Lycia Naff
{{Short description|American dancer, actress, and journalist}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lycia Naff
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|08|29}}
| birth_place = Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Dancer|actress|journalist}}
| years_active = 1982–present
| television = Star Trek: The Next Generation
}}
Lycia Naff (born August 29, 1962) is an American dancer, actress, and journalist. She is best known as an actress for a two-episode role as Ensign Sonya Gomez on Star Trek: The Next Generation and for an appearance as a three-breasted sex worker in Total Recall. Her journalism career includes early work on the Bill Cosby sexual assault cases story in 2014 with her interview of actress and rape survivor Barbara Bowman.{{cite news |title=INTERVIEW: TNG Guest Star, Lycia Naff |url=https://www.startrek.com/article/interview-tng-guest-star-lycia-naff |access-date=February 16, 2022 |work=StarTrek.com |date=May 8, 2018 |language=en |quote=I'm still an active undercover investigative reporter; however, I surfaced with my byline when I exclusively broke the Bill Cosby rape scandal in 2014.}}{{cite news |last1=Bowman |first1=Barbara |title=Perspective {{!}} Bill Cosby raped me. Why did it take 30 years for people to believe my story? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/11/13/bill-cosby-raped-me-why-did-it-take-30-years-for-people-to-believe-my-story/ |access-date=February 16, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 13, 2014 |quote=So last month, when reporter Lycia Naff contacted me for an interview for the Daily Mail, I gave her a detailed account.}}
Biography
=Acting=
Her acting career began as a dancer in the 1982 television series Fame. She appeared as a sex worker named Dixie in the 1987 film Lethal Weapon and as TC in Troma's 1989 Chopper Chicks in Zombietown. In 1989 she appeared as Ensign Sonya Gomez on two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1989, a role she would return to in 2021 to voice Captain Sonya Gomez on the animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks.{{cite news |last1=Britt |first1=Ryan |title=Star Trek Just Made This Deep-Cut TNG Character Into a Captain |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/star-trek-just-made-this-deep-cut-tng-character-into-a-captain/ |access-date=May 7, 2023 |work=Den of Geek |date=October 14, 2021}}
Her small role as Mary, a triple-breasted mutant sex worker in Paul Verhoeven's 1990 motion picture Total Recall, gained her immediate fame and interview requests from even Johnny Carson to appear on his show, all of which she turned down, only to later regret having done so.{{cite news |last1=Blunt |first1=Tom |title=Advice From Lycia Naff, The Original Three-Breasted Prostitute From 'Total Recall' |url=https://www.theawl.com/2012/08/advice-from-lycia-naff-the-original-three-breasted-prostitute-from-total-recall/ |access-date=May 7, 2023 |work=The Awl |date=August 3, 2012}}{{cite news |last1=Vineyard |first1=Jennifer |date=August 3, 2012 |title=A Candid Conversation With Total Recall's Original Three-Breasted Woman |url=https://www.vulture.com/2012/08/total-recall-three-breasted-woman-interview.html |access-date=May 7, 2023 |work=Vulture |quote=Johnny Carson wanted me to come and sit on his couch, and I said no. I was stupid, embarrassed, and young. Now, looking back, why not? Why not make a goof of it?}} Afterwards, she earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for her part in the 1990 ABC Afterschool Special The Perfect Date.
In 2007 she guest starred in Without A Trace. She also appeared in recurring episodes of St. Elsewhere, Hunter, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lycia-naff/credits/254091 |title=Lycia Naff Credits |publisher=TV Guide |access-date=March 3, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/51696/Lycia-Naff |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015180523/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/51696/Lycia-Naff |archive-date=October 15, 2012 |title=Lycia Naff - About This Person - Movies & TV |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 3, 2014}}
=Journalism=
As her acting career took a downturn in the mid 1990s, she went to study journalism at Florida Atlantic University, graduating from then Palm Beach Atlantic College. She has since worked as a reporter for publications like The Palm Beach Post, Sun Sentinel, The Miami Herald, and People.{{cite news |last1=Frías |first1=Carlos |title=Ex-Post reporter recalls her famous 'Total Recall' breast flash |url=https://palmbeachpost.com/story/entertainment/movies/2012/08/08/ex-post-reporter-recalls-her/7418600007/ |access-date=May 7, 2023 |work=The Palm Beach Post |date=August 8, 2012}}
In 2014, Naff interviewed the first of Bill Cosby's rape victims and survivors, actress Barbara Bowman.
Filmography
= Film =
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|+ {{Screen reader-only| Lycia Naff film credits}} | ||
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Final Jeopardy{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/tv/Final_Jeopardy/5177700 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725115509/http://www.hollywood.com/tv/Final_Jeopardy/5177700 |archive-date=July 25, 2008 |title=Final Jeopardy at Hollywood.com |date=July 25, 2008 |access-date=March 3, 2014}} | Vickie |
| 1986 | The Clan of the Cave Bear | Uba |
| 1987 | Lethal Weapon | Dixie |
| 1990 | Total Recall | Mary |
| 1991 | Chopper Chicks in Zombietown | T.C. |
= Television =
Awards and nominations
Awards nominations:
- 1989: Daytime Emmy: Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special for the ABC Afterschool Special episode 'The Perfect Date'
References
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External links
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- [https://www.drivebydogooders.org/ Drive-By Do-Gooders], a homeless charity established by Lycia Naff
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Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:American women journalists
Category:American female dancers
Category:20th-century American dancers
Category:Actresses from Las Vegas