A Kelvan who takes human form to seize the Enterprise and is drawn into human feelings when Kirk courts her in By Any Other Name.
Kelinda is one of the Kelvans, explorers from the Andromeda Galaxy who have taken human bodies in order to hijack the Enterprise and return home in By Any Other Name. Their true forms are huge and many-limbed, and they are unused to human emotions.
Kirk exploits this by romancing Kelinda, awakening her senses and provoking jealousy in her commander Rojan. As the Kelvans become more human, the crew is able to regain the ship, and Kelinda and the others agree to settle on a planet the Federation will help them find. She was played by Barbara Bouchet.