Editing Kathryn Janeway

{{Short description|Character in Star Trek: Voyager}}
{{Infobox character
| name = Kathryn Janeway
| series = [[Star Trek]]
| image = Janeway Season7.jpg
| caption = [[Kate Mulgrew]] as Captain Kathryn Janeway
| first = "[[Caretaker (Star Trek: Voyager)|Caretaker]]" (1995)
| last = "[[Star Trek: Prodigy season 2|Ouroboros, Part II]]" (2024)
| portrayer = [[Kate Mulgrew]]
| species = Human
| affiliation = [[United Federation of Planets]]<br />[[Starfleet]]
| children = Three, with [[Tom Paris]] (Unknown Salamander species - whereabouts unknown)
| lbl23 = Posting
| data23 = [[Starfleet Headquarters|Starfleet Command]] (''[[Star Trek Nemesis|NEM]]'')<br />[[USS Voyager (Star Trek)|USS ''Voyager'']] (''[[Star Trek: Voyager|VOY]]'')<br />USS Dauntless (''[[Star Trek: Prodigy|PRO]]'')<br />USS Voyager-A (''[[Star Trek: Prodigy|PRO]]'')
| lbl24 = Position
| data24 = [[Starfleet ranks and insignia|Starfleet Vice Admiral]] (''[[Star Trek Nemesis|NEM]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Prodigy|PRO]]'')<br />Commanding Officer (''[[Star Trek: Voyager|VOY]]'')
| lbl31 = [[Star Trek uniforms|Rank]]
| data31 = [[Starfleet ranks and insignia| Admiral]] (''[[Star Trek: Picard|PIC]]'') <br />[[Starfleet ranks and insignia|Vice Admiral]] (''[[Star Trek Nemesis|NEM]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Prodigy|PRO]]'')<br />[[Starfleet ranks and insignia|Captain]] (''[[Star Trek: Voyager|VOY]]'')
}}

'''Kathryn Janeway''' is a fictional character in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise. She was the main character of the television series ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', which aired between 1995 and 2001. She served as the captain of the [[Starfleet]] starship [[USS Voyager (Star Trek)|USS ''Voyager'']] while it was lost in the Delta Quadrant on the other side of the galaxy. After returning home to the Alpha Quadrant, she is promoted to vice admiral and briefly appears in the 2002 film ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]''. She is seen again commanding the USS ''Dauntless'' in ''[[Star Trek: Prodigy]]'', searching for the missing USS ''Protostar'' which was being commanded by [[Chakotay|Captain Chakotay]], her former first officer on ''Voyager'', at the time of its disappearance.

Although other female captains had appeared in previous ''Star Trek'' episodes and other media, Janeway was the first to serve as the central character of a live-action ''Star Trek'' television series. She has also appeared in other media including books and video games. In all of her screen appearances, she has been played by [[Kate Mulgrew]].

==Casting==
===''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> 

===''Star Trek: Prodigy''===
In October 2020, Mulgrew confirmed she would voice Janeway in the animated series ''[[Star Trek: Prodigy]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=2020-10-08|title='Star Trek: Voyager' Actress Kate Mulgrew To Reprise Iconic Role Of Captain Janeway On Nickelodeon's 'Star Trek: Prodigy'|url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/star-trek-prodigy-star-trek-voyager-actress-kate-mulgrew-to-reprise-captain-janeway-nickelodeon-1234593724/|access-date=2020-10-08|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref> Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman said of the choice, "We can think of no better captain to inspire the next generation of dreamers on Nickelodeon, than she."<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Otterson|first=Joe|date=2020-10-08|title=Kate Mulgrew to Return as Captain Janeway in 'Star Trek: Prodigy' at Nickelodeon|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/captain-janeway-kate-mulgrew-star-trek-prodigy-nickelodeon-1234797500/|access-date=2021-03-03|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> In April 2021, it was revealed that Mulgrew would voice an emergency training hologram based on Janeway.<ref>{{cite web |date=5 April 2021 |title=Star Trek Reveals First Look at Captain Janeway Animated Series |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/star-trek-captain-janeway-animated-paramount-plus |access-date=2021-04-06 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref> Though initially announced as a series for Nickelodeon, the show premiered on [[Paramount+]] in October 2021, with later airings on Nickelodeon.<ref name=":5" />

