(written from a Production point of view)
Annabelle Frances Wallis (born 5 September 1984; age 39) is an actress who voiced USS Discovery's sentient computer "Zora" in the Star Trek: Short Treks episode "Calypso" and in the third through fifth seasons of Star Trek: Discovery.
Wallis was born in Oxford, England, but moved to Portugal at a young age and is fluent in both English and Portuguese. The Academy Award-nominated Irish actor Richard Harris was her maternal great-uncle. According to news reports, Wallis was in a relationship with Chris Pine from 2018 to 2022. [1] [2]
Between 2013 and 2016, Wallis had a recurring role in the acclaimed BBC / Netflix crime series Peaky Blinders, alongside Tom Hardy and Alexander Siddig. In 2009-10, she played Jane Seymour in five episodes of the historical drama series Tudors, alongside James Frain and Alan van Sprang. In 2010-11, she had a recurring role in the short-lived drama series Pan Am.
She played a leading role in Annabelle (2014, co-starring Alfre Woodard) and reprised her role in Annabelle: Creation (2017, co-starring Brad Greenquist and Lulu Wilson, featuring the voice of Fred Tatasciore). In 2016, she co-starred in Grimsby, Mine, and Come and Find Me. In 2017, she co-starred in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and The Mummy (starring Sofia Boutella, featuring Javier Botet, and directed by Alex Kurtzman).
She also co-starred in Tag (2018), Boss Level (2020, co-starring Michelle Yeoh), Malignant (2021, with Susanna Thompson), and the comedy drama Silent Night the same year. In 2019, Wallis co-starred in the Showtime miniseries The Loudest Voice.
Star Trek appearances[]
- ST: "Calypso"
- DIS:
- "Forget Me Not"
- "There Is A Tide..."
- "That Hope Is You, Part 2"
- "Anomaly (DIS)"
- "The Examples"
- "Stormy Weather"
- "...But to Connect"
- "All In"
- "The Galactic Barrier"
- "Species Ten-C"
- "Coming Home"
- "Red Directive"
- "Under the Twin Moons"
- "Jinaal"
- "Face the Strange"
- "Mirrors"
- "Whistlespeak"
- "Erigah"
- "Lagrange Point"
- "Life, Itself"