Lieutenant Natasha "Tasha" Yar, played by Denise Crosby, is a character in Star Trek: The Next Generation. In the fictional series, the character served as chief of security aboard the USS Enterprise-D for the first season.
Crosby left the series near the end of first season, but reprised the role in "Yesterday's Enterprise" and "All Good Things...".
Inspired by the character of Vasquez in Aliens, the character was originally to be named "Macha H...
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Lieutenant Natasha "Tasha" Yar, played by Denise Crosby, is a character in Star Trek: The Next Generation. In the fictional series, the character served as chief of security aboard the USS Enterprise-D for the first season.
Crosby left the series near the end of first season, but reprised the role in "Yesterday's Enterprise" and "All Good Things...".
Inspired by the character of Vasquez in Aliens, the character was originally to be named "Macha Hernandez". The producers considered Jenette Goldstein, who had played Vasquez, for the role, but Dorothy Fontana pointed out that the actress "is not Latina. She is petite, blue-eyed, freckle-faced", and Marina Sirtis was cast as Yar. At that time, Denise Crosby was cast as Deanna Troi, but she and Sirtis switched roles before production began.
The back story for the character states that Natasha (Tasha) Yar (Ukrainian: Наташа "Таша" Яр), of Ukrainian descent, was born on Turkana IV, a colony that fell into chaos and eventually severed ties to...
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