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The essence of a family of actors with Elizabeth Dennehy

Elizabeth opens by talking about her father Brian Dennehy, a two-time Tony Award winner, an Olivier Award winner, and a Golden Globe winner, following in her fathers’ footsteps for acting first on stage then TV/Film. Dennehy talks about her time on the hit soap “Guiding Light” which is well into its stride portraying the character Blake Lindsey Thorpe. Host Bryan Kreutz marvels and makes a statement “The Star Trek universe had never seen a female character like Commander Shelby, portrayed by Elizabeth Dennehy in a pitch-perfect performance” then Bryan goes into ask Dennehy questions about her time as Shelby on perhaps the greatest two-part story ever told on Star Trek: The Next Generation in the episodes “The Best of Both Worlds, Parts 1 and 2”. Lili Fox-Lim relays as affirmation that this show’s audience get’s an “existential look into an interview that goes into the depths of Trek-lore but also the life and career surrounding our guests.”