Sue Henley Sue Henley is a former actress who worked as stand - in and photo double for lead actress Kate Mulgrew on all seven seasons of . She also appeared as Ensign in several episodes and was previously featured in several episodes of the second season and third season of . She also worked as stand - in for several guest actresses and for Gates McFadden on and appeared in other background roles in " Voyager " . Henley auditioned for the stand - in part for Geneviève Bujold at the beginning of " Star Trek : Voyager " but was not cast . When Bujold left the production and Kate Mulgrew was cast as Kathryn Janeway , Henley auditioned again for the stand - in part on Thursday and Friday . She was chosen by the producers and had her first day at work on Monday at Paramount Stage 8 for the pilot episode . The character Henley in the episode was named after Henley . According to an interview with Henley , she did little background work on the first season because of her strong likeness to Mulgrew . Occasionally she wore a wig , which she described as a " hideous black dead - rat - looking wig " . Almost every time two " Janeways " are seen on screen and no computer effects were integrated , Henley worked as on screen photo double for Mulgrew , for example in the last episode , where she replaced Admiral Kathryn Janeway in several scenes . Her costume from this episode was later sold off on the It ' s A Wrap ! sale and auction on eBay . Parts of her Starfleet uniform were also sold off and were worn by fellow background performers Alicia Lewis and Anna Deng . Henley received screen credit for her part of Ensign Brooks twice throughout the series . She was credited as " Ensign " in the end credits of for her turbolift scene which she filmed on Monday alongside Robert Picardo on Paramount Stage 9 . Here , she spoke her first words on the series , " " Deck 10 " " . Her second credit as " Ensign Brooks " was in the end credits of the episode . Here she filmed her mess hall and corridor scenes on Thursday on Paramount Stage 9 and she spoke a second time on the series , " " Seven " " . For her appearance as Peliar Zel native pedestrian in the episode " Non Sequitur " , she filmed her scenes on Tuesday and Wednesday on location at the New York Street backlot . Henley is listed twice as background actress on the call sheets of the episode " Future ' s End " . The scene as a Santa Monica Beach goer was filmed on Monday on location at the Santa Monica Pier . On Tuesday and Wednesday , Henley is listed as a car passerby with her own car for the scenes filmed at the Griffith Observatory . The call sheet for Friday of the episode is listing Henley as " Phones – 1 Sue " in the optical palace interior scene which was built on Paramount Stage 16 . For " Darkling " , she filmed her scene as " Alien " in the planet lodge on Thursday on Paramount Stage 16 . Her scenes as Borg in the seventh season episode " Unimatrix Zero , Part II " were filmed on Thursday on Paramount Stage 9 . During the filming of the third season episode on Thursday , Henley went to Paramount Stage 9 for a laser scan as a " Gudge " along with Tracee Cocco and Louis Ortiz for the " " . She had a makeup call at 10 : 00 am and a set call at 1 : 00 pm . On Friday , Henley also worked as stand - in for Mulgrew for a video sequence of a Paramount Images CD - Rom video on Paramount Stage 9 . On the set of " Voyager " she met Keith Rayve , another regular background actor and stand - in . They bonded and married shortly after " Insurrection " . The couple has one daughter . Henley ' s work on " Deep Space Nine " and " Voyager " was her only work in the television and film industry .