Lycia Naff

Lycia Naff is an American dancer, actress and journalist who began her career dancing on the 1982 television series Fame before moving into acting. Born in Las Vegas, she played Dixie in Lethal Weapon (1987) and TC in Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1989). She is best known for playing Ensign Sonya Gomez in two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1989, a part she revisited in 2021 as the voice of Captain Sonya Gomez on the animated Star Trek: Lower Decks. A small part in Paul Verhoeven's Total Recall (1990) brought her sudden fame, and she earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for the ABC Afterschool Special The Perfect Date. She also had recurring work on General Hospital, Hunter, The Young and the Restless and St. Elsewhere, and she later studied journalism and worked as a reporter for outlets such as The Miami Herald, the Sun Sentinel and People.