Who voices Rachel Summers, also called Mother Askani, in season 2?

Gates McFadden voices Rachel Summers, also called Mother Askani, in X-Men ’97 season 2. McFadden is especially recognizable to genre fans as Dr. Beverly Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Rachel Summers is a powerful telepath and telekinetic who originates from the dystopian Days of Future Past timeline in Marvel Comics. She is the daughter of that timeline’s Cyclops and Jean Grey and has also carried names including Phoenix, Marvel Girl, and Prestige.

The title Mother Askani comes from Rachel’s role as the founder and leader of Clan Askani, a resistance movement in a far-future world ruled by Apocalypse. In the X-Men ’97 storyline, that identity connects the season’s future plot to Rachel’s comic-book history and to Cable’s complicated family tree.

The answer is sometimes confused with Rachel Kimsey, who voices Rachel in other X-Men-related productions, or Lake Bell and Carolina Ravassa, who are associated with other animated Marvel roles. McFadden is the season 2 voice performer.