South African actor who played Ndoye, the United Earth Defence Force officer who rises from captain to general, in the third and fourth seasons of Star Trek: Discovery.
Phumzile Sitole is a South African actor who trained in Cape Town and New York and has appeared in television series including The Good Fight and Orange Is the New Black.
She first appears in Star Trek: Discovery in the third season episode People of Earth as Captain Ndoye, who intercepts the Discovery when it reaches an isolationist Earth and is persuaded to make peace with the raiders of Titan.
Sitole returned in the fourth season with the character promoted to general and representing the reunited Earth and Titan in the debates over Species 10-C. Fearing for her world, Ndoye secretly helps Booker and Ruon Tarka, then atones by piloting a shuttle into Booker's ship. She survives and accepts the consequences.