Kaywinnet Lee “Kaylee” Frye

The mechanic understands Serenity like no one else and keeps the old ship flying with skill and love. She is the cheerful heart of the crew, and she has a crush on Simon from day one.

Kaylee is Serenity’s mechanic. She came aboard because she understood the engine better than the mechanic at the time, and Mal hired her on the spot.

She is the cheerful heart of the crew: warm, curious, unafraid of dirty hands and with a soft spot for pretty dresses and strawberries. She has a crush on Simon from day one, but the stiff doctor never finds the right words. Whenever she is in danger, as in “Serenity” or “Objects in Space”, the whole crew pulls together.

Jewel Staite later played the doctor Jennifer Keller in “Stargate Atlantis”.