The Starfleet commodore in charge of Starbase Yorktown, who sent the Enterprise on its rescue mission and offered Kirk a promotion.
Paris is the commodore in charge of Starbase Yorktown in the Kelvin timeline. When the Enterprise arrives for shore leave, Kirk has applied for the post of vice admiral at the base, and Paris considers him for it.
She sends the Enterprise into a nearby nebula after a survivor named Kalara asks for help rescuing her crew, a mission that proves to be a trap set by Krall. After Krall's attack on Yorktown is defeated, Paris offers Kirk the promotion, and he chooses to remain a captain. She was played by Shohreh Aghdashloo.