Editing Kathryn Janeway (section)

===''Star Trek: Voyager''===
[[File:janeway original.jpg|thumb|left|[[Geneviève Bujold]] as Nicole Janeway]]During the development of ''Star Trek: Voyager'', one of the actors considered to play the captain, before it was decided the character would be a woman, was [[Gary Graham]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=8 actors who were almost cast in 'Star Trek: Voyager'|url=https://www.handitv.com/lists/8-actors-who-were-almost-cast-in-star-trek-voyager|access-date=2021-03-03|website=H&I}}</ref> [[Kate Mulgrew]], [[Geneviève Bujold]], [[Erin Gray]], [[Patty Duke]] and [[Susan Gibney]] were all considered or auditioned during development, with Bujold being initially cast.<ref name=":4" />

The character was originally named Elizabeth Janeway, after the noted [[Elizabeth Janeway|writer of the same name]]. However, after Geneviève Bujold was cast, she requested the character be renamed "Nicole Janeway". Bujold was initially very positive, saying in an interview, "This role is a challenge but it feels right."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Caron|first=Nathalie|date=2013-01-22|title=Why Voyager's 1st Capt. thought she was a good fit (but wasn't)|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/why-voyagers-1st-capt-thought-she-was-good-fit-wasnt|access-date=2021-03-03|website=SYFY WIRE|language=en|archive-date=2021-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421041012/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/why-voyagers-1st-capt-thought-she-was-good-fit-wasnt|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bujold, whose acting experience was mainly in feature films, was unprepared for the schedule demanded by television and was unwilling to do news interviews. After the second day of filming for the first episode "[[Caretaker (Star Trek: Voyager)|Caretaker]]", Bujold dropped out of the series.<ref name="meisler19940915">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/15/arts/real-star-trek-drama-enlisting-new-skipper.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm | title=Real 'Star Trek' Drama: Enlisting New Skipper | work=The New York Times | date=1994-09-15 | access-date=May 24, 2011 | author=Meisler, Andy}}</ref>

After Bujold's departure, [[Joanna Cassidy]], [[Susan Gibney]], [[Elizabeth Dennehy]], [[Tracy Scoggins]], and [[Lindsay Crouse]] were considered as replacements.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Genevieve Bujold Abandons 'Star Trek: Voyager'|url=https://ew.com/article/1994/09/23/genevieve-bujold-abandons-star-trek-voyager/|access-date=2021-03-03|website=EW.com|language=en}}</ref> [[Erin Gray]] and [[Chelsea Field]] (wife of future ''Star Trek'' captain [[Scott Bakula]]) auditioned for the role.<ref name="KateMulgrew">{{cite web |author=Logan, Michael |date=May 1995 |title=Command Performance |url=http://www.totallykate.com/articles/cines595.html |access-date=2007-06-10}}</ref> Not only was shooting already behind schedule, but the episode had to be ready by January 1995.<ref name=":3" /> It was not only the launch of series, but would also be the first program airing on the newly-launching [[UPN|United Paramount Network]] (UPN), and over $20 million was being spent on the pilot.<ref name=":3" /> Kate Mulgrew, who had previously auditioned for the role, was cast on September 17, 1994.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1994-09-17 |title=Kate Mulgrew Replaces Bujold in 'Star Trek' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/17/arts/kate-mulgrew-replaces-bujold-in-star-trek.html |access-date=2023-05-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She suggested that the name be changed to "Kathryn", to which the producers agreed.<ref>{{cite book |author=Poe, Stephen Edward |title=A Vision of the Future: Star Trek Voyager |publisher=Pocket Books |year=1998 |isbn=0-671-53481-5}}</ref>