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Susan Gibney is an American actress who was born in Manhattan Beach, California. She played two different characters in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
On TNG, she played Dr. Leah Brahms in "Booby Trap" and "Galaxy's Child". Dr. Leah Brahms was one of the original designers of the USS Enterprise, appearing as a holographic character in the first, and as a "real" person in the second. Susan also appeared in two DS9 episodes as Erika Benteen. In "Homefront" she was a Commander, and in "Paradise Lost" her character was promoted to Captain and given command of USS Lakota.
Gibney was a favorite for the role of Kathryn Janeway, but was rejected by Paramount due to her age. She currently has a recurring role on Crossing Jordan, where she plays Rene Walcott, opposite Star Trek III: The Search for Spock actor Miguel Ferrer.
Besides her Star Trek appearances, she has guest-starred on such television series as Spenser: For Hire (starring Avery Brooks), The Equalizer (with Robert Lansing and Keith Szarabajka), L.A. Law (with Diana Muldaur, Corbin Bernsen, Richard Cox, Larry Drake, Jennifer Hetrick, and George D. Wallace), 24 (with Michelle Forbes, Penny Johnson, Jude Ciccolella, and Daniel Dae Kim), the two final episodes of Party of Five (with Charles Esten), and the pilot episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. She also made several appearances on Diagnosis Murder, usually playing Sergeant Tanis Archer.
She was one of many Star Trek performers to appear in the 1996 film The Great White Hype. Among her co-stars in this film were Corbin Bernsen, John Rhys-Davies, Salli Elise Richardson, Albert Hall, and Brad Blaisdell. Gibney's other film credits include 1991's And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird, with Armin Shimerman, and 1992's The Waterdance, co-starring fellow TNG guest actress Elizabeth Dennehy.
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