Kara Zediker is an American actress born in

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. She guest starred on '' Star Trek: Enterprise'' as the young T'Pau in the fourth-season episodes " Awakening" and "

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". She has also guest-starred on such shows as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' 24''.

Biography

Zediker is a graduate of

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. She appeared as Elizabeth Nash in the first season of the

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television series '' 24'', in '' Rock Star'' in 2001 as Marci (Rob's girlfriend), and in the role of T'Pau in '' Star Trek: Enterprise''. The character had previously been played by

Celia Lovsky Celia Lovsky (born Cäcilia Josefina Lvovsky, February 21, 1897 – October 12, 1979) was an Austrian-American actress. On the original ''Star Trek'' she played the Vulcan matriarch T'Pau, and on ''The Twilight Zone'' she played the aged d ...

in the '' Star Trek: The Original Series'' episode "

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", and Zediker portrayed a younger version of that character. One of the reasons why she was cast was because the producers felt that she looked similar to Lovsky.

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* American television actresses Living people People from Kankakee, Illinois Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women {{US-tv-actor-stub