Gates McFadden Archives

Gates McFadden has accomplished so much since her on-screen debut in an uncredited role on Saturday Night Live in 1981 Appearing in some of the biggest TV shows like Another World, The Edge of Night, L.A Law, Dream On, and, of course, Star Trek: The Next Generation She's also done a few films like The[...]

Star Trek: The Next Generation star Gates McFadden, who played Dr Beverly Crusher on the syndicated series, decided to host a Star Trek podcast called Gates McFadden Investigates: Who do you think you are? in 2021 that dives into the lives of those behind the Paramount franchise with guests from every series from The Original[...]

Star Trek: The Next Generation and Picard star Gates McFadden is back for another season of her podcast series Gates McFadden InvestiGates: Who Do You Think You Are?, featuring another wide range of who's who from the Star Trek universe With a more robust guest list for season three (via TrekMovie), the X-Men '97 star[...]

Yasutake's co-star Gates McFadden, who played Dr Beverly Crusher on TNG, and more recently on Picard, Short Treks, and Prodigy, wrote on social media, Gates Plays. Gates McFadden & Patti Yasutake in "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Image courtesy of Paramount Star Trek: The Next Generation: Dr Beverly Crusher Actor Gates McFadden Pays Tribute to Her Nurse[...]

Nacelle and Gates McFadden will be back for season three of her podcast Gates McFadden InvestiGates: Who Do You Think You Are? featuring intimate conversations that are filled with stories of youth and family among the Star Trek community from every series from the franchise Confirmed season three guests for the podcast include Discovery stars Sonequa Martin-Green[...]

The following contains major spoilers. Gates McFadden as Dr Beverly Crusher of the Paramount+ original series STAR TREK: PICARD Photo Cr: Trae Paatton/Paramount+ © 2022 CBS Studios Inc All Rights Reserved. X-Men '97 Creator Beau DeMayo on Recruiting Star Trek Legend Gates McFadden Quote tweeting in response to a fan who was surprised at the appearance of Star[...]

We also hear from Gates McFadden, who plays Dr Beverly Crusher on TNG and Picard "I would like to tell the fans that I'm utterly grateful for their support, their love, and for teaching me about the meaning of Star Trek," as we see Beverly and Jean-Luc scenes from both shows. Photo Credit: Trae Patton/Paramount+[...]

Photo by Randy Shropshire/Getty Images / Paramount+ Star Trek Community Wishes Terry Matalas a Happy Birthday! Among the well-wishers include Jonathan Frakes (TNG, Picard), William Shatner (The Original Series), Mark Hamill (Star Wars), Christopher Monfette (Picard), Freddie Wiedmann (Picard), Todd Stashwick (12 Monkeys, Picard), Steve Barton (Picard), Dave Blass (Picard), and Gates McFadden (TNG, Picard) Here's a[...]

Among those who spoke out are Melissa Navia (Strange New Worlds), Michelle Hurd (Picard), LeVar Burton (The Next Generation, Picard), Jeri Ryan (Voyager, Picard), George Takei (The Original Series), Armin Shimerman (Deep Space Nine), Kate Mulgrew (Voyager), Gates McFadden (TNG, Picard), and more. Image: Star Trek/Paramount Global Star Trek Voices Speak Out for SAG-AFTRA & WGA During[...]

Fan patience finally paid off in the third and final season of Picard, which saw the core cast reunite in stars Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard), Jonathan Frakes (William Riker), LeVar Burton (Geordi La Forge), Gates McFadden (Beverly Crusher), Michael Dorn (Worf), Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi), and Brent Spiner (Data) It wasn't enough the cast picked[...]

Among the participants and pairings include Jeri Ryan (Seven) and Todd Stashwick (Shaw); Michael Dorn (Worf) and Michelle Hurd (Raffi); LeVar Burton (Geordi) and Jonathan Frakes (Riker); and Gates McFadden (Beverly) and showrunner Terry Matalas While the entire featurette is definitely worth your time, here's a look at how the crew addressed being a part[...]

While it's not the first Star Trek documentary, the narrative they told would never be told in Paramount's hands, considering the lingering influence and protected legacy of creator Gene Roddenberry. Gates McFadden in "The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek" (2022) Image courtesy of Mill Creek Entertainment/Nacelle How The Center Seat Pulls No Punches on Star[...]

If there was a lingering plot hole that wasn't resolved by the finale of Star Trek: Picard and one that's probably annoyed some fans over the years since The Next Generation is where things stand between the on-and-off again relationship of Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden and Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), especially with the latter discovering[...]

Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), that the vision she finally saw inside him is tied to one of their biggest adversaries which also explains the Changelings' interest in Jean-Luc's original body Any Star Trek fan with even a surface-level knowledge of The Next Generation likely deduces who that villain is Meanwhile, Jack, while using his powers,[...]

Audiences will also be able to take part in a live Q&A following the screening with stars Patrick Stewart, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Brent Spiner, Jeri Ryan, and executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Terry Matalas held at the LA screening and broadcast to the rest of the IMAX theater locations. The third[...]

