British comedian and actor, born in 1974, who plays Lura Thok, the half-Klingon, half-Jem'Hadar cadet master and first officer, in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
Gina Yashere is a British comedian, writer and actor born in London in 1974. She co-created the American comedy Bob Hearts Abishola, in which she also played Kemi, and has been a familiar stand-up on both sides of the Atlantic.
In Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, which premiered in January 2026, she has a recurring role as Lura Thok, first officer of the USS Athena under Chancellor Nahla Ake and the academy's fearsome cadet master. Thok is of mixed Klingon and Jem'Hadar descent, the first such character in the franchise.
In the opening episode, Kids These Days, Thok is badly wounded when the pirate Nus Braka ambushes the Athena, and the Klingon cadet Jay-Den Kraag operates to save her.