Natalia Nogulich

Natalia Nogulich (born October 1, 1950) is an American actress.

Nogulich was born Natalija Nogulich in Chicago, Illinois, of Serbian descent. Her best-known appearances have been on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Vice Admiral/Fleet Admiral Alynna Nechayev. She was originally set to play X in The X-Files but was replaced by Steven Williams (footage of her in this role can be found on the Season 2 DVD). She portrayed Josephine Hoffa, Jack Nicholson's character's wife in the film Hoffa and provided the voice for Mon Mothma for the radio adaptation of Return of the Jedi. The character of Alynna Nechayev has appeared in several Star Trek novels and fan fiction productions as a Fleet Admiral, and often as the commander of the U.S.S. Sovereign, prototype of the Sovereign-class starship and sister ship to the U.S.S. Enterprise-E. In the Star Trek novels written by William Shatner, she is the Commander-in-Chief of the Federation Starfleet.