Saffron Burrows

Actor (Commander Cassell) — Strange New Worlds

English actress (born 1972) who guest-starred as Commander Cassell, the leader of a Martian force at war with the Dol'drm, in Valles Marineris, the fourth-season premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

Saffron Burrows (born 1972) is an English actress whose credits include the films Deep Blue Sea and Troy and the series Boston Legal, Mozart in the Jungle and You.
She guest-starred in Valles Marineris, the opening episode of the fourth season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, released in July 2026 and directed by Chris Fisher.
Her character, Commander Cassell, leads the Martians in a war against a people called the Dol'drm. Cassell intends to turn the Enterprise's antimatter fuel cell into a weapon, and Captain Pike faces the question of whether to interfere. He lets the attack proceed, and the Dol'drm planet is destroyed.