Daphne Ashbrook

Daphne Ashbrook (born 30th January 1963 in Long Beach, California) played Dr. Grace Holloway, companion of the Eighth Doctor in the 1996 television movie. At the time, she was the only American to portray a companion in the series (notwithstanding the publicity that maintained the fiction that Nicola Bryant was actually American). Ashbrook also portrayed Perfection in the Big Finish Productions audio drama The Next Life.

Among her many other television and film roles was her guest-starring role as Ensign Melora Pazlar in an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine alongside series regular Alexander Siddig.