson.

The original report can be found at Variety.

UPDATE : Forte talked to Sci-Fi Talk in a audio interview about her role in the Star Trek movie and revealed a few things about the production.

You can listen to the audio interview here.



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By: TheInnkeeper (Odo's file, contact) @ 11:12:26 on Jan 28, 2008

Forte means loud.

Her name is Marlene LOUD!

I wonder if she has to whisper when she talks, lest our ears blow out.


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By: GustavoLeao (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 08:04:00 on Jan 28, 2008

As a brazilian myself, it is good to see a latin crewmember on board the Enterprise.

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By: GustavoLeao (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 08:02:01 on Jan 28, 2008

Ah, the good old doctor McCcoy and his sarcasm...

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By: SuperDave (Odo's file, contact) @ 23:32:05 on Jan 27, 2008

I'm boycotting this movie if John Winston's not in it!

He is the ONLY transporter chief! If Abrams can't see that, this movie is destined to fail!!


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Scotty beamed me twice last night... by RJ79 @ 08:50:42 on Jan 28
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