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Are you thinking Kirk's ex wife or whatever from the finale? That is a different character than this Medusan pictured here
This woman in the original series wanted to be captain, so forcibly traded bodies with Jim.
~~30~~ 20 years later the same actress was ship's doctor on TNG.
I just thought it was a great bit of irony.
Janice Lester (portrayed by Sandra Smith) traded bodies with Kirk in an attempt to be captain in the season 3 finale "Turnabout Intruder".
But pictured in this post here is the Medusan ambassador's escort Miranda Jones (portrayed by Diana Muldaur) from "Is There in Truth No Beauty?"
Diana Muldaur later returned to the franchise to portray the role of Doctor Pulaski. It was not Sandra Smith/Janice Lester (Kirk's ex) who ended up also portraying a new character as you say. It was Diana Muldaur/Miranda Jones (the Medusan's escort).