Robin Curtis bornJune 15 1956 is an American real estate broker and actress She is most notable for replacing Kirstie Alley in the role of Vulcan Lieutenant Saavik in the films Star Trek III The Search for Spock and Star Trek IV The Voyage Home Although her first appearance as Vulcan Lieutenant Saavik in Star Trek III The Search for Spock was promoted as being her film debut in fact Curtis had already made several film and madefortelevision movie appearances Her performance in the film drew mixed reception from Trek fans and was followed by a brief appearance as Saavik in Star Trek IV The Voyage Home She costarred in the 1983 episode Short Notice during the first season of the Knight Rider television series In 1991 she portrayed Carol Pulaski on the soap opera General Hospital In 1993 Curtis portrayed an unrelated Vulcan character disguised as a Romulan TalleraTPaal in the twopart episode of Star Trek The Next Generation Gambit for which she was screentested instead of being given any special consideration In the Babylon 5 episode Deathwalker 1994 she appeared as Abbai Ambassador Kalika She also appeared in the television series Dream On Hermans Head Night Court MacGyver Johnny Bago and The Equalizer Curtiss other film work includes Hexed Ghost Story Shootdown In Love with an Older Woman A White Thread A Black Thread and LBJ The Early Years in which she played the role of Jacqueline Kennedy Source Wikipedia