In addition to her role as the Enterprise’s first ship’s counselor, Michele is known to scifi fans as bounty hunter Red in Fallout: Nuka Break; Betty the Manipulation Core in the Portal-based Aperture R&D; and Krog, Loriss, Sh’marois, and Thaseen-Fei in Star Trek Online. Although she started her career with classical training — earning degrees in both theatre and classical music — she began her Los Angeles career in sketch comedy. While currently making a living in TV and film appearances, voice acting, and commercials, she first spent 10 years creating and performing original characters, sketches, musicals, and short films all over LA and beyond — including the HBO Comedy Workspace and multiple comedy festivals. She lives in Los Angeles and spends most of her time on set being told in various forms: “Great — now turn it down a notch.”