‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Casts Voice For The School Ship’s Computer (Paramount/Getty) | November 15, 2025 | By: Quinton O'Connor 3 comments so far Every Star Trek show needs a voice to embody the computer as captain and crew interact with what is always another major character, the starship itself. The upcoming Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is no different, although the ship doubles as a school. The voice of that ship will be provided by actress Brit Marling, who is no stranger to sci-fi. Brit Marling is Athena’s voice Today Collider reported that Brit Marling is headed to the 32nd century. The prolific actress and screenwriter will lend her voice to the role of ship’s computer for the U.S.S. Athena, the spacefaring and highly educational starship captained by Nahla Ake (Holly Hunter). Marling has plenty of experience in genre television, having co-created Netflix’s sadly short-lived sci-fi mystery The OA (starring Discovery‘s Jason Isaacs). She also starred in Netflix’s psychological thriller miniseries A Murder at the End of the World and wrote and starred in the 2011 high-concept sci-fi film Another Earth. Embed from Getty Images In Starfleet Academy, the USS Athena is integrated into the San Francisco campus when it reopens after over a century. The ship will be a major setting of the series, with co-showrunner Alex Kurtzman likening it to a teaching hospital. At NYCC in October, he said the decision to make a ship part of the Academy freed up their storytelling: “[The cadets] are put in real-life danger, but obviously supervised by a lot of incredible instructors. That cracked it open, because then it became a Star Trek show where you could do a mission of the week, but they also come back to Earth and are on campus.” Screengrab from season 1, episode 2 of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy streaming on Paramount+. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Paramount+ Brit Marling joins the legendary Majel Barrett-Roddenberry in giving a voice to Starfleet starships throughout the galaxy. Roddenberry certainly holds the most prolific record in this often-underappreciated role during the TNG era, but other noteworthy computer voice performers include Judi Durand as Deep Space Nine’s Cardassian computer, Kay Bess as Captain Cristóbal Rios’ SS La Sirena, Bonnie Gordon on Prodigy‘s Protostar, and Annabelle Wallis as the U.S.S. Discovery’s sentient computer, Zora. Craft (Aldis Hodge) and hologram Zora (Sash Striga) in Short Treks “Calypso” Joining Colbert’s voice We await further details about Brit Marling’s take on the ship’s computer, but she won’t be alone in the realm of disembodied voices on Academy: CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert will deliver “morning announcements” with what we can only imagine will be a decidedly zesty performance. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is right around the corner, with a two-episode series premiere slated for a Paramount+ launch on January 15, 2026. Its first season will run for ten episodes, and a second season is presently in production. Keep up with all the latest Star Trek Universe developments at TrekMovie. Source: https://trekmovie.com/2025/11/15/star-trek-starfleet-academy-casts-voice-for-the-school-ships-computer/