Jolene Blalock
It helps if you are a fan of what you want to do in the future. Jolene Blalock was lucky enough to land her dream job! She has always been a Trekkie. Spock was her favorite character, so it must have been neat to play another Vulcan. She launched her acting career in school plays and then went into modeling when she was in her teens. She got her first acting gig in a sitcom called Veronica’s Closet.
Bibi Besch as Carol Marcus
A molecular biologist, Dr. Carol Marcus also had a thing for Kirk. She liked him so much that she had a kid with him called David Marcus. By the end of her relationship, she decided that she wanted to prioritize her work and child over her relationship with Kirk. Bibi Besch was the original actress, although Alice Eve later played the same character in the new version.