Academy Award-winning American actress who stars as Nahla Ake, chancellor of Starfleet Academy, in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
Holly Hunter is an American actress who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Piano and earned further Oscar nominations for Broadcast News, The Firm and Thirteen. Her other work includes Raising Arizona, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, the voice of Elastigirl in The Incredibles and the series Saving Grace.
In Star Trek: Starfleet Academy she leads the cast as Nahla Ake, a half-Lanthanite who serves both as captain of the USS Athena and as chancellor of the reopened Starfleet Academy in the 32nd century.
Hunter has described relishing the dual nature of the role, balancing the command duties of a starship captain with the empathy and guidance of a teacher, and Ake's relationship with the cadet Caleb Mir is a central thread of the series as the cadets confront new threats.