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Carissa Hernandez (born 31 January 1979; age 45) is an actress and dancer who filmed scenes as a member of Kelis' species, who portrayed a "Klingon" during a scene in the ancient Greek theater in the Star Trek: Voyager sixth season episode "Muse". She had three lines of dialogue and was wearing prosthetics. Her scenes were cut out from the final aired episode and she remained uncredited.

Born as Carissa Adrianna Hernandez in San Antonio, Texas, she started studying dance at the age of three and became a dance instructor in 1996, with performances and appearances in several dance companies and tours around the world, including performances and tours in Spain and Germany and special skills in Flamenco and Spanish Classical dance.

Her film roles include featured roles in the action film Wicked Game (2002, with Xuyen Valdivia), Mia thalassa makria (2004), and as a stand-in for Angie Everhart in the thriller Bare Witness (2002, with Michael Canavan). Hernandez had supporting roles in the television series Sound Off and Madness and was a regular background character and stand-in on V.I.P. and Kate Brasher (2001). [1]

Hernandez was married to actor and director Paul Schrier and has recently moved to Las Vegas, Nevada.

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