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First Photo of Mary Chieffo as Klingon Commander L’Rell

Here’s our first look at actress Mary Chieffo as Klingon Battle Deck Commander L’Rell, along with Chris Obi as T’Kuvma on Star Trek: Discovery.

The image first appeared in EW’s San Diego Comic-Con 2017 preview issue. The annual mega convention kicks off next this Wednesday and Discovery will have a big presence at SDCC, with cast and crew members taking part in a 45-minute panel in Ballroom 20 on Saturday.

On Saturday, Chieffo herself shared the photo on Twitter with a caption that read “L’Rell LIVES!”.

Mary Chieffo as L’Rell and Chris Obi as T’Kuvma on Star Trek: Discovery

Obi was previously seen as T’Kuvma in the first Star Trek: Discovery trailer, which premiered back in May.

Stay tuned to TrekNews.net as the next week should be filled with big Discovery news coming out of SDCC.

Discovery‘s 15-episode first season will premiere on September 24 at 8:30 PM ET on CBS. Immediately following the first episode’s release, the second episode will be available on CBS All Access, with subsequent episodes released on Sundays. The first eight episodes will run from September 24 through November 5, with the series returning in January 2018.

The cast of Star Trek: Discovery includes Michelle Yeoh (Captain Philippa Georgiou) Jason Isaacs (Captain Gabriel Lorca), Sonequa Martin-Green (First Officer Michael Burnham), Chris Obi (T’Kuvma), Doug Jones (Lt. Saru), James Frain(Sarek), and Shazad Latif (Kol), Anthony Rapp (Lt. Stamets), Sam Vartholomeos (Ensign Connor), Mary Wiseman (Cadet Tilly), Mary Chieffo (L’Rell) and Rainn Wilson (Harry Mudd).

Gretchen Berg, Aaron Harberts, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth, Heather Kadin and Alex Kurtzman are executive producers on the series. Nicholas Meyer, Kirsten Beyer and Ted Sullivan are serving as a writers and consulting producers.

It was announced recently that Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s Jonathan Frakes will direct at least one episode of the show.

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