Orions are known for their distinctive green skin. Orion males are typically bald and, on average, taller and more muscular than the average Human male. Orion females are very animalistic in nature, known for their extreme carnal appetites and their innate skill of seduction. The Human male can rarely resist the alluring dance of the Orion ‘slave girl’ but in Orion society it is in fact the males are who are slaves to the females. The facade that the females are the slaves is a means of deceiving other species; once sold, the ‘slave’ uses her unique physiology make their new ‘owner’ susceptible to suggestion and begin taking orders from his ‘slave’. However in the alternative reality of the rebooted franchise things are a little different and there are female Orions at the Starfleet Academy.
Star Trek – deleted scene (2009): Kirk apologies to the wrong Orion Science Officer (Diora Baird) thinking he is speaking to Gaila – I guess all green girls look the same. Diora Baird got a fair amount of publicity about being an Orion in Star Trek but then what seems to have been her only scene was cut. Mindy Hall was the makeup department head; Debra Coleman was the assistant makeup department head; Barney Burman (Proteus FX) was the prosthetic makeup designer; Joel Harlow (HarlowFX) the prosthetic makeup supervisor who was responsible for the Vulcans, Romulans, and Klingons.