Star Trek's Kate Mulgrew Reveals Why She's Returning as Janeway In Prodigy Star Trek: Voyager, in the upcoming animated series Star Trek: Prodigy. First announced for Nickelodeon, the series will debut onParamount+ before airing its 10-episode first season on linear television. It's been 20 years since Mulgrew played Voyager's captain (excepting her cameo as Admiral Janeway in the 2002 movie Star Trek: Nemesis). In the past, she's been skeptical of the idea of returning as Janeway, at least in live-action. Why then did she decide to reprise the role for the Star Trek franchise's first animated series specifically aimed at children? "She's always present in my life," Mulgrew tells