The Female Shapeshifter is a fictional character in the Star Trek: DS9 universe, one of a race of shapeshifting aliens. She is played by American actress Salome Jens. A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Space station Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (ST:DS9 or STDS9 or DS9 for short) is a science fiction television series produced by Paramount and set in the Star Trek universe. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Salome Jens (born May 8, 1935) is an actress best-known for portraying the female shapeshifter on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ...

The shapeshifters, also known as the Founders of the Dominion, live in a gelatinous state normally on a planet in the Gamma Quadrant of the Milky Way Galaxy. They are able to take the shape of almost any physical object when they so desire, and are basically undetectable when doing so (although if a piece of a shapeshifter is separated from the whole, it will revert to its normal state). In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Dominion is a ruthless and militaristic Gamma Quadrant state, consisting of many different races, with ultimate power held by the xenophobic Changelings. ... In the fictional Star Trek series, the Milky Way Galaxy is divided into four quadrants, which are further subdivided into sectors. ... The Milky Way (a translation of the Latin Via Lactea, in turn derived from the Greek Galaxia Kuklos; or simply the Galaxy) is a barred spiral galaxy in the Local Group, and has special significance to humanity as the location of the solar system, which is located near the Orion...

The Female Shapeshifter is the designation for the specific Founder who served as the leader of the Dominion during the Dominion War against the Federation-Klingon-Romulan alliance in the Alpha Quadrant. She was characterized by ruthless efficiency and a distrust for every "solid," even the ones who headed up the races to which the Dominion was allied during the war. She would order the death of any subordinate without a moment's hesitation. Jump to: navigation, search In the fictional Star Trek universe, the United Federation of Planets is a federation of more than 150 member planets and thousands of colonies, claiming territory in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants of the Milky Way Galaxy. ... Jump to: navigation, search Klingons (tlhIngan in the Klingon language) are a race of humanoids in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... The Romulans, a fictional race in the Star Trek universe, are descended from Vulcans and are characterized as being deceitful, cunning, and treacherous. ... In the fictional Star Trek series, the Milky Way Galaxy is divided into four quadrants, which are further subdivided into sectors. ...

During the Dominion War she contracted a deadly disease that altered her solid appearance and caused her to become weak. Later it was learned that the illness had been developed by Starfleet's mysterious intelligence agency Section 31 in order to destroy the Founders and help to defeat the Dominion. In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Dominion War is a war between the Dominion, Cardassians and Breen on one side, and the Alpha Quadrant alliance of the United Federation of Planets, Klingon Empire, and the Romulans. ... Starfleet Command In the Star Trek fictional universe, Starfleet is the defense, research, diplomacy, and exploration force of the United Federation of Planets. ... Section 31 is the official designation of a covert secret police organization in the Star Trek fictional universe, within Starfleet Intelligence, which deals with threats to the security of Earth, and later the United Federation of Planets. ...

Odo, another shapeshifter who had been sent into the Alpha Quadrant and who served as Security Chief on the Federation space station Deep Space Nine, was the first to contract the disease, and was also responsible for curing the Female Shapeshifter at the close of the Dominion War. He offered to cure the entire race if the Female Shapeshifter would call off the war, which the Dominion was losing anyway as a result of the Cardassian uprising and the infiltration of the Dominion headquarters by Colonel Kira, Odo, and Garak. She agreed, offering no resistance, and signed armistice papers on board Deep Space Nine shortly thereafter, thus ending the greatest war in Federation history. Odo as Curzon Dax Odo is a shapeshifter played by Rene Auberjonois on the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Deep Space Nine Deep Space Nine is a fictional space station in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Jump to: navigation, search Cardassians, a spacefaring race in the fictional Star Trek universe, and the Cardassian Union were introduced in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode The Wounded. Cardassians were one of the main parts of the storyline in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... In the fictional Star Trek universe, Kira Nerys, a Bajoran soldier, is a colonel in the Bajoran Militia who serves as first officer and Bajoran liaison officer on space station Deep Space Nine. ... Jump to: navigation, search Andrew Robinson as Elim Garak Elim Garak was a character in the fictional Star Trek: Deep Space Nine universe, played by Andrew Robinson. ...

She is currently serving time in a Federation prison, for war crimes committed on her orders during the Dominion War. A war crime is a punishable offense, under international law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ...

Star Trek: DS9 appearances

• What You Leave Behind Part 1 and 2
• The Dogs of War
• Tacking Into the Wind
• The Changing Face of Evil
• Strange Bedfellows
• 'Til Death Do Us Part
• Penumbra
• Treacher, Faith and the Great River
• Sacrifice of Angels
• Favor the Bold
• Behind the Lines
• Broken Link
• Heart of Stone
• The Search Part 1 and 2