Philippa Georgiou

Philippa Georgiou, portrayed by Michelle Yeoh, is a fictional character in the Star Trek franchise. First appearing in "The Vulcan Hello", the pilot episode of Star Trek: Discovery, Yeoh features as a major member of the recurring cast during the first three seasons of the series, and is credited in the main titles as a "special guest star" during each of the episodes she appears in. The character is introduced as Captain Philippa Georgiou, the respected captain of the USS Shenzhou and a maternal figure to series protagonist Michael Burnham (played by Sonequa Martin-Green). Beginning in "The Wolf Inside", the eleventh episode of the show's first season, Yeoh portrays an alternate version of Georgiou from the Mirror Universe, Terran Empress Philippa Georgiou Augustus Iaponius Centarius, a despotic and ruthless emperor of the Terran Empire. The character makes her final appearance of the series in "Terra Firma", the two-part ninth and tenth episodes of Discovery season three. Yeoh reprised the role in the 2025 film Star Trek: Section 31.