Nana Visitor
Nana Tucker (/nəˈnɑː/ nə-NAH;[1] born July 26, 1957), known professionally as Nana Visitor, is an American actress, best known for playing Kira Nerys in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Jean Ritter in the television series Wildfire.
Nana Visitor | |
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Visitor at the 2018 WonderCon | |
| Born | Nana Tucker July 26, 1957 New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Spouse(s) | Nick Miscusi (m. 1989; div. 1994)Matthew Rimmer (m. 2003; div. 2011) |
| Children | Buster, Django (b.1996) |
| Relatives | Cyd Charisse (aunt) |
Early life
Nana Tucker was born July 26, 1957, in New York City,[2] the daughter of Nenette Charisse, a ballet teacher, and Robert Tucker, a choreographer; she is a niece of actress/dancer Cyd Charisse.[3]
Career
Visitor began her acting career in the 1970s on the Broadway stage in such productions as My One and Only.[4] Her film debut (billed by her birth name, Nana Tucker) came in the 1977 horror film The Sentinel. 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. Upon the suggestion of her older brother Paris, she adopted the stage name "Nana Visitor" in the early 1980s.[5][6]
In 1984, she appeared in a season-two episode of Hunter. In 1985, Visitor made appearances on the television series MacGyver, in the season-one episode "Hellfire" as Laura Farren, and in the season-two episode "DOA: MacGyver" as Carol Varnay. She also made an appearance in the fourth-season Remington Steele episode titled "Steele Blushing" the same year. In 1986, she appeared in "Hills of Fire", a fourth-season episode of Knight Rider, as well as third-season Highway to Heaven episodes "Love at Second Sight" and "Love and Marriage, Part II" as Margaret Swann.
In 1987, Visitor appeared as Ellen Dolan in a failed television pilot for Will Eisner's pulp comic creation The Spirit, starring Sam J. Jones as the title character and Garry Walberg as her father, Commissioner Dolan.
In 1988, she made a guest appearance on the sitcom Night Court as a mental patient who is obsessed with the movies. That same year, she made a guest appearance on the television series In the Heat of the Night as the owner of the Sparta newspaper. She also made a guest appearance that year in an episode of Matlock. In 1989, Visitor appeared as a guest on the fifth episode of the television series Doogie Howser, M.D. as Charmagne, a rock star who has a throat nodule removed at Doogie's hospital, and as Miles Drentell's glamorous girlfriend, in "Success", a 1989 episode of Thirtysomething's second season.
In 1990, Visitor co-starred with Sandra Bullock in the short-lived sitcom Working Girl, which was based on the feature film of the same name.
From 1993 to 1999, Visitor appeared on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Major (later Colonel) Kira Nerys, a former freedom fighter/terrorist from the planet Bajor, who fought against the occupation of her world by the Cardassians. After the occupation ended, she was appointed as first officer to the series's eponymous space station, built by the Cardassians and turned over to Starfleet management.
After DS9 ended, Visitor had a recurring role as villain Dr. Elizabeth Renfro on the television series Dark Angel. Nana then starred as Roxie Hart in both the touring and Broadway companies of the musical Chicago, [7] including starring as Roxie as curtains rose again after September 11, 2001. Visitor was then cast as Jean Ritter on the ABC Family series Wildfire, which premiered on June 20, 2005.
In 2008, she appeared as Emily Kowalski, a dying cancer patient in "Faith", an episode of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica's fourth season. Visitor had a small role as Pamela Voorhees in the 2009 version of Friday the 13th. She has also lent her voice in a few guest appearances on the sitcom Family Guy, such as Rita in the episode "Brian's Got a Brand New Bag", and as the voice of the Enterprise in "Extra Large Medium." In 2011, she had a small part in the Hammer Horror film The Resident, playing the realtor. She appeared in Torchwood: Miracle Day episodes seven ("Immortal Sins") and eight ("End of the Road").[8] In 2012, she appeared as Dr. Patty Barker, a canine psychotherapist, in "An Embarrassment of Bitches", a season-four episode of ABC's Castle.[9]
Personal life
Visitor was married to Nick Miscusi from 1989 to 1994.[10] They have one son together.[11] Visitor began dating her Star Trek: Deep Space Nine co-star Alexander Siddig and married him in June 1997. They divorced in April 2001.[12] They had a son together, and her pregnancy was incorporated into her character and the series storyline, beginning in the 1996 fourth season episode "Body Parts".[13][14] She gave birth to her son Django on September 16, 1996, during production of the episode "The Assignment," though her character would remain pregnant until the fifth-season episode "The Begotten".[15] In early 2002, Visitor became engaged to Matthew Rimmer, previously company manager for the musical Chicago, and from 2017 Chief Operating Officer of The Broad Stage in Santa Monica.[12][16][17] They wed in April 2003 and were divorced as of 2011. [12]
Visitor and her Star Trek: Deep Space Nine co-star Terry Farrell were honored in 2001 when William Kwong Yu Yeung named two small Solar System bodies he had discovered after them – asteroid 26733 Nanavisitor and asteroid 26734 Terryfarrell.[18][19]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | The Sentinel | Girl | |
