American singer, songwriter and actress who played Captain Phillipa Louvois, the Starfleet judge who rules on Data's rights, in the Next Generation episode The Measure of a Man.
Amanda McBroom is an American singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the writer of The Rose, the title song of the 1979 film, which became a hit for Bette Midler.
In the second-season Next Generation episode The Measure of a Man she plays Captain Phillipa Louvois of the Judge Advocate General's office at Starbase 173. Louvois once prosecuted Picard at the court martial that followed the loss of the Stargazer, and the two share an uneasy history.
She presides over the hearing on whether Data is Starfleet property, compels Riker to argue against his friend, and rules that Data has the right to choose.