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 Nana Visitor at STICCon XVIII, 2004 |
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| Born | Nana Tucker July 26, 1957 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Nick Miscusi (?–1994) Alexander Siddig (1997–2001) Matthew Rimmer (2003–present) |
Nana Visitor (born July 26, 1957) is an American actress, best known for playing Colonel (previously Major) Kira Nerys in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9) from 1993 to 1999. Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) The City of New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig El Abderahman El Mohammed Ahmed El Abdel Karim El Mahdi ( Arabic: صدّيق الطاهر الفاضل الصدّيق عبدالرحمن Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Kira Nerys, played by Nana Visitor, is a main character in Star Trek Deep Space Nine.
Biography
Nana Visitor was born in New York City as Nana Tucker, and began her acting career in the 1970s on the Broadway stage in such productions as My One and Only. The City of New York Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located My One and Only is a musical with a book by Peter Stone and Timothy S Her film debut (billed as Nana Tucker) came in the 1977 film, The Sentinel. The Sentinel is a 1977 Horror film starring Chris Sarandon & Cristina Raines. On television, Visitor co-starred in the short-lived 1976 sitcom, Ivan the Terrible and from 1978 to 1982 had short-lived regular roles on three soap operas: Ryan's Hope, The Doctors, and One Life to Live. Ivan the Terrible was an American sitcom that aired on CBS for five episodes during 1976. This page is about the television program For the rock band of the same name see Ryan's Hope (band. The Doctors was a Soap opera which aired on NBC from April 1 1963 to December 31 1982 One Life to Live ( OLTL) is an American Soap opera which has been broadcast on the ABC television network since July 15 1968 In 1988 Nana made a guest appearance on the TV series Night Court as a lost mental patient. Night Court is an American television Situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 1984 until May 1992 Prior to obtaining the role of Kira on DS9, Visitor co-starred in a short-lived sitcom based upon the film Working Girl and co-starred in a failed television pilot for a series based upon the comic strip character, The Spirit. Working Girl tells the story of a Staten Island -raised Secretary, Tess McGill working in the Mergers and acquisitions department of a A television pilot is a test episode of an intended Television series. A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist After DS9 ended, she had a recurring role as a villain on the series Dark Angel and starred as Roxie Hart in the touring company of the musical Chicago to exceptionally favorable reviews. Dark Angel is an American Biopunk / Cyberpunk Science fiction Television program created by James Cameron Chicago is a Kander and Ebb musical set in prohibition era Chicago. Visitor was then cast as Jean Ritter on the ABC Family series Wildfire which premiered on June 20, 2005. ABC Family is an American Cable television network currently owned by Disney-ABC Television Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company Wildfire is an American Television series that aired on ABC Family. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Nana Visitor is the narrator for the audio version of the novel "Mother of Pearl" by Melinda Haynes.
The asteroid 26733 Nanavisitor, discovered in 2001, was named in her honor by its discoverer Bill Yeung (who has discovered hundreds of asteroids). 26733 Nanavisitor is an Asteroid discovered on April 22, 2001 by Canadian astronomer William Kwong Yu Yeung.
On talking with the fans, Nana says, "I don't get what my signature is supposed to mean if we haven't had some kind of exchange".
She is claustrophobic. During the filming of the DS9 episode "Second Skin," Nana struggled terribly with the rubber make-up her character, Kira Nerys, had to wear. "Second Skin" is an episode of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, the fifth episode of the third season
In 1993, Nana recorded an audio adaptation of the Deep Space Nine novel, Emissary.
In 1995, Nana won the Universe Reader's Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Genre TV Series for: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Appeared in the Battlestar Galactica episode Faith as Emily Kowalski. Battlestar Galactica is a franchise of Science fiction Films and television series, the first of which was produced in 1978
Nana Visitor has been cast as Pamela Voorhees in the 2009 Friday the 13th remake. Appearances Films Pamela Voorhees was born in 1930 (revealed in Friday the 13th The Final Chapter) This article is about the year For the film see 2009 Lost Memories. Friday the 13th is an American horror franchise that consists of eleven Slasher films a television show, Novels
Personal
Visitor was married to Nick Miscusi before she was cast on DS9, but the two divorced in 1994 shortly after the series began. The two had a son named Buster.
Visitor married fellow Star Trek actor Alexander Siddig (formerly Siddig el-Fadil) in 1997. Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig El Abderahman El Mohammed Ahmed El Abdel Karim El Mahdi ( Arabic: صدّيق الطاهر الفاضل الصدّيق عبدالرحمن They had a son in 1996, named Django El Tahir El Siddig, and her pregnancy was incorporated into a DS9 storyline. Visitor and Siddig divorced in 2001.
Visitor married Matthew Rimmer on 2 April 2003. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
Visitor is the niece, by former marriage, of American actress and dancer Cyd Charisse. Cyd Charisse ( March 8, 1922 &ndash June 17, 2008) was an American Dancer and actress. (Her Uncle, Nico Charisse, was Cyd Charisse's first husband, but they were divorced 10 years before Nana was born, so it's very tenuous)
External links
- Nana Visitor at the Internet Movie Database
- Nana Visitor at TV.com
- Nana Visitor article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
- Nana Visitor: Awards, Honors & Distinctions
- "Wildfire" - ABC Family's official site for the show
- Nana Visitor is Pamela Voorhees in the remake of Friday the 13th
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