The number of known Star Trek: Starfleet Academy cast members has risen to seven, as today Paramount+ has announced the next two additions to the upcoming series’ ranks.
 
Actors Karim Diané and Zoë Steiner join previously-announced stars Holly Hunter, Paul Giamatti, Kerrice Brooks, Bella Shepard, and George Hawkins in the forthcoming Star Trek series, set to begin production later this year.
 
The newcomers will be starring as Academy cadets, just like the Brooks/Shepard/Hawkins trio announced on July 9.
 

Here’s today’s official press release on the casting.

July 18, 2024 – Paramount+ today announced that Karim Diané (One Of Us Is Lying) and Zoë Steiner (Significant Others) have joined the cast of the original series STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY. The upcoming series 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. Produced by CBS Studios, the new series will begin production later this summer.

 

Diané and Steiner will play cadets, joining previously announced cadets Kerrice Brooks, Bella Shepard and George Hawkins, as well as cast members Holly Hunter as the captain and chancellor of Starfleet Academy, and Paul Giamatti as 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.

 

Diané recently starred in the hit series 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.” Diané is a Guinean singer and actor who started his career as a contestant on The X Factor. After a series of short films, in early 2017, Diané landed his first recurring role in the second season of the series StartUp.

 

Steiner recently made her professional debut in the lead role of Hanna in Significant Others. Born and raised in Melbourne, Steiner was drawn to cinema and the films of Old Hollywood from a young age. Upon graduating from 16th StreetActors Studio in Melbourne, Zoë studied intensively under Lenard Petit at the Michael Chekhov Acting Studio in New York. She has trained with Carl Ford, Lisa Robertson, Iain Sinclair and Les Chantery. She is committed to raw, truthful storytelling. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne.

Like the other cadets, the studio has not yet revealed any details about these actors’ characters — not even their names — so stay tuned for more as the Star Trek Universe will reveal more about Starfleet Academy at San Diego Comic Con on July 27.