Nigerian-American actress (born 1981) who guest-starred as Neera Ketoul, the Illyrian civil rights lawyer who defends Una Chin-Riley at her court martial, in the Strange New Worlds episode Ad Astra per Aspera.
Yetide Badaki (born 1981) is a Nigerian-American actress best known for playing Bilquis in the series American Gods.
She guest-starred in Ad Astra per Aspera, the second episode of the second season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Her character, Neera Ketoul, is an Illyrian advocate and an estranged childhood friend of Una Chin-Riley, whom Captain Pike persuades to defend Una when Starfleet prosecutes her for hiding her genetically modified heritage.
Neera uses the trial to attack the Federation's laws against genetic modification and wins by arguing that Una had in effect sought asylum in Starfleet. Badaki's performance drew wide praise in reviews of the episode.