Jess Bush

Personal context

Summary

Jess Bush is an Australian actor and visual artist, best known for playing Nurse Christine Chapel in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds; her earlier television work includes Home and Away and Playing for Keeps. Her visual art includes Bee Totem, a series preserving dead honeybees in resin as memorial-like sculptures. Bush has publicly identified as queer and said she is proud to be part of Star Trek’s representation of diverse sexualities and genders; she has called for the show to explore those topics further and stand behind queer fans. No party campaigning or nonprofit advocacy affiliations are on record.