THERE." In that very same thread, he confirmed that the female voice encouraging him to open that physical door is his mother, Gates McFadden's Dr Beverly Crusher – or so he thinks "It's Gates He's hearing his mother Or thinks he is." Photo Credit: Trae Patton/Paramount+ ©2021 Viacom, International Inc All Rights Reserved. As the identity of[...]

Upon the initial reveal of Jack from Beverly (Gates McFadden), Jean-Luc blew up in front of her for depriving him of that knowledge after all these years before she explained why. "Well, it's just good drama," Matalas explains "It started with the question of, 'What's the last unexplored relationship in Picard's life?' And it felt like[...]

All Rights Reserved. There's a certain joy as a TNG fan growing up seeing Stewart's Picard, Frakes' Riker, and Gates McFadden's Dr Beverly Crusher pick up where they left off on their problem-solving dynamic again along with Speleers' Jack On the investigative front is Jeri Ryan's Seven, still trying to find out who the Changling spy[...]

Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), the former chief medical officer of the U.S.S Enterprise-D and out of Starfleet, trying to fend off an attempted incursion on her vessel the SS Eleos alongside Jack (Ed Speleers) After she is shot, she sends an encrypted message to her former captain, now Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) Patrick Stewart as[...]

Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) and what he takes from both of them, "I think with Beverly, she is a very strong-willed woman who, in order to protect her son, took him away from everything that she knew Her qualities of sensitivity, of wanting to help or better understand people, filter into Jack's way of being,"[...]

Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) and Jack (Ed Speleers) are on when she sent the encrypted distress call battling an uncertain enemy Meanwhile, things couldn't get more tense between the U.S.S Titan-A's Captain Liam Shaw (Todd Stashwick) and first officer Cmdr Annika Hansen/Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) The following contains minor spoilers for the Star Trek:[...]

Image courtesy of Paramount Star Trek: TNG's Gates McFadden Responds At least one Picard star took notice in Gates McFadden, who played chief medical officer Dr Beverly Crusher in six of the seven seasons on TNG and reprising her role in the Paramount+ series' third and final season along with the bulk of the primary TNG cast[...]

All Rights Reserved. When we find Gates McFadden's Dr Beverly Crusher, we find her in an isolated part of space, asking for help from her former captain but not before showing her badass abilities with a phaser rifle "I always had this idea to meet her in a way that felt totally unexpected," Matalas told The[...]

"But since I am Data, there's more of it in me." Gates McFadden as Dr Beverly Crusher of the Paramount+ original series STAR TREK: PICARD Photo Cr: Trae Paatton/Paramount+ © 2022 CBS Studios Inc All Rights Reserved. One thing Dorn was reluctant on was the makeup process which he admits during his original time on TNG took[...]

Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton), Worf (Michael Dorn), and Riker (Jonathan Frakes). Michael Dorn as Worf of the Paramount+ original series STAR TREK: PICARD Photo Cr: Trae Paatton/Paramount+ © 2022 CBS Studios Inc All Rights Reserved. Star Trek: Picard: What Is the Crew Up To? One of the lingering storylines during TNG was the[...]

It seems like in the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard, Gates McFadden's Dr Beverly Crusher loves to chew bubblegum and kicks ass…and she's all out of bubblegum At the Television Critics Association, the actress was among the cast and crew to talk about how physical the chief medical officer of the Enterprise[...]

Katherine Pulaski, the Chief Medical Officer who briefly replaced Gates McFadden's Dr Beverly Crusher in season two of TNG. Diana Muldaur in Star Trek: The Next Generation Image courtesy of Paramount Will Pulaski from Star Trek: The Next Generation Return for Picard? "Pulaski does not appear this Season Sorry," Matalas said Muldaur has largely retired from the screen[...]

Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), and the kind of Picard-Riker (Jonathan Frakes) moments viewers can expect. Jonathan Frakes as Riker and Patrick Stewart as Picard of the Paramount+ original series STAR TREK: PICARD Photo Cr: Trae Paatton/Paramount+ © 2022 CBS Studios Inc All Rights Reserved. What Jean-Luc Is Doing Heading Into Star Trek: Picard Season 3 "I think the[...]

In a more comprehensive look, executive producer and showrunner Terry Matalas and stars Jonathan Frakes (William Riker) and Gates McFadden (Beverly Crusher) spoke to Den of Geek about what's to come. Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: Picard Image courtesy of Paramount+ On Jonathan Frakes & Gates McFadden in Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Frakes recalled the cryptic conversation[...]

We see Raffi (Michelle Hurd) in a hood with Beverly's (Gates McFadden voiceover, "We are being hunted." Jean-Luc asks, "Who is it out there?" "I don't know," she responds with ominous music playing in the background before her former captain declares, "We must run." Seven (Jeri Ryan), now in command of a ship, asks, "From[...]