Brenda Strong

Brenda Lee Strong from Oregon, is the actress who played the role of Rashella in the first season episode . 
==Career==
Strong's first film role was a bit part as a nurse in Spaceballs, which also featured Tim Russ, Dey Young and Leslie Bevis. She also appeared uncredited in (1989, co-starring Denise Crosby).
She has since had roles in various films, including Malice (1993), The Craft (1996), Black Dog (1998), (1999, starring Whoopi Goldberg), and (2002). She also had roles in (1997, co-starring Clancy Brown, Christopher Curry, Lenore Kasdorf, Dina Meyer, Tami-Adrian George, Julianna McCarthy, Bruce Gray, Stephanie Erb, Brian Tochi, Greg Bronson, and Azalea Davila) and (2004, with Ed Lauter, Bobby C. King, Lawrence Monoson, and Nemesis stuntman Oliver Keller). She recently wrapped production on the independent drama You, co-starring John de Lancie and Jerry Hardin.
Strong, however, has enjoyed far more success on the small screen with recurring roles on several successful television series, including , (starring Jason Alexander and with Armin Shimerman), Sports Night, (starring Stephen Collins and Catherine Hicks, including one episode with Michael Dorn), and Everwood. She has also made guest appearances on such shows as (starring William Daniels, Norman Lloyd, Ed Begley, Jr., Alfre Woodard and Jennifer Savidge), (starring Kelsey Grammer), , , , The John Larroquette Show, , , (with Glenn Morshower), , Curb Your Enthusiasm, and (starring Jeri Ryan, in an episode with Titus Welliver).
Her most famous television role, however, is one in which she is rarely seen, as Mary Alice Young, the deceased narrator on Desperate Housewives, the highly acclaimed drama series on which she worked from 2004 to 2012. A number of other Trek actors have appeared on the show as regulars and semi-regulars including Teri Hatcher, Steven Culp, Mark Moses, Alfre Woodard, Bob Gunton, Paul Dooley, and Scott Bakula. In 2011, Strong received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for the Desperate Housewives episode "Come On Over For Dinner" on which she worked with Teri Hatcher, Vanessa Williams, Kevin Rahm, and Tony Plana.
Later appearances include guest roles in episodes of Scoundrels (2010, with Virginia Madsen, Jessica Collins, and Dina Meyer) and Rizzoli & Isles (2010, with Bruce McGill). She also portrayed Ann Ewing in the television revival of the soap opera Dallas (2012-2014, with Marlene Forte). She played Lillian Luthor in Supergirl from 2016 to 2021.
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