# Robin Curtis

Robin Curtis is an American actress. She is best known for replacing Kirstie Alley in the role of Vulcan Lieutenant Saavik in the films Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

## Career
### Film and television work

Although her first appearance as Vulcan Lieutenant Saavik in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock in 1984 was promoted as her film debut, Curtis had already made several film and made-for-television movie appearances. Her performance in the film drew a mixed reception from Trek fans. She reprised the role of Saavik for a brief appearance in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
She co-starred in the 1983 episode "Short Notice" during the first season of the Knight Rider television series. In 1991, she portrayed Carol Pulaski on the soap opera General Hospital. In 1993, she portrayed an unrelated Vulcan character disguised as a Romulan (Tallera/T'Paal) in the two-part episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation "Gambit". In the Babylon 5 episode "Deathwalker" (1994), she appeared as Abbai Ambassador Kalika.
She also appeared in the television series Dream On, Herman's Head, Night Court, MacGyver, Johnny Bago, Seventh Heaven, and The Equalizer.
Curtis's other film work includes Hexed, Ghost Story, Shootdown, In Love with an Older Woman, A White Thread, A Black Thread, and LBJ – The Early Years, where she played Jacqueline Kennedy.
In 2022, Curtis was cast in the horror film Awaken the Reaper, her first film role since 1999.

### Stage and commercial work

Curtis has numerous stage credits in regional and national theatre, including Gyspy, Applause, Oliver!, and ...And Other Songs in New York City. She performed in The City Suite off Broadway and in Garden in Los Angeles. Her other work includes The Nerd, The Man of La Mancha, and The Apple Tree. She has also appeared in several television commercials and infomercials.
Curtis made frequent appearances at Star Trek conventions in the mid-1990s, but by 2014, she was appearing only occasionally. She became a residential real estate agent in 2004 and the following year debuted her one-woman show, a work-in-progress, Not My Bra, You Don't! – The Sexual Odyssey of a Forty-Nine-Year-Old Woman.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1981 | Ghost Story | Rea Dedham |
| 1984 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Lieutenant Saavik |
| 1986 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Lieutenant Saavik |
| 1993 | Hexed | Rebecca |
| 1994 | The Unborn 2 | Linda Holt |
| 1994 | Babyfever | Carol |
| 1995 | Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero | Major Marin |
| 1996 | Dark Breed | Marian |
| 1996 | Santa with Muscles | Leslie |
| 1998 | Recoil | Julie Sloan |
| 1998 | Scorpio One | Shannon Brey |
| 1999 | The Sex Monster | Woman on Street |
| 1999 | Making Contact | |
| 2024 | Awaken the Reaper | Connie |
| 2024 | Unification | Saavik |

## Television

* Knight Rider (season 1, 1983): "Short Notice" as Nicole Turner
* MacGyver (season 1): "The Gauntlet" (1985) as Kate Connelly
* MacGyver (season 2)
* The Equalizer (season 2, 1986) as Ginger Brock
* LBJ: The Early Years (1987) as Jacqueline Kennedy
* Night Court (season 6, 1990) as Dr. Judith Malloy
* General Hospital (1991) as Carol Pulaski
* Herman's Head (1992) as Diane Shaw
* Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993) in "Gambit, Parts One And Two," as Tallera / T'Paal
* Babylon 5 (1994) as Ambassador Kalika
* Space: Above and Beyond (1995) as Andrea Wilkins