Sultry and deep voiced, with a wealth of wavy dark hair, Alley has made a name for herself as both a wacky comic and an impressive dramatic actor primarily on the small screen. First known as the beautiful Vulcan Lt. Saavik in “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” (1982), Alley struggled through a series of unrewarding roles in the early 1980s. In features, she followed “Star Trek” (she lost the role of Saavik in the third feature after reportedly asking for a salary on par with original franchise stars William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy) with “Champions” (1983), “Blind Date” and “Runaway” (both 1984) and the teen comedy “Summer School” (1987). On TV, she played a trucker in the NBC pilot “Highway Honeys” (1983), a spy in the short-lived “Masquerade” (ABC, 1983) and turned up in such TV-movies as “Prince of Bel-Air” (ABC, 1985) and “Infidelity” (ABC, 1987).
