… The Voyager crew was just one big happy family." After the addition of the former Borg drone to the starship's crew at the start of the fourth season of Voyager, the shows' weekly viewer ratings increased by more than 60%. The cyborg nature of the character is seen as representing a challenge to "simple conceptions of connections/disconnections between bodies." Ryan maintained that the main topic about Seven was "humanity" and stated that her character was pivotal to the success of the show, because she "brought conflict to the show, which it was sadly lacking. In the following years, the Voyager writers wrote several plot lines revolving around Seven's exploration of the positive and negative sides of human individuality. Her hairstyling usually took as long as that combined. But the cast was terrific, and very welcoming." Although she wore extensive make-up for her first appearances, including an eye-piece that fell off when she smiled, her typical make-up regimen took around 45 minutes, with the attachment of the Borg appliance above her eye taking an additional 15 minutes. And one of the original characters was being written out pretty much at the same time I was being added. She remarked about her experience of joining the Voyager team, "It was a little awkward since the cast had been together for three years already. Following this, she tested for the network and was told that her option had been picked up. Her audition process consisted of two readings for the producers before Ryan was asked to come in to talk through the part with the executive producers, Jeri Taylor, Rick Berman, and Brannon Braga. Her acting experience up until this point had consisted of television movies, guest appearances, and Dark Skies. She was specifically told not to base her performance on the Borg Queen from the film as she was a "completely different animal and were creating something entirely new". To prepare her, the producers gave her a copy of Star Trek: First Contact and the Star Trek Encyclopedia the day before she was due to test for the part. In addition, the producers of Voyager had been keen to make greater use of The Borg as recurring antagonists in the show, particularly after the success of the 1996 Next Generation feature film Star Trek: First Contact.Īfter being cast, actress Jeri Ryan acknowledged she had hardly even seen Star Trek, and had no idea what the Borg were. It had been a previous Star Trek staple to have a character that could provide a third-person view on the human condition, prior examples including Spock in Star Trek: The Original Series, Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Odo in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It was decided that Captain Kathryn Janeway needed a contrasting character, and so Seven of Nine was developed to fill this role. įollowing the third season of Star Trek: Voyager, the production team decided that the main cast character of Kes was to be dropped from the show. Set more than twenty years after the finale of Voyager, Seven is a member of the Fenris Rangers, a peacekeeping organization active near the former Romulan Neutral Zone.
CAST OF VOYAGER STAR TREK SERIES
Seven of Nine, again played by Ryan, appears as a recurring character in the series Star Trek: Picard. Stories related to her relationship with Captain Janeway and with The Doctor appeared throughout the series some episodes, such as " The Raven", explored her background and earlier life as Annika Hansen before she was assimilated by the Borg. The character appeared through the final episode, " Endgame". Seven was featured in many episodes despite coming later to the series. The character replaced Kes in the main cast, and was intended to introduce a foil to Captain Kathryn Janeway, similar to the role Spock performs for Captain Kirk in Star Trek: The Original Series. Seven of Nine was introduced in the fourth-season premiere, " Scorpion, Part II". While her birth name became known to her crewmates, after joining the Voyager crew she chose to continue to be called Seven of Nine, though she allowed "Seven" to be used informally.
CAST OF VOYAGER STAR TREK FULL
Her full Borg designation was Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero One. Portrayed by Jeri Ryan, she is a former Borg drone who joins the crew of the Federation starship Voyager. Seven of Nine (born Annika Hansen) is a fictional character introduced in the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. 7 of 9 Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01.Raven (child on her parent's research vessel).