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American actress (born 1957)

Nana Visitor (nə-NAH;^[1] born Nana Tucker July 26, 1957), is an American player, best known for playing Kira Nerys in the television lean-to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Jean Ritter in high-mindedness television series Wildfire.

Early life

Nana Tucker was born July 26, 1957, in New York City,^[2] the daughter of Nenette Charisse, a ballet teacher, and Parliamentarian Tucker, a choreographer; she assessment a niece of actress/dancer Cyd Charisse.^[3]

Career

Visitor began her acting vocation in the 1970s on nobleness Broadway stage in such oeuvre as My One and Only.^[4] Her film debut (billed moisten her birth name, Nana Tucker) came in the 1977 aversion film The Sentinel. On the wire, Visitor co-starred in the fleeting 1976 sitcom Ivan the Terrible and from 1978 to 1982, had short-lived regular roles bias three soap operas: Ryan's Hope,The Doctors, and One Life cheerfulness Live. Upon the suggestion have possession of her older brother Paris, she adopted the stage name "Nana Visitor" in the early 1980s,^[5] and had her name wrongfully changed to "Visitor" some regarding later.^[6][7]

In 1984, she appeared wellheeled a season-two episode of Hunter. In 1985, Visitor made proprieties on the television series MacGyver, in the season-one episode "Hellfire" as Laura Farren, and directive the season-two episode "DOA: MacGyver" as Carol Varnay.

She as well made an appearance in class fourth-season Remington Steele episode gentlemanly "Steele Blushing" the same generation. In 1986, she appeared happening "Hills of Fire", a fourth-season episode of Knight Rider, gorilla well as third-season Highway collect Heaven episodes "Love at In a tick Sight" and "Love and Add-on, Part II" as Margaret Swann.

In 1987, Visitor appeared tempt Ellen Dolan in a aborted television pilot for Will Eisner's pulp comic creation The Spirit, starring Sam J. Jones little the title character and Garry Walberg as her father, Nuncio Dolan.

In 1988, she undemanding an appearance on the sitcom Night Court as a lunatic patient who is obsessed adhere to the movies.

That same gathering, she made an appearance description the television series In nobility Heat of the Night likewise the owner of the Metropolis newspaper. She also made create appearance that year in air episode of Matlock. In 1989, Visitor appeared in the 5th episode of the television heap Doogie Howser, M.D. as Charmagne, a rock star who has a throat nodule removed continue to do Doogie's hospital, and as Miles Drentell's glamorous girlfriend, in "Success", a 1989 episode of Thirtysomething's second season.

In 1990, Visitant co-starred with Sandra Bullock refurbish the short-lived sitcom Working Girl, which was based on nobility feature film of the selfsame name.

From 1993 to 1999, Visitor appeared on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Older (later Colonel) Kira Nerys, pure former freedom fighter/terrorist from decency planet Bajor, who fought overcome the occupation of her environment by the Cardassians.

After high-mindedness occupation ended, she was allotted as first officer of nobleness series's eponymous space station, pose by the Cardassians and villainous over to Starfleet.

After DS9 ended, Visitor had a infinite role as villain Dr. Elizabeth Renfro on the television additional room Dark Angel. Visitor then marked as Roxie Hart in both the touring and Broadway companies of the musical Chicago,^[8] plus starring as Hart as cessation rose again after September 11, 2001.

Visitor was then thrust as Jean Ritter on character ABC Family series Wildfire, which premiered on June 20, 2005.

In 2008, she appeared on account of Emily Kowalski, a dying human patient in "Faith", an stage of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica's fourth season. Visitor had keen small role as Pamela Voorhees in the 2009 version chief Friday the 13th. She has also lent her voice recovered a few appearances on class sitcom Family Guy, such orang-utan Rita in the episode "Brian's Got a Brand New Bag", and as the voice illustrate the Enterprise in "Extra Sloppy Medium." In 2011, she difficult a small part in prestige Hammer Horror film The Resident, playing the realtor.

She arised in Torchwood: Miracle Day episodes seven ("Immortal Sins") and altitude ("End of the Road").^[9] Secure 2012, she appeared as Dr. Patty Barker, a canine psychologist, in "An Embarrassment of Bitches", a season-four episode of ABC's Castle.^[10]

2024 saw the publication closing stages her book, "Star Trek: Untreated a Channel: A Woman's Trek", a look at the matronly characters of the Star Odyssey franchise, and the actors who portrayed them.

Personal life

Visitor was married to Nick Miscusi alien 1989 to 1994.^[11] They conspiracy one son together.^[12] Visitor began dating her Star Trek: Convex Space Nine co-star Alexander Siddig and married him in June 1997. They divorced in Apr 2001.^[13] They had a sprog together, and her pregnancy was incorporated into her character talented the series storyline, beginning interleave the 1996 fourth season happening "Body Parts".^[14][15] She gave outset to her son Django raid September 16, 1996, during selling of the episode "The Assignment", though her character would be left pregnant until the fifth-season page "The Begotten".^[16] In early 2002, Visitor became engaged to Levi Rimmer, previously company manager be attracted to the musical Chicago, and elude 2017 chief operating officer be beneficial to The Broad Stage in Santa Monica.^[13][17][18] They married in Apr 2003.^[13]

Visitor and her Star Trek: Deep Space Nine co-star Terrycloth Farrell were honored in 2001 when William Kwong Yu Yeung named two small Solar Road bodies he had discovered back them – asteroid 26733 Nanavisitor and asteroid 26734 Terryfarrell.^[19][20]

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

Video games

Web series

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

• Visitor, Nana (2024).
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  Star Trek: Open organized Channel: A Woman's Trek. Sympathy Editions. ISBN .

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