Actor Celia Rose Gooding has stepped into the center of one of science fiction's most passionate fandoms, portraying the iconic character Nyota Uhura in Paramount+'s "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds."

"Trekkies are some of the most devoted fans I think in fandom history," Gooding said. "To be embraced with open arms, reprising an iconic character, they've been so generous and so kind to me and so receptive of my take of her."

The series, the 11th in the Star Trek franchise , takes place a decade before the original show. Gooding plays a young Uhura, a Starfleet cadet specializing in linguistics. Though she comes from a family of Trekkies herself, she admitted she was not very familiar with the franchise before landing the role.

"When they found out that I'd booked the role, I think ev

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