(written from a Production point of view)
Mary Louise Meinel-Newport (born 6 March 1955; age 69) is an actress seen in several episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager, playing Bolian background characters. She appeared in the first through fourth seasons of Deep Space Nine as the female Bolian background character, possibly Lysia Arlin. She can also be seen in Star Trek Generations as a Bolian woman in Ten Forward.
Meinel-Newport filmed her scenes for "Non Sequitur" on Tuesday 25 July 1995 and Wednesday 26 July 1995 on location at the New York Street lot and is listed as "Bolean Pedestrian" on the call sheets.
Mary grew up in a family of seven children. She lives in Tucson, Arizona with her husband, Gerald David "Jerry" Newport. The two have Asperger's syndrome, a mild form of autism. From previous relationships, she has two sons, Stephen and Peter, and two grandchildren. Mary and Jerry Newport's relationship was the subject of a 1995 LA Times article, which became the inspiration for a 2005 film called Mozart and the Whale – the same name of a January 2007 autobiography written by the Newports (along with Johnny Dodd) entitled Mozart and the Whale: An Asperger's Love Story. The Newports also wrote a book called Autism – Asperger's & Sexuality: Puberty and Beyond, which was released in July 2002.
Meinel-Newport also appeared on Babylon 5 as a Centauri female (starring Bill Mumy and Andreas Katsulas), and was interviewed twice on 60 Minutes, in both 1996 and 2004.
Star Trek appearances[]
Recurring appearance[]
- TNG: "Birthright, Part I"
- DS9:
- "Babel" (first appearance)
- "Captive Pursuit"
- "The Siege"
- "Rivals"
- "Shadowplay"
- "Playing God"
- "The Maquis, Part I"
- "The Wire"
- "The Collaborator"
- "Tribunal"
- "The Search, Part II"
- "Meridian"
- "Visionary"
- "The Way of the Warrior"
- "The Visitor"
- "Bar Association"
- "Hard Time"
- VOY: "Caretaker"