Paramount+ announces 5 new Star Trek: Strange New Worlds cast members, confirms production start

New additions to the cast of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. (L-R) Babs Olusanmokun, Christina Chong, Jess Bush, Melissa Navia, and Celia Rose Gooding.

MARCH 15, 2021 - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds finally has a full bridge crew! Over the weekend, ViacomCBS and Paramount+ announced the addition of five new cast members to the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise.

Joining the Strange New Worlds cast as series regulars are Babs Olusanmokun and Christina Chong, both known for the hit series Black Mirror; Jess Bush, an Australian actor whose prior credits include Home and Away, Les Norton, and a recurring role as Kendall in Playing for Keeps; Melissa Navia, known for the AMC series Dietland; and Celia Rose Gooding, who will be making the leap from the Broadway stage to television screens in Strange New Worlds. The new cast members will join the previously announced cast, which includes Anson Mount as Captain Pike, Rebecca Romjin as Number One and Ethan Peck as Spock. So far, the three principle roles are the only ones to have been announced, so we don’t have any more details on the Enterprise crew - not just yet, anyway.

Gearing up for the excitement of the new series, co-showrunner and executive producer Akiva Goldsman praised the cast of Strange New Worlds, saying, “In a career, there is never enough work that is pure joy. I feel that my [colleagues] have given me just that by letting me haunt the stock rooms of my favorite candy store and I am grateful [...] With a hell of a cast and undying love for The Original Series, we boldly go.”

Fellow showrunner and executive producer Henry Alonso Myers echoed his sentiments, saying “I’m incredibly grateful to be working alongside Akiva and our brilliant, multi-faceted cast to help bring the adventures of the Starship Enterprise to new life [...] For someone who’s been dreaming of spaceships and alien worlds since I was little, this show is a dream come true.”

As part of the cast announcement, Paramount+ released a teaser video with the new cast announcing the news that production on Strange New Worlds has officially begun in Toronto. You can watch the teaser video for yourself on Paramount+’s YouTube channel.