The Ladies
of Multiple Star Trek Series
Rosalind Chao as Keiko Ishikawa/Keiko
Ishikawa O'Brien in
Star Trek: The Next
Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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Star Trek: The Next
Generation Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Keiko Ishikawa loved to help her grandmother, whom she called Obachon, with Japanese
brush painting as a child (Violations). She later studied and trained
as a botanist, and was assigned to the USS Enterprise NCC 1701-D in 2367. She became
friends with the android Lieutenant Commander Data, who was also a friend of transporter
chief Miles Edward O’Brien, and he introduced them.. Keiko Ishikawa became
Keiko Ishikawa O’Brien in a traditional Japanese wedding in 2368 (Data’s
Day). Captain Jean-Luc Picard presided over the ceremony and Lieutenant
Commander Data gave away the bride. Keiko and Miles O'Brien became the proud parents
of a daughter, Molly, in 2369. Molly was born in Ten-Forward during a shipwide
systems failure (Disaster), and was actually delivered by Lieutenant Worf.
Keiko O’Brien, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Ensign Ro Laren, and Guinan were on a
shuttlecraft returning to the Enterprise from a scientific conference when the shuttle
passed through a strange energy field, and they were transformed into children (Rascals).
Miles O’Brien was assigned to Deep Space Nine as the station’s Chief of
operations and Keiko reluctantly joined him; she didn’t like the idea of being on a
space station so far from home (Emissary). Keiko rose to the
challenges aboard a derelict space station; she started a school for the station’s
children (A Man Alone), a project that was sabotaged by the ambitious and
self-serving Vedek Winn (In the Hands of the Prophets). Keiko and
Miles O’Brien took leave from Deep Space Nine to visit Earth on the ocassion of her
mother’s 100th birthday (Dax).
See Some Photos of Keiko Ishikawa O'Brien
Rosalind Chao, a Chinese-American actress best known for her portrayal of
Keiko Ishikawa O'Brien on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star
Trek: Deep Space Nine, was born in Anaheim, California, on 23 September
1949. Her film credits include What Dreams May Come (1998); The
End of Violence (1997); Web of Deception (1994); The Joy
Luck Club (1993); Denial (1991); Thousand Pieces of Gold
(1991); White Ghost (1988); The Terry Fox Story (1983); The
Big Brawl (1980); and The Chinese Web (1978).
See Some Photos of Rosalind Chao
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