The real Janeway first appears in the episode "A Moral Star, Part 2". Janeway is searching for her former first officer, Captain Chakotay, of the USS ''Protostar''. She commands the USS ''Dauntless,'' which features a quantum slip-stream drive. The ship is based on schematics the crew of the USS ''Voyager'' obtained under Janeway's command in the Delta Quadrant of another USS ''Dauntless'', a ship used to bait the crew into getting assimilated by the Borg ("[[Hope and Fear]]"). She tries to keep up with the ''Protostar'' and its protowarp capability. The kids, desperate for a means of explaining the situation to their pursuers without setting off the "living construct" booby trap, since using regular communications with the Starfleet ships would do that, attempt a telepathic communication with Admiral Janeway. In the attempt, the effort goes awry with the consciousnesses of the kids' leader, Dal and Admiral Janeway being inadvertently exchanged in their bodies. While this development allows Janeway to learn the full situation from the kids, Dal's struggles in Janeway's body leads to the crew to believe she had lost her sanity. The two manage to return to their bodies, but Janeway found herself in the brig with seemingly no one willing to believe her explanation of recent events, nor her warning of the Protostar's booby trap before it was too late and the Starfleet ships in the immediate area starting to attack each other out of the crews' control and that promised to be only the beginning of the destruction.

The events of "Supernova, Part 2" caused Mulgrew's primary role in the series to shift to Admiral Janeway. Within this episode, the holographic Janeway stays on the ''Protostar'' in order to enact the self-destruct to destroy a "living construct" installed on the ''Protostar'' threatening to obliterate Starfleet. Though she promises to copy herself so she can join her young protégés, she is unable to do so due to the vastly increased complexity of her program, meaning her program is lost when the ''Protostar'' is destroyed, something she makes sure the kids only discover when it is too late so they would not delay their escape arguing with her. When the kids reach Starfleet Headquarters, Admiral Janeway vouches for them and takes them under her wing as warrant officers.

In the second season, Janeway works with the kids to rescue Chakotay from the future, accidentally creating a universe destroying temporal paradox in the process. As a result of the alterations to time, a younger version of the holographic Janeway returns in the second season, having spent ten years marooned with Chakotay. At the behest of [[Wesley Crusher]], Janeway reluctantly allows the kids to go after Chakotay alone and they find and rescue him and the ''Protostar''. At the end of the season, at Chakotay's behest, The Doctor copies the holographic Janeway onto an [[Living Witness|EMH backup module]] before her memories are erased and the ship is sent back in time to be found by the kids. In the present, the holographic Janeway becomes the Emergency Command Hologram of the new USS ''Prodigy''.

==Character biography==
In the ''Star Trek'' universe, Kathryn Janeway was born on May 20, 2336{{CN|date=February 2025}} in [[Bloomington, Indiana]] on [[Earth]].<ref>[[Imperfection (Star Trek: Voyager)|Imperfection]]", ''Star Trek: Voyager'', Season 7, Episode 2 (October 11, 2000). UPN.</ref> She was the daughter of Vice Admiral Janeway and has a sister named Phoebe, who is the artist in the family. Phoebe never chose to join Starfleet and stayed close to home with her mother, Gretchen Janeway.  Kathryn Janeway was very close to her father, who taught her to look at the universe with a scientist's eye; she was devastated by his death.<ref>"[[Coda (Star Trek: Voyager)|Coda]]", ''Star Trek: Voyager'', Season 3, Episode 14 (January 29, 1997). UPN.</ref> Her first mission after graduating the academy was as a science officer on the USS ''Al-Batani'', where she served as Chief Science Officer during the Arias mission.<ref>"[[Shattered (Star Trek: Voyager)|Shattered]]", ''Star Trek: Voyager'', Season 7, Episode 10 (January 17, 2001). UPN.</ref>

