A massive cast of beloved series regulars and amazing guest stars are returning forStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3. The hotly anticipated third season ofStrange New Worldspremieres in summer 2025 on Paramount+ following its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 14.Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 will directly pick up fromStrange New Worldsseason 2’s cliffhanger ending.
Set a few years beforeStar Trek: The Original Series,Star Trek: Strange New Worldscontinues the voyages of theUSS Enterprise led by Captain Christopher Pike(Anson Mount). With season 3,Strange New Worldsinherits the mantle of flagship Star Trek on Paramount+ seriesfromStar Trek: Discovery,which ended with season 5in 2024.Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 4 is also currently in production, guaranteeing even more adventures after season 3 wraps.
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsshowcases a beloved cast ofStar Treklegacy characters blended with original faces who are now fan-favorites.Strange New Worlds’casthas only grown since the series began, andseason 3 adds new faces while bringing back popular recurring guest stars. Here is everyone confirmed to be inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3.
16Captain Christopher Pike
Played By Anson Mount
Captain Christopher Pike remains in command of the USS Enterprise. Blending his authority with compassion and an admirable capacity to listen to and trust his crew,Pike has emerged as the most popular Captain of the Star Trek on Paramount+ era.Pike is also a gourmet chefwho entertains his crew in his sumptuous Captain’s quarters.
WhenStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3begins, Captain Pike must find a way to defeat the Gorn, who also threaten the life of his love interest, Captain Marie Batel (Melanie Scrofano). No matter whatStrange New Worldsseason 3 brings,the Starship Enterprise is in the best of hands with Captain Pike.
15Lt. Commander Una Chin-Riley (Number One)
Played By Rebecca Romijn
Lt. Commander Una Chin-Riley continues her role as the best First Officer in Starfleet. The aptly-dubbed Number One won her court-martial and asserted her status as agenetically engineered IllyrianinStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 2. No longer hiding her true self,Una is even more self-assured as First Officer, and what challenges Number One will confront inStrange New Worldsseason 3 remain to be seen.
14Lt. Spock
Played By Ethan Peck
As Chief Science Officer of the USS Enterprise, Lieutenant Spock continues his crucial role as one of Captain Pike’s senior officers.Spock’s personal life, however, is truly fascinating.Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 hints that hisromance with Nurse Christine Chapel(Jess Bush) is back on after their breakup inStrange New Worldsseason 2, but will it last?
Mr. Spock needs closure with his Vulcan fiancée, T’Pring (Gia Sandhu), who paused their engagement.Spock also has a burgeoning friendship with Lt. James T. Kirk(Paul Welsey) to explore.Strange New Worldsseason 3 also has an episode where theStarship Enterprise crew are turned into Vulcans, which leaves Spock insecure as he’s only half-Vulcan.
13Lt. Erica Ortegas
Played By Melissa Navia
Lt. Erica Ortegasis a fan-favorite audiences can’t get enough of, hencethe hashtag #Mortegas being coined for the USS Enterprise’s snarky helmsman. Erica spent most ofStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 2 wanting to join a landing party, but when she finally did, Ortegas was kidnapped by the Gorn. Lt. Ortegas looks to feature brightly inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3’s genre-bending episodes.
12Lt. La’an Noonien-Singh
Played By Christina Chong
Lt. La’an Noonien-Singh kicks offStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 by being kidnapped and once again fighting her lifelong adversaries, the Gorn. Hopefully, La’an can move past her trauma with the Gorn to continue her intriguing personal growth. The serious and closed-offLa’an decided it was time to"change my paradigm"inStar Trek’s first-ever musical episode.
La’an fell in love with an alternate reality Captain James T. Kirk inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 2. Whether or not La’an’s mutual attraction to Lt. James T. Kirk will evolve into something more is a big question forStrange New Worldsseason 3.La’an also features prominently inStrange New Worldsseason 3’s murder mysteryepisodedirected by Jonathan Frakes.
11Dr. Joseph M’Benga
Played By Babs Olusanmokun
Kidnapped by the Gorn, Dr. Joseph M’Benga will need all of his skills as an assassin to defeat the alien reptiles inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3’s premiere. Meanwhile, theUSS Enterprise’s Chief Medical Officer is hiding the dark secretthat he killed Klingon Ambassador Dak’Rah (Robert Wisdom) inStrange New Worldsseason 2. Will M’Benga have to answer for it inStrange New Worldsseason 3?
10Nurse Christine Chapel
Played By Jess Bush
Nurse Christine Chapel found herself back on the Starship Enterprise after she left to pursue her fellowship in archeological medicine inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 2. WhenStrange New Worldsseason 3 begins,Christine is under pressure to find a way to save Captain Marie Batelfrom her fatal infection of Gorn eggs.
Chapel’s romantic life will once again be front and center inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3, which will introduceDr. Roger Korby(Cillian O’Sullivan), who is destined to be Chapel’s fiancé. However, Christine and Spock also resume their romance.Chapel’s romantic triangle is one of the most intriguing aspectsofStrange New Worldsseason 3.
9Ensign Nyota Uhura
Played By Celia Rose Gooding
Ensign Nyota Uhura’s personal growth has been a central story throughoutStar Trek: Strange New Worlds.InStrange New Worldsseason 2, Uhura embraced her crucial role as Communications Officer of the USS Enterprise.Uhura’s growing confidence and sense of purpose will be fascinating to watchinStrange New Worldsseason 3 as she further develops into the Lieutenant Uhura played by Nichelle Nichols inStar Trek: The Original Series.
8Commander Pelia
Played By Carol Kane
One of the mostwonderously offbeat additions toStar Trek: Strange New Worldsis Commander Pelia, who replaced the late Lt. Hemmer (Bruce Horak) as Chief Engineer of the USS Enterprise inStrange New Worldsseason 2. The unusually insightfulPelia is a Lanthanite, a species that potentially lives for thousands of years. Commander Pelia will continue to be her delightfully bizarre self inStrange New Worlds season 3.
7Lt. James T. Kirk
Played By Paul Wesley
Lieutenant James T. Kirk is a frequent guest aboard the USS Enterprise, even thoughKirk is the newly promoted First Officer of the USS Farragut. Kirk has plenty of reasons to beam aboard the Enterprise, from his older brother, Lt. Sam Kirk (Dan Jeannotte), his new friends Spock and Uhura, and his growing attraction to Lt. La’an Noonien-Singh.
DuringStar Trek: Strange New Worlds' musical episode, Kirk confessed to La’an that his girlfriend, Carol Marcus, is pregnant.
One of the intriguing aspects of Lt. Kirk’s continued presence inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsis the gradual assembly ofKirk’s future Starship Enterprise crewinStar Trek: The Original Series.Kirk has now met Uhura and Spock, and Jim will team up with Scotty(Martin Quinn) inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3.
