Denise Crosby
Biography
Denise Crosby is an American actress and model. Born in Hollywood, she began her career in television and film. She is best known for playing Security Chief Tasha Yar on Star Trek: The Next Generation, a role she played mainly in the first season, and for returning as Yar's half-Romulan daughter, Commander Sela. Her film work includes 48 Hrs. (1982), Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), Eliminators (1986), Pet Sematary (1989), Dolly Dearest (1991) and Mortuary (2005). She produced and narrated the 1997 documentary Trekkies, about Star Trek fans. On television she appeared in Days of Our Lives, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, NYPD Blue, Dexter, The Walking Dead and Suits. In 2010 she performed in a Los Angeles production of Tennessee Williams's Orpheus Descending. She also voiced Tasha Yar and Sela in the video game Star Trek Online.
68years old
Turns 69 on November 24in 42 days
- Born Hollywood
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as Denise Michelle Crosby
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 37 years1982 to 2019
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A role that slipped away
In 1987, Denise Crosby was cast as Tasha Yar in Star Trek: The Next Generation, the syndicated series that brought Star Trek back to television. She had been chosen for Counselor Deanna Troi before Gene Roddenberry gave the role to Marina Sirtis.
Behind the camera
Crosby served as co-producer and narrator on Trekkies, a documentary from 1997. She then worked on Trekkies 2, the sequel that came out in 2003.
A first
In 2013, Crosby did voice work for Tasha Yar and Sela in the Cryptic Studios MMORPG Star Trek Online. She was the first of a new wave of Star Trek alumni to reprise their original roles since Leonard Nimoy appeared at the game's 2010 launch.
Denise Crosby movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Blake Edwards directed three of these films, Roger Nygard two. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
John de Lancie's page
Jonathan Frakes's page
Patrick Stewart's page
William Shatner's page
Michael Dorn's page
Brent Spiner's page
All films by Blake Edwards
Roger NygardDirector, 2 films, 1992 to 1997
All films by Roger Nygard
Also two films together4 more actors
- LeVar BurtonTrekkies (1997) and Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1994)
- Gates McFaddenChaos on the Bridge (2014) and Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1994)
- Brannon BragaChaos on the Bridge (2014) and Trekkies (1997)
- Rick BermanChaos on the Bridge (2014) and Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1994)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Denise Crosby's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$206 million
10 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 20 films: 10 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 6Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$79M38.3% of the total
- 2$58M27.9% of the total
- 3$45M21.9% of the total
- 4$11M5.3% of the total
- 5$4.6M2.2% of the total
- 6$4.5M2.2% of the total
- 7$2.4M1.2% of the total
- 8$1.1M0.6% of the total
$895,626from the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.