McKenzie Westmore

McKenzie Westmore is the daughter of Star Trek makeup artist Michael Westmore. She is the sister of Michael Westmore, Jr., niece of Monty and June Westmore, and grand-niece of hair stylist Pat Westmore.
She has also performed occasional extra work in the Star Trek franchise. As a young child, she portrayed in the first season episode . Later as an adult she appeared as Ensign in the sixth season episode . Two decades later, she made a cameo appearance as a background alien named Rhomsew in the episode .
In , she was interviewed for the special feature "Westmore's Legacy" on the Star Trek: The Next Generation Motion Picture Collection (DVD) edition of . She mentioned that she worked as a camera test model and a make-up test model for the Ba'ku and that she also portrayed a Ba'ku with one line of dialogue which ended up on the floor of the cutting room. Michael Westmore proudly enthused, "I liked watching McKenzie work on the show." ()
Westmore's acting debut was at the age of two, in the 1980 film , where she portrayed the daughter of 's character, . Her appearance in the film was at De Niro's request, after the two built a relationship on the film's set, as her father served as film's make-up creator. (Makeup Man: From Rocky to Star Trek, p. 127)
Later in her career, she starred as Sheridan Crane on the soap opera in 2008. More recently she co-starred in the soap opera in 2009, as psychiatrist Dr. Sinclair.
From 2011 to 2018 she was the host of the Syfy series , a prosthetic makeup artist competition, that featured such Trek alumni in various capacities, including her father, Michael Westmore, Glenn Hetrick, Ve Neill, Neville Page, and Doug Jones.
== Star Trek appearances ==
File:Rose, 2364.jpg|(uncredited)
File:No image yet.jpg|Ba'ku woman(deleted scene)
File:Jenkins.jpg|Ensign 
File:Rhomsew.jpg|Rhomsew(uncredited)
== External links ==
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