| 1987 | The Spirit | Ellen Dolan | |
| 2008 | Babysitter Wanted | Linda Albright | |
| Swing Vote | Galena Greenleaf | ||
| 2009 | Friday the 13th | Pamela Voorhees | |
| 2011 | The Resident | Realtor | |
| 2015 | A Rising Tide | Eva | |
| Ted 2 | Adoption agent | ||
| 2018 | A Bread Factory | Elsa |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Ivan the Terrible | Svetlana Petrovsky | Five episodes |
| 1978–1979 | Ryan's Hope | Nancy Feldman | Unknown episodes |
| 1980–1981 | The Doctors | Darcy Collins | |
| 1982 | One Life to Live | Georgina Whitman | |
| 1985 | Hunter | Amy Laurton | Episode: "The Biggest Man In Town" |
| MacGyver | Laura Farren | Episode: "Hellfire" | |
| Remington Steele | Eileen Fitzgerald | Episode: "Steele Blushing" | |
| 1986 | Knight Rider | Sandra Rusk | Episode: "Hills of Fire" |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Doris | Episode: "Happy Birthday" | |
| Highway to Heaven | Margaret Swann | Two episodes | |
| 1987 | Ohara | Laura | Episode: "Laura" |
| MacGyver | Carol Varnay | Episode: "D.O.A.: MacGyver" | |
| Matlock | Vanessa Douglas | Episode: "The Best Friend" | |
| The Colbys | Georgina Sinclair[20] | Four episodes | |
| Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Felicia McMasters | Episode: "Do You Take This Spy?" | |
| 1988 | Night Court | Ms. Sanders | Episode: "Educating Rhoda" |
| In the Heat of the Night | Evie | Episode: "Fate" | |
| 1989 | Matlock | Erin Whitley / Shannon Blackwell | Episode: "The Other Woman" |
| Doogie Howser, M.D. | Charmagne | Episode: "The Short Goodbye" | |
| 1990 | Working Girl | Bryn Newhouse | Unknown episodes |
| Murder, She Wrote | Marcia McPhee | Episode: "See You in Court, Baby" | |
| 1991 | Drexell's Class | Helen Selwyn | Episode: "Love Walked Right in and Swept Mr. Drexell Away" |
| 1993 | Matlock | Dr. Clara Farmington | Episode: "The Divorce" |
| 1993–1999 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Kira Nerys | OFTA Television Award for Best Actress in a Syndicated Series 174 episodes |
| 1998 | The Outer Limits | Cecilia Fairman | Episode: "In Our Own Image" |
| 2001 | Dark Angel | Elizabeth Renfro | Six episodes |
| 2003 | Frasier | Sharon | Episode: "Daphne Does Dinner" |
| 2004 | CSI:Crime Scene Investigation | Mrs. Katz | Episode: "Mea Culpa" |
| According to Jim | Veronica | Episode: "Who's the Boss?" | |
| 2005–2008 | Wildfire | Jean Ritter | Unknown episodes |
| 2008 | Battlestar Galactica | Emily Kowalski | Episode: "Faith" |
| 2009–2014 | Family Guy | Rita/Woman in restaurant/Nancy Pelosi/Justin's Mom/Kate's Mom (voices) | 12 episodes |
| 2011 | Torchwood: Miracle Day | Olivia Colasanto | Episodes: "Immortal Sins", "End of the Road" |
| Grimm | Melissa Wincroft | Episode: "Beeware" | |
| 2012 | Castle | Dr. Patty Barker | Episode: "An Embarrassment of Bitches" |
| 2017 | Dynasty | Diana Davis | Episode: "Company Slut" |
| 2018 | Killer in Law | Yvonne Hutcherson | [21] |
| 2022 | Star Trek: Lower Decks | Kira Nerys | Episode: "Hear All, Trust Nothing" |
Stage
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | My One and Only | Flounder | Broadway |
| 2001 | Chicago | Roxie Hart, replacement |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Harbinger | Kira Nerys |
| 2000 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Fallen | |
| 2018 | Star Trek Online - Victory is Life |
Web series
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Full Out | Xan | Featured cast |
References
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- ^ "Nana Visitor". TV Guide. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ^ "Nana Visitor Biography (1957–)". Film Reference. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ^ "Nana Visitor". Playbill. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
- ^ . Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
- ^ "Star Trek Nana Visitor Talks about her stage name" (TikTok). Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- ^ Jones, Kenneth (May 8, 2001). "Nana Visitor Is Foxy Roxie Hart in Bway's Chicago Beginning May 8". Playbill. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
- ^ "Horror Flicks". Doctor Who Magazine (435). June 2011.
- ^ . Castle TV on ABC & TNT. December 1, 2011. Archived from the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
- ^ Lipton, Michael A. (August 16, 1993). "Winner by a Nose". People.
- ^ Coree, James P. (May 18, 2015). "TABNation PSA - Nana Visitor". Archived from the original on December 12, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b c . Nanavision. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ^ Erdmann, Terry J.; Block, Paula M. (2000). Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion. Pocket Books. pp. 351–352.
- ^ "Body Parts". StarTrek.com. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ^ Erdmann & Block (2000), p. 407.
- ^ . linkedin.com. Linkedin. Archived from the original on February 8, 2023. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
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- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". nasa.gov.
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- ^ "The Colbys: Season 2, Episode 14 'The Legacy'". TV Guide. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
- ^ "What's on TV, May 12–18: 'Catch-22,' 'L.A.'s Finest' and more". Los Angeles Times. May 10, 2019. from the original on May 10, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2019.