Captain Janeway takes command of the ''Intrepid''-class [[USS Voyager (Star Trek)|USS ''Voyager'']] in 2371. Their first mission is to locate and capture a [[Maquis (Star Trek)|Maquis]] vessel last seen in the area of space known as the [[Badlands (Star Trek)|Badlands]]. While there, the Maquis ship and ''Voyager'' are transported against their will into the [[Delta Quadrant]], 70,000 [[light-year]]s away, by a massive displacement wave.  The Maquis ship is destroyed while fighting the [[Kazon|Kazon-Ogla]], and although ''Voyager'' survives, there are numerous casualties. In order to protect the [[Ocampa]], who live on a planet ''Voyager'' visits, Janeway destroys the Caretaker Array, the space station that transported the two ships to the Delta Quadrant, which provides energy to the Ocampa's planet, despite the fact that the Array may be the two ships' only chance to return home. In doing this, Janeway strands her ship and crew seven decades' travel from home.<ref name="Encyc">{{cite book|author=Okuda, Michael & Denise|author-link=Michael Okuda|title=[[The Star Trek Encyclopedia]] |location=[[New York City]]|publisher=[[Pocket Books]]|year=1999|isbn=0-671-03475-8}}</ref>

Her first major task is integrating the surviving Maquis and ''Voyager'' crews. [[Chakotay]], captain of the Maquis ship, succeeds the deceased Lieutenant Commander Cavit as her first officer. Janeway also grants convicted criminal, former Starfleet officer, and accomplished pilot [[Tom Paris]] a field commission, and makes him ''Voyager''{{'}}s helmsman.<ref name="Encyc"/>

Janeway's other interactions with her crew include helping the de-assimilated [[Borg (Star Trek)|Borg]] [[Seven of Nine]] reclaim her individuality and humanity and advocating for the [[Doctor (Star Trek: Voyager)|Doctor]]'s status as a sentient being.<ref name="Encyc"/>

During the course of the TV series, ''Voyager'' has contact with the [[Q Continuum]] on three occasions, and repeated contact with the Borg. With the intervention of a future/alternate version of herself, Janeway leads her crew in using one of the Borg's transwarp conduits to return her ship to [[United Federation of Planets|Federation]] space after having traveled through the Delta Quadrant for seven years.<ref name="Encyc"/>

In a cameo in the film ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]'', now-Admiral Janeway instructs Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard]] to travel to [[Romulus (Star Trek)|Romulus]] at the invitation of the film's antagonist.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/episodes/MOV/detail/90.html|title=Summary of ''Star Trek: Nemesis''|publisher=[[Startrek.com]]|access-date=2007-06-09|archive-date=2018-12-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215223643/http://www.startrek.com/database_article/star-trek-nemesis|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A few years after ''Voyager''<nowiki/>'s return to Federation space and Janeway's subsequent promotion to Admiral, Janeway commands the USS ''Dauntless'' in an effort to locate her former first officer Chakotay who disappeared while commanding the USS ''Protostar''.

=== Non-canon ===
Admiral Janeway also appeared in the Borg Invasion 4-D ride at the [[Star Trek: The Experience]] venue in Las Vegas, which closed in 2008. In the ride, Janeway leads ''Voyager'' to the rescue of ride participants who are ostensibly trapped first on a space station and later on a shuttlecraft that come under attack by a Borg Cube commanded by the [[Borg Queen]]. At the ride's end, Janeway tells the participants, "Congratulations. You've defeated the Borg with one thing the Queen can never assimilate: the human spirit. As long as we have that, resistance will never be futile."

