Trivia

She was a Muppeteer and movement coordinator for Jim Henson prior to her role on Star Trek: La nouvelle génération (1987).

Brent Spiner is the godfather of Gates's son.

She choreographed the ballroom scene in the Jim Henson film Labyrinthe (1986).

Currently resides in the South of France, where she is restoring an old theatre. (August 2004)

She greatly enjoyed working with Dabney Coleman on *The Muppets Take Manhattan*, and considers him "one of the funniest men I've ever met".

Good friends with Star Trek: La nouvelle génération (1987) co-star Patrick Stewart. Stewart was the one who convinced her to return in the series' third season.

Continues teaching at the University of Southern California. (November 2005)

Studied acting in Paris with famous teacher Jacques Lecoq.

Received her Bachelor's degree in Theatre from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Has played a doctor twice: Doctor Beverly Crusher on Star Trek: La nouvelle génération (1987), and Doctor Caroline Ryan in À la poursuite d'Octobre Rouge (1990).

Is a guest of honour at SF Ball 23 (a sci-fi convention raising funds for Teenage Cancer Trust) in Southampton, England. (February 2017)

Her son, James Cleveland McFadden-Talbot, was born on June 10, 1991.

She has Lithuanian ancestry on her mother's side.