Jadzia Dax

Jadzia Dax
Star Trek character
Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax in 2374
First appearance	"Emissary" (1993)
Last appearance	"Tears of the Prophets" (1998)
Portrayed by	Terry Farrell
In-universe information
Species	Trill
Occupation	Chief Science Officer Deep Space Nine and Commanding Officer USS Defiant (season 6)
Affiliation	United Federation of Planets Starfleet
Posting	Deep Space Nine USS Defiant
Rank	Lieutenant Commander (seasons 4–6) Lieutenant (seasons 1–3)
Partner	Lenara Kahn Worf (spouse)

Jadzia Dax /dʒædˈziːə ˈdæks/, played by Terry Farrell, is a fictional character from the science-fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Jadzia Dax is a joined Trill. Though she appears to be a young woman, Jadzia lives in symbiosis with a long-lived creature, known as a symbiont, named Dax; Jadzia is Dax's eighth host. The two share a single, conscious mind, and her personality is a blending of the characteristics of both the host and the symbiont. As such, Jadzia has access to all the skills and memories of the symbiont's seven previous hosts. Prior to the symbiotic joining, Jadzia earned academic degrees in exobiology, zoology, astrophysics, and exoarchaeology.

Jadzia Dax is the chief science officer of the space station Deep Space Nine and is close friends with station commander Benjamin Sisko. Later in the series, she becomes involved with the Klingon character Worf, and they marry during the sixth season of the show. In the sixth-season finale Jadzia dies but the Dax symbiote survives, and in the seventh-season premiere returns with a new host Ezri Dax, played by Nicole de Boer.