2009 - Star Trek

Mike: She plays Spock's mom so I'm assuming your characters don't meet.

Sonita: No, which sucks. When they mentioned to me I was playing the doctor that delivers Kirk, all they said was, "Your scenes are with Winona." And I went, "Sweet! I finally get to work with Winona Ryder who I've loved for years and years." Then, I show up on set and it was Jennifer Morrison -- which is also extremely cool because she's very cool on House M.D. -- but it was interesting they used her character's name [Winona Kirk] and not her real name.

Jennifer is very cool, which is good because on the third day of shooting most of the scenes is with me with my head around her crotch (laughs).

HERE’S the girl who brings Star Trek hero James T Kirk into the world.

Gorgeous Jennifer Morrison, who turns 30 today, plays Winona, who gives birth to the future Enterprise captain in the middle of a fierce Romulan attack on Earth.

The role looks certain to make Chicago-born Jennifer a pin-up for millions of diehard Star Trek fans across the planet.

But the actress, who plays Dr Allison Cameron in Channel Five show House, admits she knew nothing about the cult series when she landed the role in director JJ Abrams’ new movie.

“When I got the call to come in and meet on it I thought, ‘Oh gosh, this is never going to work. I don’t know anything
about this’.

But JJ Abrams has a really cool vision for it and I fit into that. It was lucky for me.”

The film covers the early life of a rebellious young Kirk, played by Chris Pine.

It tells how he meets Spock – Heroes star Zachary Quinto – and the rest of the Enterprise crew.

Up until now, the details of the film have been shrouded in secrecy to keep fans guessing.

“It was really crazy,” said Jennifer.

“We all had code names and we had golf carts that had black covering. We had to have cloaks on and hoods up so no one could see our costumes if we were outside the stage.”

Star Trek is out on May 8.