Nana Visitor is an American actress, known for playing Kira Nerys in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Jean Ritter in the television series Wildfire.
Matthew Rimmer (m. 2003), Alexander Siddig (m. 1997–2001), Nick Miscusi (m. 1989–1994)
Children
Django El Tahir El Siddig, Buster Miscusi
Parents
Nenette Charisse Tucker, Robert Tucker
Siblings
Zan Charisse, Ian Tucker
Nicknames
Nana Tucker , Nana Tucker Visitor
Movies
The Sentinel, They Are Among Us, Swing Vote, Babysitter Wanted, The Resident, In My Pocket, A Rising Tide, Ted 2, Friday the 13th Part 2 (3D)
TV Shows
Wildfire, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Working Girl, Ryan's Hope, Ivan the Terrible
Star Sign
Leo
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I have deep feelings about Star Trek. I feel that it's able to present archetypes that are important storytelling tools. And we need storytelling.
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[When asked if she felt Terry Farrell made the right decision by leaving Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).] Absolutely. Because she was following her own instincts. That can't be wrong and she certainly got a lot more years of experience doing the Ted Danson show Becker (1998) on CBS. I'll admit that I tried to talk Terry out of it. That I wanted her to stay. But she told me very eloquently that it was what her heart insisted upon. You can't argue with that.
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Fact
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Best known by the public (and by many sci-fi fans) for her role as Major (later Colonel) Kira Nerys on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).
Is one of only 26 actors that have acted in both the Star Trek and Doctor Who franchises.
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An asteroid discovered on April 22, 2001 has been named 26733 Nanavisitor (2001 HC16) in her honor. It's a small, main-belt asteroid which takes 4.2 years to orbit the sun.
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Has three dogs: a hairless Chinese crested, a black and white miniature toy poodle and a black and white standard poodle (named "Helen").
She's an admitted claustrophobic. She had a hard time filming the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) episode Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Second Skin (1994) in which her character, Major Kira Nerys, appeared as a Cardassian because of the full rubber makeup she had to wear. Her co-star in the episode, Andrew Robinson, played Elim Garak, who became claustrophobic at a young age on Cardassia.
On October 28, 1995, she received the Best Supporting Actress in a Genre Television Series honor from the the Sci-Fi Universe Readers' Choice Universe awards.
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Nana is the daughter of dancers, choreographer Robert Tucker and ballet teacher Nenette Charisse