Lycia Naff
Born (1962-08-29) August 29, 1962
Occupations
  • Dancer
  • actress
  • journalist
Years active1982–present
TelevisionStar 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 prostitute 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]

Biography

Acting

Her acting career began as a dancer in the 1982 television series Fame. She appeared as Dixie, a prostitute 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 prostitute 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] After Total Recall 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]

Naff interviewed the first of Bill Cosby's rape victims and survivors, actress Barbara Bowman in 2014.[1][2]

Television appearances

YearTitleEpisodeRoleNotes
1982Fame "Metamorphosis"Season 1, Episode 1MoiraGuest Star
1983The Jeffersons "I Do, I Don't"Season 10, Episode 4DonnaGuest Star
1984Masquerade "Five Days"Season 1, Episode 6Guest Star
1985St. Elsewhere "Saving Face"Season 3, Episode 16MaddyGuest Star
1985St. Elsewhere "Give the Boy a Hand"Season 3, Episode 17MaddyGuest Star
1985St. Elsewhere "Any Portrait in a Storm"Season 3, Episode 18MaddyGuest Star
1985Hunter "The Snow Queen: Part 1"Season 1, Episode 13Sally LaPoneGuest Star
1985Hunter "The Snow Queen: Part 2"Season 1, Episode 14Sally LaPoneGuest Star
1985Hardcastle and McCormick "Mirage a Trois"Season 3, Episode 10Ali CasirGuest Star
1985Hell Town "A Wedding in Hell Town" (a.k.a. "A Simple Wedding")[9]Season 1, Episode 12KateGuest Star
1986Fame "Judgement Day"Season 3, Episode 13SusanGuest Star
1987Max Headroom "The Blanks"Season 1, Episode 6JaxyGuest Star
1988The Equalizer "The Child Broker"Season 6, Episode 4AmyGuest Star
1988Duet "Baby Talk"Season 2, Episode 14NatalieGuest Star
1989Hard Time on Planet Earth "Battle of the Sexes"Season 1, Episode 6Connie RussoGuest Star
1989Star Trek: The Next Generation "Q Who"Season 2, Episode 16Ensign Sonya GomezGuest Star
1989Star Trek: The Next Generation "Samaritan Snare"Season 2, Episode 17Ensign Sonya GomezGuest Star
1989General Hospital'" Phoebe Dawson
1990Baywatch (1989–1999) "Home Cort"Season 1, Episode 13WandaGuest Star
1990The Flash "Pilot"Season 1, Episode 1LilaGuest Star
1990ABC Afterschool Special "The Perfect Date"Season 18, Episode 6Bernice ShermanLead actress
1991Father Dowling Mysteries "The Missing Witness Mystery"Season 3, Episode 13MicheleGuest Star
1991Shades of L.A. "Cross the Center Line'[10]Season 1, Episode 15CherryGuest Star
1991Law & Order "Asylum"Season 2, Episode 4Mimi SternhagenGuest Star
2007Without a Trace "Connections"Season 5, Episode 18Lynn NeyerGuest Star
2008Denise Richards: It's Complicated "Denise vs. Tabloids"Season 1, Episode 2Herself
2008Redemption SongSeason 1Herself
2008Ghost Whisperer "Pieces of You"Season 4, Episode 9ButcherGuest Star
2021Star Trek: Lower Decks "First First Contact"Season 2, Episode 10Captain Sonya GomezGuest Star

Filmography

YearTitleTypeGenreRoleNotes
1985Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story[11]television filmBiographyCynthiaSupporting
1985Love, Marytelevision filmDramaDeliaSupporting
1985Final Jeopardy[12]television filmThrillerVickieSupporting
1986The Clan of the Cave BearFilmFantasy, AdventureUbaSupporting
1987Lethal WeaponFilmAction, CrimeDixieSupporting
1990Return to Green Acrestelevision filmComedyB.B.Supporting
1990Total RecallFilmAction, Adventure, Science fiction, ThrillerMarySupporting
1990The Flashtelevision film, PilotFantasy, Science fiction, Thriller, ActionLilaSupporting
1991Chopper Chicks in ZombietownFilmHorror, ComedyT.C.Supporting
1995Cop FilesTV SpecialCrimeSupporting[13]

Awards and nominations

Awards nominations:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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. 1 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. 1 2 3 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.
  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. "Hell Town - Season 1, Episode 12: A Wedding in Hell Town aka A Simple Wedding". TV.com. December 4, 1985. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  10. "Shades of L.A. - Season 1, Episode 15: Cross the Center Line". TV.com. February 5, 1991. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  11. 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.
  12. "Final Jeopardy at Hollywood.com". July 25, 2008. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. 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.
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