Mary Meinel-Newport
Mary Louise Meinel-Newport  is an actress seen in several episodes of  and , playing Bolian background characters. She appeared throughout the first four years of DS9 as the female Bolian background character, possibly Lysia Arlin. She can also be seen in  as a Bolian woman in Ten Forward.

Meinel-Newport filmed her scenes for "Non Sequitur" on Tuesday  and Wednesday  on location at the New York Street lot and is listed as "Bolean Pedestrian" on the call sheets.

Mary grew up in a family of seven children. She lives in Tucson, Arizona with her husband, Gerald David "Jerry" Newport. The two have , a mild form of autism. From previous relationships, she has two sons, Stephen and Peter, and two grandchildren. Mary and Jerry Newport's relationship was the subject of a 1995 LA Times article, which became the inspiration for a 2005 film called  – the same name of a January 2007 autobiography written by the Newports (along with Johnny Dodd) entitled Mozart and the Whale: An Asperger's Love Story. The Newports also wrote a book called Autism – Asperger's & Sexuality: Puberty and Beyond, which was released in July 2002.

Meinel-Newport also appeared on Babylon 5 as a Centauri female (a series that starred Bill Mumy and Andreas Katsulas), and was interviewed twice on 60 Minutes, in both 1996 and 2004.

Star Trek appearances

Recurring appearance

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