Janeway continued as a major character in the ''Star Trek'' novels that depict the events in the lives of the ''Voyager'' characters after the end of that series. In [[Peter David]]'s 2007 ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' novel, ''Before Dishonor'',<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UZNSCW ''Star Trek: The Next Generation: Before Dishonor'' at] [[Amazon.com]]</ref> which is set after the events of ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]'', Janeway is assimilated by a rogue faction of the [[Borg (Star Trek)|Borg]], and becomes their new Borg Queen. [[Seven of Nine]], with the aid of Ambassador [[Spock]] and the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)|''Enterprise''-E]] crew, manages to communicate with Janeway's consciousness, buried deep within the Queen's mind. During a brief moment of contact, Janeway helps them destroy the Borg cube, with all hands on board. Although Seven manages to escape, Janeway is killed. Her memorial service sees a vast turnout, and a tall gleaming pillar with a light burning atop it is constructed in tribute to her.  The Q female appears to Janeway's spirit, and tells her that [[Q (Star Trek)|Q]] and the [[Q Continuum]] had taken an interest in her. Telling her that she has a destiny, Lady Q takes Janeway by the hand, and disappears with her into realms unknown. Writer Peter David explained the book was conceived by [[Pocket Books]] editorial as one in which Janeway would die, and that he was brought in to write it in order to give her a reportedly heroic send-off.<ref>David, Peter (December 20, 2007). [http://www.peterdavid.net/index.php/2007/12/20/star-trek-new-frontier-from-idw/ "Star Trek: New Frontier from IDW"]. peterdavid.net. Quote: "The book was conceived by Pocket Books editorial as one in which Janeway would die, and then I was brought in to write it because they felt I could give her a heroic send-off. But if I hadn’t written it, someone else would have, and Janeway would still be gone."</ref>

In the 2012 ''Star Trek: Voyager'' novel ''The Eternal Tide'' by [[Kirsten Beyer]], Janeway returns to human life with the help of young Q, who needs her assistance, and by the book's end resumes her admiralship in Starfleet. In the 2014 ''Star Trek: Voyager'' novel ''Protectors'' by Kirsten Beyer, Janeway goes back to Earth per orders of Starfleet Command; by the end of the book she returns to the Delta Quadrant, taking charge of the starships stationed there. She continues this mission in Beyer's second 2014 ''Star Trek: Voyager'' novel, ''Acts of Contrition''.

In [[Cryptic Studios]]' online role-playing game, ''[[Star Trek Online]]'', Janeway was physically added to game in January 2022 along with voiceover work by Kate Mulgrew as part of the game's twelfth anniversary.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 25, 2022|title=Shadow's Advance is Live!|url=https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11507363-shadow%27s-advance-is-live%21|access-date=February 5, 2022|website=[[Star Trek Online]]}}</ref> Prior to her addition, Janeway was only occasionally mentioned in the game. She was also retroactively added to the game's 2014 ''Delta Rising'' expansion.

==Reception==
In 2019, [[Vulture.com]] ranked Captain Kathryn Janeway as the number one ''Star Trek'' captain by their selection criterion, a combination of competency and managerial style.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-star-trek-captains-ranked.html|website=www.vulture.com|title=Which Star Trek Captain Has the Best Managerial Technique?|date=13 March 2019|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref> In particular, they note her ability to overcome great challenges despite being on the other side of the Galaxy and commanding a crew in large part consisting of non-[[Starfleet]] personnel.<ref name=":0" /> One of her interesting relationships is noted as with the former Maquis [[B'Elanna Torres]] (played by Roxann Dawson), and the former Borg [[Seven of Nine]] (played by Jeri Ryan).<ref name="syfyklings">{{Cite web|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/it-is-a-good-day-to-die-ranking-the-top-ten-klingons-in-all-of-star-trek|title=It is a good day to die: Ranking the top ten Klingons in all of Star Trek|last=Silliman|first=Brian|date=2019-03-07|website=SYFY WIRE|language=en|access-date=2019-03-11|archive-date=2019-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401083913/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/it-is-a-good-day-to-die-ranking-the-top-ten-klingons-in-all-of-star-trek|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Entertainment">{{Cite web|url=https://www.space.com/38244-best-star-trek-captains.html|title=6 'Star Trek' Captains, Ranked from Worst to Best|last=Howell|first=Elizabeth |website=Space.com|date=22 September 2017 |language=en|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref> [[Space.com]] rated Janeway as the number three best captain of ''Star Trek''.<ref name="Entertainment"/> In 2017, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' ranked Janeway as the third best Captain of ''Star Trek''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/09/22/the-ultimate-ranking-of-the-best-star-trek-captains/|title=Perspective &#124; The ultimate ranking of the best 'Star Trek' captains|first=Frank|last=Ahrens|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref>

