Here’s what happened to the four actors who were cut fromStar Trek: Picardseason 3, and their characters.Star Trek: Picardseason 1premiered with Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) surrounded by a new motley crew, most of whom weren’t in Starfleet. Picard’s newfound friends included Soji (Isa Briones), Dr. Agnes Jurati (Alison Pill), Elnor (Evan Evagora), and Captain Cristobal Rios (Santiago Cabrera). Briones, Pill, Evagora, and Cabrera reprised their roles inStar Trek: Picardseason 2.
WhenTerry Matalas took over asStar Trek: Picardseason 3’s showrunner, his ambitious plan was to reunite thecast ofStar Trek: The Next Generation. Unfortunately, Picard season 3’s budget couldn’t handle the returning TNG icons, the new characters Matalas introduced, like Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers) and Captain Liam Shaw (Todd Stashwick), andall ofStar Trek: Picard’s previous actors.Picardseason 3 kept Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine and Michelle Hurd as Raffi Musiker, but excised Isa Briones, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, and Alison Pill,a situation Matalas described as"terrible."
Star Trek: Picardseason 3proved to be the most popular and acclaimed of Patrick Stewart’s series, which made it doubly unfortunate that not every character who originated inPicardgot to share in the final season’s success.Star Trek: Picardseason 2 wrote out each of the characters missing fromPicardseason 3, releasing the actors to new opportunities. Most ofPicard’s original cast members found success in other film and TV roles, and hopes remain that perhaps they can return ifStar Trek: Picard’s proposed continuation,Star Trek: Legacy, happens.
4Isa Briones
Briones Played Soji & Multiple Roles In Star Trek: Picard Seasons 1 & 2
Isa Briones bounced back nicely after her exit fromStar Trek: Picard. Already an established theatrical performer as a former cast member ofHamilton, Briones netted the role of Euridyce inHadestownon Broadway. Isa also starred as Margot in Disney+/Hulu’s reboot ofGoosebumps.Briones was next cast as Dr. Trinity Santos in Max’s medical drama,The Pitt, which has raised her profile as part of the hit streaming series. Isa is expected toreturn inThe Pittseason 2.
Isa Briones played multiple roles inStar Trek: Picardseasons 1 and 2.Briones distinguished herself by portraying synthetic twins Dahj and Soji, as well as their sinister lookalike android, Sutra, inPicard season 1. Isa reprised Soji inStar Trek: Picardseason 2’s premiere, but she then returned as another character, Kore Soong, for the rest of the season. Kore was recruited into the Travelers by Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) at the end ofStar Trek: Picardseason 2.
Isa Briones' father, Jon Jon Briones, played the Magistrate of the Confederation of Earth inStar Trek: Picard season 2.
Given that Soji’s lifespan as a synthetic is uncertain, and Kore Soong is now a being that can exist beyond space and time, there is ample potential forStar Trekto bring back Isa Briones.Both Kore and Soji could appear inStar Trek: Starfleet Academy, which is set in the post-Star Trek: Discovery32nd century. Fingers are crossed that Soji can also meet her ‘father,’ Data (Brent Spiner), inStar Trek: Legacy,now thatData has been resurrectedinStar Trek: Picardseason 3.
3Santiago Cabrera
Cabrera Played Captain Cristobal Rios In Star Trek: Picard Season 1 & 2
Santiago Cabrera was already well-known for his roles inHeroes, Merlin, andBig Little Liesbefore he played Captain Cristobal Rios inStar Trek: Picard. After hisPicardexit,Cabrera continued playing memorable roles. Santiago appeared inThe Flight Attendantseason 2 before taking on the main role of Jorge Sanchez in Fox’sThe Cleaning Lady.Cabrera also cameoed as Richard, the late father of Astrid Deetz (Jenna Ortega), inBeetlejuice Beetlejuice.
Captain Cristobal Rios' exit fromStar Trek: Picardseems definitive. After falling in love with Dr. Teresa Ramirez (Sol Rodriguez), Rios remained with her in the 21st century at theend ofStar Trek: Picardseason 2.Rios' death was later recounted by Guinan(Whoopi Goldberg). However, any number of time travel shenanigans and alterations toStar Trek’s timeline could conceivably bring Cristobal Rios, and Santiago Cabrera, back.
2Evan Evagora
Evagora Played Elnor In Star Trek: Picard Seasons 1 & 2
Evan Evagora hasn’t been cast in a high-profile TV or movie roleafterStar Trek: Picard.The Australian actor’s biggest role pre-Picardwas as Nick Taylor in Blumhouse’sFantasy Islandreboot. After portraying Elnor, a member of the Qowat Milat and Admiral Jean-Luc Picard’s young Romulan protégé, Evagora voiced and did the motion capture for Nick Furcillo inThe Quarryvideo game.
The Qowat Milat sect of Romulan warrior nuns created inStar Trek: Picardcontinued inStar Trek: Discovery, counting Dr. Gabrielle Burnham (Sonja Sohn), the mother of Captain Micharl Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green), as a member.
Elnor became the first full-bloodedRomulan in Starfleetand was assigned to the USS Excelsior inStar Trek: Picardseason 2, where he was killed off and then resurrected by Q (John de Lancie). Elnor’s fate was up in the air after the USS Excelsior was assimilated by the Borg and destroyed at the end ofStar Trek: Picardseason 3, but showrunner Terry Matalas later confirmed that Elnor was not aboard the starship when it was lost,potentially saving the young Romulan for a futureStar Trekcomeback.
1Alison Pill
Pill Played Dr. Agnes Jurati In Star Trek: Picard Seasons 1 & 2
With roles inScott Pilgrim vs. the WorldandThe Newsroom, Alison Pill already boasted a prolific acting career before being cast as Dr. Agnes Jurati inStar Trek: Picard. After herPicardexit, Pill took on new roles in AppleTV+‘sHello Tomorrow!, voiced Kim Pine inScott Pilgrim Takes Off,and Alison starred inUncle Vanyaon Broadway. Perhaps Pill’s most notable role wasplaying Rachel, the wife of serial killer Cooper (Josh Hartnett), in M. Night Shyamalan’sTrap.
Dr. Agnes Jurati’s fate afterStar Trek: Picardseason 2 creates the biggest question mark.Jurati merged with the Borg Queen(Annie Wersching) from the dark alternate Confederation reality, and their hybrid Queen created a new and more benevolent Borg Collective. Jurati’s Borg Queen endedStar Trek: Picardseason 2 by protecting the United Federation of Planets from a new, unseen enemy.Star Trek: Picardseason 3didn’t follow up on what happened to Agnes Jurati’s Borg Queen, unfortunately.
Soji, Jurati, Rios, and Elnor would be welcomed if Star Trek found a way to bring them back.
Star Trek: Picard’s original cast fulfilled Patrick Stewart’s initial wish that Jean-Luc Picard not retread his adventures onStar Trek: The Next Generation. However, Stewart eventually changed his mind, and the result was the most popular and critically acclaimed season ofStar Trek: Picard. While the future is unclear for Isa Briones, Alison Pill, Evan Evagora, and Santiago Cabrera’s characters, inStar Trek,there are always possibilities. Soji, Jurati, Rios, and Elnor would be welcomed ifStar Trekfound a way to bring them back.
