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Mary Chieffo

Mary Chieffo

Acting

Biography

Mary Elizabeth Chieffo is an American actress known for portraying the Klingon L'Rell on the television series Star Trek: Discovery. Chieffo was born and grew up in the neighborhood of Valley Village, Los Angeles in California, only daughter of actors Michael Chieffo and Beth Grant. Her acting debut was at the age of three when she played a sleeping girl in Sandra Bullock's short film Making Sandwiches, in which her mother also had a role, and later acted in various TV shows and short and feature films. As a child, she attended Shakespeare theater camp at the Theatricum Botanicum, where she performed in a variety of shows including Antony and Cleopatra. She attended the Drama division of Juilliard School in New York City, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2015. One of her classmates was future Star Trek: Discovery castmate Mary Wiseman. Her first high profile acting position was on Star Trek: Discovery, where she played the recurring character of L'Rell, a Klingon warrior and spy who becomes leader of the Klingon Empire at the end of Season 1. This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.

Known For

NCIS
7.6

From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.

NCIS

2003
Star Trek: Discovery
7.0

Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself.

Star Trek: Discovery

2017
The Mindy Project
6.2

Obstetrician/gynecologist Mindy Lahiri tries to balance her personal and professional life, surrounded by quirky co-workers in a small medical practice in New York City.

The Mindy Project

2012
Star Trek: Lower Decks
7.7

The lives of the support crew serving on one of Starfleet's least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.

Star Trek: Lower Decks

2020
Girls5eva
5.9

When a one-hit-wonder girl group from the '90s gets sampled by a young rapper, its members reunite to give their pop star dreams one more shot. They may be grown women balancing spouses, kids, jobs, debt, aging parents and shoulder pain, but can't they also be Girls5Eva?

Girls5eva

2021
The Ready Room
4.0

Welcome to The Ready Room. Every Thursday Wil Wheaton will sit down with members of the Star Trek: Picard cast and crew to discuss the weekly episodes.

The Ready Room

2019
The D-Con Chamber
N/A

Dominic Keating and Connor Trinneer explore and celebrate the lives that the Star Trek universe has forever changed. From former and future cast and crew members to celebrities and scientists whose personal and professional journeys have been affected by the franchise, they sit down each week and dive deep with a new friend, laughing and learning from their stories.

The D-Con Chamber

2024
A Captain's Log
7.5

A Journalistic news source and interview TV Talk show beaming down the latest Star Trek news and views from all the ships crews. A Captain's Log guides viewers through this side of our galaxy's quadrant with a splash of knowledge in our top 10 lists and interviews. Looking through Roddenberry's Star Trek universe and beyond in this half hour scoop at warp power, host Bryan Kreutz, his co-host Lili Fox-Lim steer viewers into a knowledge-based trek of Klingon language all the way through full interviews with guests the fans want to hear from. Bryan and Lili are accompanied by an animated alter ego named Rogg to humor viewers with relevant Star Trek news and views. From a Starfleet ambassador's point of view, as Ambassador to the fan's, Bryan Kreutz hands over the conn to his animated android counterpart's perspective ranging from logical knowledge to unknowns in Star Trek's Past, present, and beyond.

A Captain's Log

2021
After Trek
6.8

The ultimate weekly forum for Star Trek fans with in-depth discussions and recaps of the latest Star Trek: Discovery episode.

After Trek

2017
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
N/A

The documentary explores the legacy of Star Trek: Voyager (1995).

To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager

2024
Miss Dial
4.9

A consumer affair rep who works from her apartment decides to play hooky one day, and spends her time calling random people, looking for new connections

Miss Dial

2013
Operation Othello
N/A

A futuristic adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello set in the world of an elite naval special force's unit.

Operation Othello

2019
Herpes Boy
N/A

A social outcast with a facial birthmark finds his world flipped upside down after he posts videos of his quirky life onto the Internet and becomes an unwilling cyber-celebrity.

Herpes Boy

2009
Shelby's Vacation
N/A

Shelby sets out from L.A. on a much-needed vacation to mend her heart from its latest unrequited crush and ends up at a rustic mountain resort where she meets manager Carol, who has her own memories that are getting in the way of creating a real relationship. Their casual vacation encounter turns into something more profound than either of them had bargained for as they learn what holds them back from living life fully in the present.

Shelby's Vacation

2017
Odyssea
N/A

A young woman returns to her idyllic hometown and embarks on a private venture that involves both real and imagined inhabitants from her past.

Odyssea

2014
Every Morning
N/A

When two scientists with a romantic history find themselves trapped in a repeating reality, both women must face past mistakes and reconcile their love to escape a fatal end.

Every Morning

2022