After joining the Star Trek universe with a leading role on Starfleet Academy, Zoë Steiner expressed gratitude for the franchise's efforts to foster inclusivity on and off screen. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, which premiered on Thursday, January 15, follows the first new class of Starfleet cadets in over a century as they come of age and train to be officers. Steiner debuts in the second episode as Tarima Sadal, who is the daughter of the president of Betazed and a new student at the school.