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Star Trek: Why Voyager's Captain Janeway Had So Many Hairstyles


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On Star Trek: Voyager Captain Janeway had an impressive array of hairstyles during the course of the show, something actress Kate Mulgrew has attributed to the producers' anxieties about her character being Star Trek's first female captain. Star Trek: Voyager, which premiered in 1995 and ran for seven seasons, broke several barriers for the franchise in terms of representation. The cast was one of the most diverse of any Star Trek series to date, featuring many people of color and female main characters, including of course Captain Janeway.

Janeway was and continues to be an inspiration to many women who were finally able to see the representation of a strong female lead in their favorite franchise. Actress Kate Mulgrew played the character with the dignity the role deserved, imbuing Janeway with gravitas while not shying away from showing her vulnerability when the situation called for it. Being the first female captain however meant that Janeway and Mulgrew were subjected to much scrutiny by fans, and according to Mulgrew, much anxiety on the part of Voyager's producers. This anxiety apparently manifested as concern about Janeway's appearance, and more specifically her hair.

Star Trek: Voyager fans will know that over the course of the show's seven seasons, Janeway sported an impressive array of hairstyles. For most of the first 3 seasons, Janeway wore her hair long and in some sort of updo, which included her iconic bun or an elaborately styled ponytail. Starting about midway through season 4, the long hair vanished to be replaced with a short bob that remained Janeway's style through the end of the series. While the bun and the bob are perhaps Janeway's most iconic hairstyles, the character was subjected to just about every other hairdo in between, including a french twist and a slightly longer version of the later bob.

 

While Janeway's hair is seen as a source of humor among some fans, Kate Mulgrew has stated that the changes were not only a nuisance for her but also indicative of the deeper issues Voyager's producers were having in attempting to craft Janeway as an appropriate Star Trek character. Janeway's appearance, including her hair, was the issue where Mulgrew felt the producers were channeling all of their anxieties about how the character would go over with fans, especially in early seasons. The focus on how Janeway looked, rather than her character development, was what gave rise to the sheer amount of different hairstyles the character was subjected to. As Janeway's character developed naturally throughout the show, however, the powers-that-be began to relax after seeing that fans had a generally favorable opinion of her, and the character was allowed to keep a single (practical and no-nonsense) hairstyle for longer than a season or two.

While Mulgrew has indicated that she thinks the obsession with Janeway's hair is perhaps indicative of a larger problem about women always being judged on their appearance no matter the capabilities, the ever-changing hairstyles luckily did not undermine Janeway's character too much. With the help of Mulgrew's acting abilities and the eventual assuaged fears on the part of the producers, Janeway was still able to develop into the icon she continues to be today. Star Trek: Voyager benefitted greatly from Janeway at the helm, and her hairstyles have become just one more quirk of her character that fans still enjoy discussing to this day.

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