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Marta Dubois (15 December 1952 – 8 May 2018; age 65) was the actress who played Ardra in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fourth season episode "Devil's Due".
Dubois was born in David, Panama. Between 1982 and 1983, DuBois portrayed Princess Koji of Matuka in the adventure series Tales of the Gold Monkey, starring Stephen Collins. DuBois was listed in the opening credits of every episode although she only appeared in ten episodes. She also had a recurring role on Magnum, P.I. and made guest appearances on such series as Hardcastle and McCormick (starring Brian Keith and Daniel Hugh Kelly), The A-Team (with Dwight Schultz), L.A. Law (starring Corbin Bernsen and Larry Drake), Silk Stalkings, and Matlock.
She made her film debut with a supporting role in the 1979 drama Boulevard Nights, which also featured the late John Fiedler. She followed this with roles in the films Dead Badge (1995, with Raymond Cruz, Leland Orser, and James B. Sikking) and Blackout (1996, opposite Brad Dourif, Brad Greenquist, Lance LeGault, Tom Poster, Chip Heller, James MacDonald, Azalea Davila, and Jeremy Roberts). DuBois also appeared in the television movies Grace Kelly, opposite Salome Jens and William Schallert, and The Trial of the Incredible Hulk, with John Rhys-Davies.
In 2000, she co-starred with Scott Bakula and Robert Beltran in the romantic comedy Luminarias. Between 2005 and 2008, DuBois played Sergeant Roberta Hansen in ten McBride television movies opposite John Larroquette.
She later portrayed Dora in the television western Lone Rider (2008, with Mike Starr, Tom Schanley, and Jimmy Ortega) and had a guest role in Law & Order: LA (2010, with Patrick Fischler, Lisa Kaminir, Leonard Kelly-Young, Saxon Trainor, and Tom Virtue).
Dubois died on 8 May 2018 at the age of 65 from a brain aneurysm. (Screen Actors Guild Magazine, Special Edition 2019, p. 91)