''[[Screen Rant]]'' rated her the fifth best captain of the franchise, noting her ability to command in adverse situations; two praises were that she does not give up easily and tries to maintain crew morale.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/star-trek-captains-best-worst/|title=Star Trek: The 13 Most Amazing Captains (And 12 Who Should've Never Had Command)|date=2018-09-23|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref> In a review of female characters from science fiction television and film, Janeway was in the top ten.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kekbfm.com/star-treks-janeway-and-uhura-make-list-of-top-10-female-characters-in-sci-fi-poll/|title=Star Trek's Captain Janeway and Uhura Make List of Top 10 Women of Sci-Fi TV and Movies|website=99.9 KEKB|date=22 January 2014 }}</ref> Captain Janeway was ranked as the 18th best character of all ''Star Trek'' by [[IGN]] in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/05/08/top-25-star-trek-characters|title=Top 25 Star Trek Characters - IGN|date=8 May 2009 |via=www.ign.com}}</ref> In 2016, Captain Janeway was ranked as the 8th most important character of [[Starfleet]] within the ''Star Trek'' science fiction universe by [[Wired magazine]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2016/09/star-treks-100-crew-members-ranked/|title=Star Trek's 100 Most Important Crew Members, Ranked|last=McMillan|first=Graeme|date=2016-09-05|magazine=Wired|access-date=2019-03-20|issn=1059-1028}}</ref>

The romance between Janeway and Kashyk in "[[Counterpoint (Star Trek: Voyager)|Counterpoint]]" was praised by ''Screen Rant'', which they rated as one of the ten best episodes of ''Star Trek: Voyager''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/star-trek-voyager-couples-saved-show/|title=Star Trek: 10 Couples That Hurt Voyager (And 10 That Saved It)|date=September 4, 2018|website=ScreenRant}}</ref> In 2018, [[Comic Book Resources|CBR]] ranked Janeway as the 4th best [[Starfleet]] character of ''Star Trek''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/star-trek-starfleet-members-ranked/|title=Star Trek: The 25 Best Members Of Starfleet, Ranked|date=2018-10-27|website=CBR|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-20}}</ref> In 2017, ''Screen Rant'' ranked Kathryn Janeway as the 18th most attractive person in the ''Star Trek'' universe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/star-trek-most-attractive-characters/|title=Star Trek: 20 Most Attractive Characters|date=2017-12-15|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-12|archive-date=2021-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416012852/https://screenrant.com/star-trek-most-attractive-characters/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2018, The Gamer ranked Janeway as one of the top fifteen starship captains of the ''Star Trek'' franchise.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegamer.com/star-trek-captains-franchise-best-least/|title=Star Trek: The 15 Best Captains In The Franchise (And The 15 Worst)|date=2018-10-19|website=TheGamer|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-27}}</ref>

Captain Janeway was rated as one of the top seven time travelers, in the whole ''Star Trek'' franchise by [[Nerdist News|''Nerdist'']] in 2019, for her exploits in "[[Endgame (Star Trek: Voyager)|Endgame]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nerdist.com/article/star-trek-7-best-time-travelers/|title=The 7 Best Time Travelers In STAR TREK|website=Nerdist|access-date=2019-06-23}}</ref>

In July 2019, Screen Rant ranked Janeway the 4th smartest character of ''Star Trek''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/star-trek-smartest-characters/|title=Star Trek: The 10 Smartest Characters, Ranked|date=2019-07-08|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-24}}</ref>

In May 2024, CBR ranked Janeway as the best Star Trek captain to lead a series.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbr.com/every-star-trek-series-captain-ranked/ | title=Every Star Trek Captain Who Led a Series, Ranked | date=12 May 2024 }}</ref>

