Cheryl Gates McFadden (born March 2, 1949) is an American actress and choreographer. She is best known for portraying the character of Dr. Beverly Crusher in the television and film series Star Trek: The Next Generation. She attended Brandeis University earning B.A Cum Laude in Theater Arts. After graduating from Brandeis, she moved to Paris and studied theater with actor Jacques LeCoq. Before Star Trek: The Next Generation, she was mostly known as a choreographer, often working on Jim Henson productions including the films The Dark Crystal, for which she was a choreographer, Labyrinth, for which she served as Director of Choreography and Puppet Movement, and The Muppets Take Manhattan, in which she has a brief on-screen appearance. As a way of distinguishing her acting work from her choreography, she is usually credited as "Gates McFadden" as an actress and "Cheryl McFadden" as a choreographer. She appeared briefly in the Woody Allen film Stardust Memories, and in The Hunt for Red October as Jack Ryan's wife Cathy, though most of her scenes were cut in post-production. In 1987, McFadden was cast as Dr. Beverly Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation. The Crusher character was slated to be Captain Jean-Luc Picard's love interest, and this aspect of the character is what attracted McFadden to the role. Another important aspect of the character was being a widow balancing motherhood and a career. McFadden left after the first season, in part because series executive producer Gene Roddenberry was never enthusiastic about casting McFadden in the first place. Roddenberry also wanted to give the role of ship's doctor to actress Diana Muldaur, with whom he had worked on the original Star Trek series and other occasions. Muldaur's character, Dr. Katherine Pulaski, proved very unpopular with fans and left the show after the second season. McFadden was approached to return for the third season. At first she was hesitant, but after a phone call from co-star Patrick Stewart, McFadden was persuaded to reprise her role. Gates McFadden(1949년생, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 스타 트렉 8: 퍼스트 콘택트, 네메시스, 스타 트렉 7: 넥서스 트렉이 있으며, 그 외에도 패밀리 가이, NCIS, Saturday Night Live, 스타 트렉: 넥스트 제너레이션, 엑스맨 '97, 더 프랙티스, The Division, 코스비 가족 만세, Mad About You, Party of Five, 스타 트렉: 피카드, 프랭클린 앤 배쉬 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. 특히 2026년에는 The Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2026년 The Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World에 출연했다. 2026년 The Center Seat II: 60 Years of Star Trek에서 Narrator 역을 맡았다. 2024년 엑스맨 '97에서 Mother Askani (voice) 역을 맡았다.