Canadian actor who played Osyraa, the Orion minister who leads the Emerald Chain and seizes the USS Discovery, in the third season of Star Trek: Discovery.
Janet Kidder is a Canadian actor with several decades of film and television credits, among them Bride of Chucky, Arrow, The Man in the High Castle and the mini-series Tom Stone.
In the third season of Star Trek: Discovery she plays Osyraa, head of the Emerald Chain, the Orion and Andorian syndicate that dominates trade after the Burn. She is introduced in The Sanctuary, pursuing the runaway Ryn, and becomes the season's chief antagonist.
In There Is a Tide... Osyraa captures the Discovery and brings it to Federation Headquarters, where she offers Admiral Vance an unexpected alliance that founders on her refusal to stand trial. She is killed by Michael Burnham in That Hope Is You, Part 2.