In addition to her short but memorable time on “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” Lycia Naff appeared in a slew of other television shows and movies, including “St. Elsewhere,” “Fame,” “Law & Order,” “Lethal Weapon,” “Biker Chicks in Zombietown,” and “Total Recall,” which featured her as a three-breasted alien named Mary, per the Star Trek website. According to the IMDB, Naff’s voice was featured as Sonya Gomez in 2021 on an episode of “Star Trek: Lower Decks.” Before that, her last acting appearance was in 2008 on the television show “Ghost Whisperer;” Naff has gone on to have a second career as an undercover investigative reporter.
As she told the Star Trek website in 2018, “I surfaced with my byline when I exclusively broke the Bill Cosby rape scandal in 2014.” Per her LinkedIn profile, Naff has been an Entertainment Journalist/News Producer since 1995; according to her resume, her most current roles include senior investigative reporter for the Daily Mail, National Bureau, correspondent for both the E! Network and Woman’s Day Australia, and freelance writer for Bauer Media, International.
How did Lycia Naff come to break the Bill Cosby sexual assault case? On November 14, 2014, Barbara Bowman wrote an article for the Chicago Tribune in which she described how she was asked to testify against Cosby in 2004 as part of a lawsuit by Andrea Constand. Constand had alleged that Cosby had sexually assaulted her.
