Patti Yasutake is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Nurse Alyssa Ogawa in the Star Trek

Star Trek

Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...

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Her television acting career began in 1985 with an appearance on the show T.J. Hooker alongside William Shatner

William Shatner

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, Richard Herd

Richard Herd

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, James Darren

James Darren

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 and Michelle Phillips

Michelle Phillips

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. More recently, she starred on Boston Legal alongside Trek alumni Shatner, Rene Auberjonois

Rene Auberjonois

René Murat Auberjonois is an American actor, known for portraying Father Mulcahy in the movie version of M*A*S*H and for creating a number of characters in long-running television series, including Clayton Endicott III on Benson , Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Chef Louis in The Little...

, Corbin Bernsen

Corbin Bernsen

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, Joanna Cassidy

Joanna Cassidy

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 and Philip Weyland. She resides in Hollywood, California

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

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Filmography

• Tales of Meeting and Parting (1984)
• Gung Ho
  Gung Ho (film)
  Gung Ho is a 1986 Ron Howard comedy film, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Michael Keaton and Gedde Watanabe. The film's story portrayed the takeover of an American car plant by a Japanese corporation...
  
  (1986) ... as Umeki (as Patti Yasutake)
• Gung Ho (1986) (TV series) ... as Umeki Kazuhiro
• The Wash (1988) ... as Marsha
• Without Warning: The James Brady Story (1991) (TV movie) ... as Therapist
• Fatal Friendship (1991) (TV movie) ... as Ling Landrum
• Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot!
  Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot!
  Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot is a 1992 American action comedy film written by Blake Snyder, William Osborne and William Davies, directed by Roger Spottiswoode and starring Sylvester Stallone and Estelle Getty.-Synopsis:...
  
  (1992) ... as TV Newscaster Leslie
• Blind Spot (1993) (TV movie) ... as Dr. Charbonneau
• Donato and Daughter (1993) (TV movie)
• Lush Life (1993) (TV movie) ... as Doctor
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
  
  (1994) ... as Nurse Alyssa Ogawa (16 episodes)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things... (1994) (TV movie) ... as Nurse Alyssa Ogawa
• Star Trek Generations (1994) ... as Nurse Alyssa Ogawa
• Dangerous Intentions (1995)
• Abandoned and Deceived (1995) (TV movie)
• Road to Galveston (1996) (TV movie) ... as Nurse Dickerson
• Star Trek: First Contact
  Star Trek: First Contact
  Star Trek: First Contact is the eighth feature film in the Star Trek science fiction franchise, released in November 1996, by Paramount Pictures. First Contact is the first film in the franchise to feature no cast members from the original Star Trek television series of the 1960s...
  
  (1996) ... as Nurse Alyssa Ogawa
• Clockwatchers
  Clockwatchers
  Clockwatchers is an American comedy-drama film released in 1997. Directed by Jill Sprecher, it stars Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow, Toni Collette and Alanna Ubach as temporary office staffers in an office complex....
  
  (1997) ... as Theater Woman (uncredited)
• A Face to Kill for (1999) ... as D.A. Rowland
• Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) ... as Mrs. Howard
• The Mutant Watch (2000) (TV movie)
• Star Trek: Armada II (2001) (voice) ... as Additional Voices
• Cold Case (2007) (TV Series) ... as Barbara Takahashi

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