== Legacy ==
=== There's coffee in that nebula ===
[[File:ISS-43 Samantha Cristoforetti in the Cupola indicates SpaceX CRS-6.jpg|thumb|Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti dressed as Captain Janeway, tweeted her line "There's coffee in that nebula".]]In 2015, astronaut [[Samantha Cristoforetti]] – then serving aboard the [[International Space Station]]– dressed as Janeway for photographs in which she gestured toward an incoming [[SpaceX Dragon 1|Dragon cargo spacecraft]]. She posted a photo to Twitter with the comment, "‘There’s coffee in that nebula’… ehm, I mean… in that #Dragon," quoting a memorable line by the character from the ''Star Trek: Voyager'' episode "[[The Cloud (Star Trek: Voyager)|The Cloud]]". The craft was carrying an [[ISSpresso]] machine and coffee for the crew.<ref name="time.com">{{Cite magazine |title=This Astronaut Brought a 'Star Trek' Uniform to the Final Frontier |url=https://time.com/3828459/samantha-cristoforetti-astronaut-star-trek-space/ |magazine=Time |access-date=2021-02-16}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web|last=April 2015|first=Calla Cofield 21|title=Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti Wears 'Star Trek' Uniform in Space (Photo)|url=https://www.space.com/29161-astronaut-star-trek-uniform-space.html|access-date=2021-02-16|website=Space.com|date=21 April 2015 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Is Samantha Cristoforetti the Most Awesome Astronaut Ever?|language=en-us|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/05/is-samantha-cristoforetti-the-most-awesome-astronaut-ever/|access-date=2021-02-16|issn=1059-1028}}</ref>

=== Birthplace monument ===
In 2019, a group of [[Bloomington, Indiana]] residents formed what is now The Janeway Collective<ref>{{cite web|title=The Official Website of The Janeway Collective and the Janeway Statue |url=https://janewaycollective.com |website=The Janeway Collective |access-date=13 July 2022}}</ref> with the goal of building a {{ill|Captain Kathryn Janeway birthplace monument|lt=''Captain Kathryn Janeway'' birthplace monument|qid=Q113495085|short=yes}} such as the one existing for [[James T. Kirk]] in Riverside, Iowa.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Collective|url=https://janewaycollective.com/the-collective/|access-date=2021-11-11|website=The Janeway Collective|language=en-US}}</ref> Through attending local events and raising awareness, and with the permission of CBS, they were able to successfully raise funds through a [[crowdsourcing]] campaign on the platform Patronicity and received a matching grant from the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority's CreatINg Place program.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Captain Janeway to Receive Bloomington, Indiana Monument|url=https://www.startrek.com/news/captain-janeway-bloomington-indiana-monument|access-date=2020-06-28|website=Star Trek|language=en}}</ref>

An official groundbreaking event took place on June 27, 2020, and the monument was unveiled on October 24, 2020, after being delayed from the planned date of May 20, 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bloomington, IN|date=28 June 2020 |url=https://bloomingtonian.com/2020/06/27/groundbreaking-for-captain-janeway-monument/|access-date=2020-06-28|language=en-US}}</ref> Kate Mulgrew attended the unveiling virtually due to the pandemic.<ref name=janeway-statue-space>{{Cite web|url=https://www.space.com/star-trek-voyager-captain-janeway-statue|title = Kate Mulgrew of 'Star Trek: Voyager' crashes Captain Janeway statue celebration via Zoom| website=[[Space.com]] | date=27 October 2020 }}</ref> The monument is constructed of a cast bronze bust with a limestone base with stainless steel plate, and was sculpted by Aaron Eby.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Janeway Statue|url=https://janewaycollective.com/the-statue/|access-date=2021-11-11|website=The Janeway Collective|language=en-US}}</ref> It is located on the [[B-Line Trail]] immediately next to the [[WonderLab]] science museum.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://www.wonderlab.org/|access-date=2022-07-03|website=Wonderlab Museum of Science, Health & Technology Bloomington IN|language=en-US}}</ref>

On October 23, 2022, almost two years after the unveiling, Kate Mulgrew visited the monument in person, fulfilling the promise she made when the statue was unveiled.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hogan |first1=Jeremy |title=Gallery: Star Trek actor Kate Mulgrew visits Captain Janeway statue in Bloomington, Indiana |url=https://bloomingtonian.com/2022/10/23/star-trek-actor-kate-mulgrew-visits-captain-janeway-statue-in-bloomington-indiana/ |website=The Bloomingtonian |date=23 October 2022 |access-date=23 October 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
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==References==
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==External links==
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