Captain Kathryn Janeway (performed by Kate Mulgrew)
Home region: Indiana, North America, Earth
Parents: Admiral Edward Janeway (deceased, below left) and Mrs. Gretchen Janeway
Siblings: One sister: Phoebe
Education: Starfleet Academy graduate
Marital status: single, engaged (with Marc Hobbes)
Starfleet Career Summary:
Science officer under Adm. Paris on the U.S.S. Al-Batani , Arias mission 2171
Given command of U.S.S. Voyager, new Intrepid-class starship, presumed lost in
Badlands
Bio-Psychological Profile: Report of Starfleet Medical/Counselor's Office
Janeway is a tough captain who is not afraid to take chances, while her
intelligence, thoughtfulness, dedication and diplomacy have earned her respect
and recognition as one of the best in Starfleet. Her talents in engineering and
science allow her hands-on expertise, if necessary; as such she has shown a
tendency to defy the Starfleet protocol against beam-down of commanding officers
into unsecured away team missions. She prefers to be addressed as "Captain"
rather than either the gender-based "sir" or "ma'am." Aside from math and the
sciences her studies have included chromo-linguistics, American Sign Language,
and the gestural idioms of the Leyron.
This subject's penchant for the scientific method and clear-cut choices has given
her a healthy dose of skepticism, which usually provides a command asset in dealing
with new situations. Her preference for difficult studies is self-traced back
to childhood, when she would prefer that to outdoor play. Since then she has
indicated no pleasure in outdoor camping, hiking, or cooking.
For relaxation, Janeway enjoys role-playing and recreation in Holodeck programs,
such as Gothic novels, skiing and sailing. In her youth in rural agricultural
Indiana she played tennis, and at age 12 walked back from a match she lost for
7 km in a thunderstorm; however, she has not played the game regularly since 2354,
when a member of her high school tennis team. As a child she also studied beginning
ballet and performed the "dying swan" at age 6, but in all her activities - many
of them pushed by her parents, such as gardening - she never studied a musical
instrument. She has often ascribed this situation to her sister being the artist
of the family.
The subject reports one severe depression in life, when her father died under
the polar ice cap on Tau Ceti Prime in the mid 2350s. She stayed bedridden with
grief until her sister finally coerced her into accepting the fact and moving on,
literally dragging Janeway out of bed. The captain has credited her father with
forcing her to learn her own lessons and not shielding her from life.
In 2171, Janeway gambled on giving troubled Starfleet renegade Tom Paris a reprieve
from his Rehabilitation Settlement in New Zealand by tapping him as a scout for
a search-and-rescue mission of her security chief gone undercover aboard a
Maquis vessel. However, on stardate 48315.6, the U.S.S. Voyager was swept into
the Delta Quadrant, 70 000 lightyears from home.
At the Academy Janeway was taught a captain had to keep a certain distance to
the crew; but now that they are stranded in the Delta Quadrant she sometimes
has to give up this aloof attitude.
borrowed from Christoph Reuter
Interviews with Kate Mulgrew:
Close to Home With Captain Janeway
Interviews with Kate Mulgrew
Kate Mulgrew Reflects On Season Four Of Voyager
Chats with Kate Mulgrew:
Peoples chat 12/10/98
Kathryn Janeway and Kate Mulgrew links:
Kate Mulgrew's Official Fan Club
The Kate Mulgrew Home Page (Great site for Kate photos)
The Kate Mulgrew Page
Kate Mulgrew´s short biography
Kate for you
Kate Mulgrew´s life on earth
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