Holly Hunter’s character in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy will almost certainly change the history of the Federation, not by what she does in the present, but because she’ll know all sorts of things about the past. Brooke Palmer/Paramount+Having an actor like Holly Hunter in Star Trek is a coup that, alongside Paul Giamatti, gives Starfleet Academy some gravitas out of the gate. Like Carol Kane’s Strange New Worlds character, Pelia, Nahla Ake is a Lanthanite, meaning she’s very, very long-lived. Alongside Robert Picardo’s holographic Doctor (originally from Star Trek: Voyager), Starfleet Academy has several characters with long memories of Trek history. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy hits Paramount+ in early 2026.