Elizabeth Dennehy - Wikipedia Elizabeth Dennehy hide This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia 's notability guideline for biographies. Please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability can not be established, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Find sources : `` Elizabeth Dennehy '' -- news newspapers books scholar JSTOR ( August 2016 ) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( February 2013 ) This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. ( February 2013 ) Elizabeth Dennehy Elizabeth Hannah Dennehy ( 1960 - 10 - 01 ) October 1, 1960 ( age 58 ) Jacksonville, North Carolina, U.S. Years active 1988 -- present Spouse ( s ) James Lancaster ( 1993 -- present ) Children Parent ( s ) Brian Dennehy ( father ) Elizabeth Hannah Dennehy ( born October 1, 1960 ) is an American television and film actress, best known for her role as Commander Shelby in the Star Trek : The Next Generation two - part episode `` The Best of Both Worlds ''. She has also appeared in such television series as Guiding Light, Seinfeld, Charmed, and Without a Trace, and films such as Clear and Present Danger, Gattaca, Soldier, Red Dragon, and True Blood. In September 1994, when Geneviève Bujold quit Star Trek : Voyager after three days of filming, Dennehy was reported as one of the replacement candidates for the role of Captain Janeway. Dennehy is the daughter of actor Brian Dennehy. References Jump up ^ Genevieve Bujold Abandons ' Star Trek : Voyager ' External links Elizabeth Dennehy on IMDb Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elizabeth_Dennehy&oldid=837139022 '' Categories : American film actresses American television actresses Hofstra University alumni 1960 births Living people People from Jacksonville, North Carolina Actresses from North Carolina Hidden categories : Articles with topics of unclear notability from August 2016 All articles with topics of unclear notability Biography articles with topics of unclear notability BLP articles lacking sources from February 2013 All BLP articles lacking sources Articles lacking in - text citations from February 2013 All articles lacking in - text citations Articles with multiple maintenance issues Articles with hCards Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Français Edit links This page was last edited on 18 April 2018, at 23 : 49 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who played commander shelby in star trek the next generation
Answer: Elizabeth Hannah Dennehy