Layla Sarakalo

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Layla Sarakalo (born October 25 in San Francisco, California) is a journalist, fashion designer, art historian, and is Star Trek's accidental actress.

Sarakalo was classically trained under Beaumont Newhall (founder of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, photography division) at the University of New Mexico. Following graduation, she taught costume history and textile restoration in conjunction with the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe.

She lived in Paris, France for a number of years where she was a pioneer in French radio. Sarakalo hosted the nightly show "Radio Free Gypsy" on KLOD 96.6, the only English-language radio station in Paris. Her guests included much of the royalty from the world of rock music, including Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton.

Sarakalo later opened her own small fashion house in Paris, and was considered to be an "Icon of Style", located near the Rodin Museum.

In 2005 she was revealed to fans of the television and film series Star Trek as the "Mystery Woman" who speaks with 'Uhura' (Nichelle Nichols) and 'Chekov' (Walter Koenig) in a scene from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.