- She was a Muppeteer and movement coordinator for Jim Henson prior to her role on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).
- She choreographed the ballroom scene in the Jim Henson film Labyrinth (1986).
- Brent Spiner is the godfather of Gates's son.
- Currently resides in the South of France, where she is restoring an old theatre. (August 2004)
- Good friends with Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) co-star Patrick Stewart. Stewart was the one who convinced her to return in the series' third season.
- She greatly enjoyed working with Dabney Coleman on *The Muppets Take Manhattan*, and considers him "one of the funniest men I've ever met".
- Continues teaching at the University of Southern California. (November 2005)
- Received her Bachelor's degree in Theatre from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.
- Studied acting in Paris with famous teacher Jacques Lecoq.
- Has played a doctor twice: Doctor Beverly Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), and Doctor Caroline Ryan in The Hunt for Red October (1990).
- Is a guest of honour at SF Ball 23 (a sci-fi convention raising funds for Teenage Cancer Trust) in Southampton, England. (February 2017)
- Her son, James Cleveland McFadden-Talbot, was born on June 10, 1991.
- She has Lithuanian ancestry on her mother's side.
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