Mary Wiseman

Mary Wiseman (born July 30, 1985) is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Cadet (later Ensign, then Lieutenant) Sylvia Tilly in the Paramount+ science fiction drama series Star Trek: Discovery (2017–present).

Wiseman is the youngest daughter of Dorothy and Kevin Wiseman and has three older brothers. She grew up in Milford, Pennsylvania and Gaithersburg, Maryland. Wiseman attended the DC Shakespeare Theatre’s high school outreach program. She graduated from Quince Orchard High School in 2003 and later earned her BFA in Theatre Arts at Boston University.[2][3] She went on to study at Juilliard School’s Drama Division between 2011 and 2015, where one of her classmates was future Star Trek: Discovery cast member Mary Chieffo