American actress who played Valkris, the Klingon agent who obtains the Genesis data for Commander Kruge and accepts her death for having seen it, in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
Cathie Shirriff is an American actress whose Star Trek role is Valkris in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984).
Valkris appears in the film's opening act aboard a hired merchant ship, where she transmits stolen information on the Genesis device to Kruge's cloaked Bird-of-Prey. When she admits she has viewed the material herself, Kruge decides she cannot be allowed to live. Valkris accepts this calmly as a matter of honour, and the two exchange a formal farewell before he destroys the freighter.
Shirriff also appeared in television series of the 1970s and 1980s, including a regular part in the comedy Shaping Up, and in the film Covergirl.