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I interviewed Michelle Yeoh a few years ago about #StarTrekDiscovery and I mentioned offhand that I'd written an article about what seeing her use her accent on the bridge of a starship meant to me.

She stopped and said "Wait, that was YOU?"

And then proceeded to talk about how much that article had meant to HER and how it contributed to the success of the show.

I can't think about it without crying.

(The original article: authory.com/SwapnaKrishna/On-S)

AuthoryOn Star Trek: Discovery and Michelle Yeoh's accentContributed by When the Star Trek: Discovery trailer was first announced, I almost didn't want to watch it. I'm a lifelong fan of the franchise — I grew up on The Next Generation and Star Treks II–VI and I'd followed every up and down of the…
Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦

@skrishna @AnnaAnthro

Not sure how this wound up in my timeline but I am SO glad it did!

Thank you for writing and re-sharing this story. I got a little teary. (Loved Michelle Yoeh as Discovery Captain Georgio and her evil alter-ego, too.)

Representation is so important, and Gene Roddenberry was a pioneer.

I have ❤️ed Star Trek since TOS (I’m old! 😂). I was thrilled to see Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) in Voyager for similar reasons.

Added:
Another swoon:
Sonequa Martin-Green's Michael Burnham

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