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By GustavoLeao / 23:02, 27 January 2008 / Feature Films
According to Variety, actress Marlene Forte (Real Women Have Curves), has joined the cast of J.J. Abrams upcoming Star Trek movie prequel playing the Transporter Chief of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise.
Forte was recently seen in 24, The Unit, Lost and CSI.
Her other television credits include The West Wing, Bones, Nip/Tuk, The George Lopez Show and Oscar winning director Paul Haggis' Family Law.
Marlene Forte is represented by Tony Martinez at GVA and managed by Paulo Andres at Link Talent Management.
In the Original Series, Lt. John Kyle, played by actor John Winston, was the Transporter Chief of the Enterprise. The first Transporter Chief of the Enterprise was Chief Pitcairn, who served under Captain Pike in the 1964 pilot episode "The Cage." The part of Pitcairn was played by Clegg Hoyt, but his voice was supplied by Robert C. Johnson.
The original report can be found at Variety.
UPDATE : Forte talked to Sci-Fi Talk in a audio interview about her role in the Star Trek movie and revealed a few things about the production.
You can listen to the audio interview here.
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