‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Adds Karim Diané & Zoë Steiner To Cast

Karim Diané ( One Of Us Is Lying ) and Zoë Steiner ( Significant Others ) will be joining the new class of Starfleet cadets in Paramount+’s upcoming Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, the latest chapter in the Star Trek universe. Production is set to begin later this summer.

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The series, starring Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti, will follow the adventures of a new class of Starfleet cadets as they come of age in one of the most legendary places in the galaxy. Diané and Steiner join previously announced fellow cadets Kerrice Brooks, Bella Shepard and George Hawkins. Hunter portrays the captain and chancellor of Starfleet Academy, and Giamatti is the season’s villain.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy introduces viewers to a young group of cadets who come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism. Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves and a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself.

Kurtzman and Noga Landau serve as co-showrunners and executive produce the series alongside executive producers Gaia Violo, Aaron Baiers, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Jenny Lumet, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, Frank Siracusa and John Weber. The series’ premiere episode is written by Gaia Violo. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment.

Diané, an accomplished singer who began his career as a contestant on The X Factor, recently starred in Peacock’s One Of Us Is Lying and opposite Gabourey Sidibe in 1266 . He will next be heard in the This American Life podcast in the episode “Afrikanas.” He’s repped by Paradigm and and Legendize.

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Steiner recently made her professional debut in the lead role of Hanna in Significant Others . She has studied at the 16th StreetActors Studio in Melbourne, and with Lenard Petit at the Michael Chekhov Acting Studio in New York. She also has trained with Carl Ford, Lisa Robertson, Iain Sinclair  and Les Chantery. Steiner is repped by Strand Entertainment in the U.S. and Independent Management Company in Australia.

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