Denise Crosby

Denise Crosby will always be Tasha Yar to me, but what I find most compelling is her relationship with fandom itself. A Hollywood-born actor who left Star Trek early, only to return as Yar's half-Romulan daughter Sela, she turned an abrupt exit into a richer arc. Then she went further, producing Trekkies, a documentary that celebrated rather than mocked the fans who adored the franchise. That gesture tells me a lot about her warmth and self-awareness. I respect performers who step to the audience's side of the camera, and her affectionate curiosity about the communities her work created is genuinely rare.

Name (English)

Denise Crosby

Name (Japanese)

デニーズ・クロスビー

Reading

でにーず・くろすびー

Born

November 24, 1957 (age 68)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rooster

Origin

Hollywood, California, United States

Height

173 cm

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor

High school

Hollywood High School

University

Cabrillo College

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise%20Crosby
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234474

Tags

• California
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.