External links
- Lycia Naff at IMDb
- Drive-By Do-Gooders, a homeless charity established by Lycia Naff
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| Born | August 29, 1962 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1982–present |
| Television | Star Trek: The Next Generation |
Lycia Naff (born August 29, 1962) is an American dancer, actress, and journalist. She is best known as an actress for a two-episode role as Ensign Sonya Gomez on Star Trek: The Next Generation and for an appearance as a three-breasted sex worker in Total Recall . Her journalism career includes early work on the Bill Cosby sexual assault cases story in 2014 with her interview of actress and rape survivor Barbara Bowman. [1] [2]
Her acting career began as a dancer in the 1982 television series Fame . She appeared as a sex worker named Dixie in the 1987 film Lethal Weapon and as TC in Troma's 1989 Chopper Chicks in Zombietown . [1] In 1989 she appeared as Ensign Sonya Gomez on two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1989, a role she would return to in 2021 to voice Captain Sonya Gomez on the animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks . [1] [3]
Her small role as Mary, a triple-breasted mutant sex worker in Paul Verhoeven's 1990 motion picture Total Recall , gained her immediate fame and interview requests from even Johnny Carson to appear on his show, all of which she turned down, only to later regret having done so. [4] [5] Afterwards, she earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for her part in the 1990 ABC Afterschool Special The Perfect Date. [4]
In 2007 she guest starred in Without A Trace . She also appeared in recurring episodes of St. Elsewhere , Hunter , General Hospital and The Young and the Restless . [6] [7]
As her acting career took a downturn in the mid 1990s, she went to study journalism at Florida Atlantic University, graduating from then Palm Beach Atlantic College. She has since worked as a reporter for publications like The Palm Beach Post , Sun Sentinel , The Miami Herald , and People . [8] [4]
In 2014, Naff interviewed the first of Bill Cosby's rape victims and survivors, actress Barbara Bowman. [1] [2]
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1985 | Final Jeopardy [9] | Vickie |
| 1986 | The Clan of the Cave Bear | Uba |
| 1987 | Lethal Weapon | Dixie |
| 1990 | Total Recall | Mary |
| 1991 | Chopper Chicks in Zombietown | T.C. |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1982 | Fame | Moira | Episode: "Metamorphosis" (S1.E1) |
| 1983 | The Jeffersons | Donna | Episode: "I Do, I Don't" (S10.E4) |
| 1984 | Masquerade | Episode: "Five Days" (S1.E6) | |
| 1985 | Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story [10] | Cynthia | TV movie |
| 1985 | Love, Mary | Delia | TV movie |
| 1985 | St. Elsewhere | Maddy | 3 episodes
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| 1985 | Hunter | Sally LaPone | Episode: "The Snow Queen" Parts 1 & 2 (S1.E13 & S1.E14) |
| 1985 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Ali Casir | Episode: "Mirage a Trois" (S3.E10) |
| 1985 | Hell Town – "" (A Simple Wedding) [11] | Kate | Episode: "A Wedding in Hell Town" (S1.E12) |
| 1986 | Fame | Susan | Episode: "Judgement Day" (S3.E13) |
| 1987 | Max Headroom | Jaxy | Episode: "The Blanks" (S1.E6) |
| 1988 | The Equalizer | Amy | Episode: "The Child Broker" (S6.E4) |
| 1988 | Duet | Natalie | Episode: "Baby Talk" (S2.E14) |
| 1989 | Hard Time on Planet Earth | Connie Russo | Episode: "Battle of the Sexes" (S1.E6) |
| 1989 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Ensign Sonya Gomez | Episode: "Q Who" (S2.E16) |
| 1989 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Ensign Sonya Gomez | Episode: "Samaritan Snare" (S2.E17) |
| 1989 | General Hospital | Phoebe Dawson | |
| 1990 | Baywatch (1989–1999) | Wanda | Episode: "Home Cort" (S1.E13) |
| 1990 | Return to Green Acres | B.B. | TV movie |
| 1990 | The Flash | Lila | Episode: "Pilot" (S1.E1)}} |
| 1990 | ABC Afterschool Special | Bernice Sherman | Episode: "The Perfect Date" (S18.E6) |
| 1991 | Father Dowling Mysteries | Michele | Episode: "The Missing Witness Mystery" (S3.E13) |
| 1991 | Shades of L.A. [12] | Cherry | Episode: "Cross the Center Line" (S1.E15) |
| 1991 | Law & Order | Mimi Sternhagen | Episode: "Asylum" (S2.E4) |
| 1995 | Cop Files [13] | TV special | |
| 2007 | Without a Trace | Lynn Neyer | Episode: "Connections" (S5.E18) |
| 2008 | Denise Richards: It's Complicated | Herself | Episode: "Denise vs. Tabloids" (S1.E2) |
| 2008 | Redemption Song | Herself | (Season 1) |
| 2008 | Ghost Whisperer | Butcher | Episode: "Pieces of You" (S4.E9) |
| 2021 | Star Trek: Lower Decks | Captain Sonya Gomez | Episode: "First First Contact" (S2.E10) |
Awards nominations:
I'm still an active undercover investigative reporter; however, I surfaced with my byline when I exclusively broke the Bill Cosby rape scandal in 2014.
So last month, when reporter Lycia Naff contacted me for an interview for the Daily Mail, I gave her a detailed account.
Johnny Carson wanted me to come and sit on his couch, and I said no. I was stupid, embarrassed, and young. Now, looking back, why not? Why not make a goof of it?
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