Bronagh Gallagher Bronagh Gallagher ( born 1972 ) is a singer and actress who portrayed Captain Maoi Madakor in . Gallagher was born in Derry in Ireland . Being the daughter of music - loving fathers , she grew up with music , dancing with her brother and sisters and becoming a music lover herself . She also learned how to play drums by herself . Her acting career began at Nazaerth House Primary and St . Mary ' s College in Creggan , which motivated her to act professionally . When a teenager , she took however non - acting jobs , although only working in vintage clothes and shoe shops . At the same time , she joined Oakgrove Theatre Company . Gallagher began her career in Dublin theaters , like the Abbey Theatre and the SFX Centre , where she played the likes of Columbia the groupie in " " . Her performance on " Portia Coughlan " was reprised later at the Royal Court of London . Before the end of the 1980s , she had also obtained a little experience on TV , including one of the main roles on Irish series " Dear Sarah " ( 1989 ) . Film career . Her big break came on 1991 with Alan Parker ' s " " , as the main chanteuse of the band . After that , she had no problems getting jobs for drama ( " You , Me & Marley " , Richard Spence , 1992 ) or comedy ( TV " Over the Rainbow " , Declan Lowney , 1993 ) , getting the role of Trudi in Quentin Tarantino ' s " " in 1994 . But 1994 was quite a busy year for Gallagher . She also acted in the Barbican Theatre of London , for Henrik Ibsen ' s " Peer Gynt " , and danced as a performance model for Don Bluth ' s animation movie " " . Not through acting on TV , in 1995 she worked on projects such as Nye Heron ' s " Shadow of a Gunman " or David Kane ' s " Ruffian Hearts " . She would work with John Malkovich and Julia Roberts on 1996 with Stephen Frears ' " Mary Reilly " , and returned to theatre on 1998 to act on " Street of Crocodiles " . She also acted with Kelly McGillis on Jon Sanders ' " Painted Angels " ( 1998 ) and with Jason Isaacs in David Caffrey ' s " Divorcing Jack " ( 1998 ) . Her experience was recognized on 1999 with TV series " Cry Wolf " plus two movies for the big screen : Dudi Appleton ' s " The Most Fertile Man In Ireland " and " This Year Love " , by David Kane ( with whom she had previously worked in " Ruffian Hearts " ) . In 1999 she worked in a third movie : " Star Wars Episode I : The Phantom Menace " . She was the second character to speak , after Qui - Gon Jinn pronounced the first line : " Captain ? " she replied , " Yes , Sir ? " . She was the pilot of the " Radiant VII " cruiser , who would later be known as Captain Karol or Captain Madakor in the Expanded Universe . Her character would die soon after Qui - Gon ' s meeting with Nute Gunray when the craft was destroyed by the Trade Federation . On 2000 , she sang added vocals with Andy White and played drums for the album " Andy White " , and toured with White throughout the United Kingdom and Italy , while at the same time acting in theatre , TV and movies She took a little break in 2001 , acting only in one TV movie , but in 2002 she came back stronger than ever . She acted in TV drama " Sinners " , for which she was nominated for the IFTA Award to the Best Actress in a Television Drama ( She lost the Award to Susan Lynch for " Any Time Now " ) , and also appeared on Peter Hewitt ' s family comedy " Thunderpants " . On 2003 , Gallagher continued working on both TV and cinema , being heavily awarded for her job . Her role in Ian Fitzgibbon ' s comedy " Spin of the Bottle " garnered her a new nomination to an IFTA Award , this time to Best Actress in a Film ( lost to Angeline Ball for " Bloom " ) . She also appeared in Søren Kragh - Jacobsen ' s " Skagerrak " , internationally translated as " Sweet Dreams " , for which she was nominated as Best Supporting Actress both at the Bodil and the Robert Awards , not being recognized as a winner in any of them . But she also co - starred in Mark Brozel ' s TV drama " Holy Cross " , for which she would get a shared award to the Best Actress ( with Zara Turner , also for " Holy Cross " ) in the Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming . Gallagher released her first CD , " Precious Soul " , on 2004 , while getting awards and nominations . She began her first UK tour , and also appeared on video documentaries about her role on " The Commitments " . She has since returned to her usual roles on movie TV ' s ( Hettie MacDonald ' s " Poirot : The Mystery of the Blue Train " , 2005 ) and mainstream movies ( Gillies MacKinnon ' s " Tara Road " , 2005 , with Andie MacDowell ; and Kevin Reynolds ' " " , 2006 , with James Franco )