Lisa Banes

2022 - 6 - 24

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Who is Lisa Banes on The Orville: New Horizons? (Winter Is Coming)

The latest episode of The Orville: New Horizons opened with a tribute to Lisa Banes, an actor featured in the series that passed away in 2021.

Not much is known about Banes’ character on The Orville: New Horizons quite yet, though it seems likely we’ll see more of her this season. “Gently Falling Rain” begins with a dedication to Lisa Banes, who passed away in 2021. The latest episode of The Orville: New Horizons featured a diplomatic mission to the Krill homeworld gone awry, and it was one of the most breathtaking hours of the science fiction series to date.

Who is Lisa Banes? The Orville airs title card tribute (CarterMatt)

Who is Lisa Banes? At the start of tonight's new episode of The Orville, you likely saw a tribute dedicating the episode to her memory.

They will be included in all subsequent airings, and they allow viewers to learn more about the person behind the work. Title cards often air following new episodes, but this show has made the decision to place them before their installments, likely as a way to further acknowledge the person who was lost. She has in total appeared in dozens of films and TV shows, and is perhaps best known for Gone Girl. Some of her other TV credits include Nashville, Royal Pains, One Life to Live, Six Feet Under, and NCIS. She was also an acclaimed stage performer.

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The beginning of the episode read, 'In Memory of Lisa Banes, 1955-2021'

Her stage presence, magnetism, skill and talent were matched only by her unwavering kindness and graciousness toward all of us. We had the good fortune to work with her on The Orville this past year. As per the reports, she will appear again in at least one more episode later on in the season of the show which is a live-action parody of and homage to 'Star Trek: The Next Generation.'

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The Orville: New Horizons paid tribute to Lisa Banes with her mention on'Gently Falling Rain'. She played the role of Speria Balask.

Usually, tributes appear at the end of an episode. But The Orville: New Horizon dedicated their latest segment to the actress at the very beginning. The latest episode of The Orville: New Horizons paid tribute to Lisa Banes at the very beginning of the show’s latest episode, titled Gently Falling Rain.

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MacFarlane Pays Tribute to 'Orville' & 'Trek' Actress (Heavy.com)

Seth MacFarlane dedicated the most recent episode of "The Orville" to the late actress Lisa Banes, who guest-starred on both "The Orville" and "DS9."

“Benjamin Sisko and Julian Bashir discovered Renhol’s motives and threatened to expose the Commission’s secret if everything possible was not done to save Jadzia. Renhol relented and Jadzia ultimately recovered after allowing the memory block to fail and Joran’s memories of the joining to become part of her joined personality.” According to the New York Times, Banes is survived by her wife, Kathryn Kranhold, a brother, Evan Sinclair, and her stepmother, Joan Banes. Due to the move from FOX to Hulu, as well as delays caused by the pandemic, the third season of “The Orville” had been completed for some time. Banes was not only honored in the June 23, 2022, episode of the show, which was titled “Gently Falling Rain” and was the fourth installment of the season, but she also made her debut as Balask in it. In the 2360s, when Jadzia Dax was a Trill initiate for three years, Renhol was involved in her evaluation on the Commission’s campus. Banes, according to the New York Times, died on June 14, 2021, 10 days after she was struck and critically injured by a scooter in New York City. She was 65 years old.

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