Lycia Naff

Lycia Naff
Born	(1962-08-29) August 29, 1962 (age 63) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Occupations	Dancer actress journalist
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 (1990). 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]}

Biography

Acting

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 in two episodes of the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation , 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]}

Journalism

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]}

Filmography

Film

Lycia Naff film credits

Year	Title	Role
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.

Television

Lycia Naff television credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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 "Saving Face" (S3.E16) "Give the Boy a Hand" (S3.E17) "Any Portrait in a Storm" (S3.E18)
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 and nominations

Awards nominations:

• 1989: Daytime Emmy: Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special for the ABC Afterschool Special episode "The Perfect Date"

References

1. "INTERVIEW: TNG Guest Star, Lycia Naff". StarTrek.com . May 8, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2022. 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.
2. Bowman, Barbara (November 13, 2014). "Perspective | Bill Cosby raped me. Why did it take 30 years for people to believe my story?". The Washington Post . Retrieved February 16, 2022. So last month, when reporter Lycia Naff contacted me for an interview for the Daily Mail, I gave her a detailed account.
3. Britt, Ryan (October 14, 2021). "Star Trek Just Made This Deep-Cut TNG Character Into a Captain". Den of Geek. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
4. Blunt, Tom (August 3, 2012). "Advice From Lycia Naff, The Original Three-Breasted Prostitute From 'Total Recall'". The Awl. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
5. Vineyard, Jennifer (August 3, 2012). "A Candid Conversation With Total Recall's Original Three-Breasted Woman". Vulture. Retrieved May 7, 2023. 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?
6. "Lycia Naff Credits". TV Guide . Retrieved March 3, 2014.
7. "Lycia Naff - About This Person - Movies & TV". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
8. Frías, Carlos (August 8, 2012). "Ex-Post reporter recalls her famous 'Total Recall' breast flash". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
9. "Final Jeopardy at Hollywood.com". July 25, 2008. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
10. Hal Erickson (May 1, 1985). "Heart-of-a-Champion-The-Ray-Mancini-Story - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
11. "Hell Town - Season 1.E12: A Wedding in Hell Town aka A Simple Wedding". TV.com. December 4, 1985. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
12. "Shades of L.A. - Season 1, Episode 15: Cross the Center Line". TV.com. February 5, 1991. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
13. "Lycia Naff - Filmography - Movies & TV". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2014.

External links

• Lycia Naff at IMDb  
• Drive-By Do-Gooders, a homeless charity established by Naff