Martha Hackett is an American actress. She is known for her portrayal of Seska in thirteen episodes of the television series Star Trek: Voyager. Hackett is an alumna of Harvard University/Radcliffe College, and was married to independent filmmaker Tim Disney.
Career
Hackett's first experience of Star Trek was when she auditioned for the role of Jadzia Dax in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but lost out to Terry Farrell. She subsequently was cast as a member of the Terellian alien species in the finale of Star Trek: The Next Generation, "All Good Things...". She appeared on Deep Space Nine as the Romulan Sub Commander T'Rul in the two-part episode "The Search" in season three.
When she was first cast in the role of Seska, she was not informed that she was a Cardassian spy. She later explained that "when I first started I was Seska the Bajoran Maquis member and they sort of worked everything else up in soap opera fashion."
In 2001, she appeared in the independent film Question of Faith, where she played the monk Anselm. Her character underwent a sex change from male to female as part of a divine miracle. The film was directed by her husband.
In 2018, she appeared on the game show To Tell the Truth.
Personal life
Hackett was married to Tim Disney, and they have two sons together. Hackett has an A.B. cum laude from Harvard University/Radcliffe College.
Filmography
Film
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1989
| Mind Trap
| Shana Beddow
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| 1991
| Flight of Black Angel
| Nurse
|
|-
| 1993
| Carnosaur
| Miss Kroghe
|
|-
| 1994
| Leprechaun 2
| Detective
|
|-
| 1994
| In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful
| Muriel Walters
|
|-
| 1995
| One Night Stand
| Nora Walsh
|
|-
| 1998
| Music from Another Room
| Paula
|
|-
| 1998
| Inconceivable
| Jill, WOMB member
| Credited as Martha Hacket
|-
| 1999
| The Last Man on Planet Earth
| Mother May the Madame
|
|-
| 1999
| Never Been Kissed
| Mrs. Knox
|
|-
|1999
|Let the Devil Wear Black
|Cop #2
|
|-
| 2000
| A Question of Faith
| Anselm
| Credited as M.E. Hackett
|-
| 2003
| The Lone Ranger
| Margaret
|
|-
| 2005
| Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
| Pistol Woman
|
|-
| 2014
| Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
| Mrs. Gibson
|
|}
Television
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1986
| Hill Street Blues
| Carole Green
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1989
| Hard Time on Planet Earth
|
| Episode: "Jesse's Fifteen Minutes"
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| 1990
| The Marshall Chronicles
|
| Episode: "Friday Night Fever"
|-
| 1992
| Civil Wars
| Helen Cashman
| Episode: "A Bus Named Desire"
|-
| 1993
| Sirens
| Camilla
| Episode: "Guy Perfect"
|-
| 1994
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
| T'Rul
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1995–2001
| Star Trek: Voyager
| Seska
| 13 episodes
|-
| 2002
| The Guardian
| Cynthia Popper
| Episode: "Mothers of the Disappeared"
|-
| 2009–2010
| I Heart Vampires
| Siona McCabre
| 6 episodes
|-
| 2009
| NCIS
| Celia Roberts
| Episode: "Caged"
|-
| 2012
| Last Resort
| Forest
| Episode: "Nuke It Out"
|-
| 2013
| Perception
| Leah Sullivan
| Episode: "Toxic"
|-
| 2014
| Masters of Sex
| Shirley
| Episode: "Thank You for Coming"
|-
| 2016–2018
| Days of Our Lives
| Pamela Van Damme
| 4 episodes
|-
|}
Video games
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
| 1996
| Star Trek: Klingon
| Pok's Mother
|-
| 2001
| Star Trek: Armada II
| Additional Voices
|-
| 2002
| Star Trek: Bridge Commander
| Cmdr. Saffi Larsen
|-
| 2003
| Star Trek: Elite Force II
| Dr. Stevenson
|-
|}