Nana Visitor

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Nana Visitor
Visitor at the 2018 WonderCon
Born
Nana Tucker

(1957-07-26) July 26, 1957 (age 66)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1976–present
Spouses
Nick Miscusi
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(m. 1989; div. 1994)​
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(m. 1997; div. 2001)​
Matthew Rimmer
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(m. 2003; div. 2007)​
Children2
RelativesCyd Charisse (aunt)

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.

Early life[edit]

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[edit]

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.

Visitor at STICCon XVIII (2004)

In 1988, she made an appearance on the sitcom Night Court as a mental patient who is obsessed with the movies. That same year, she made an appearance on the television series In the Heat of the Night as the owner of the Sparta newspaper. She also made an appearance that year in an episode of Matlock. In 1989, Visitor appeared in 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 of the series's eponymous space station, built by the Cardassians and turned over to Starfleet.

After DS9 ended, Visitor had a recurring role as villain Dr. Elizabeth Renfro on the television series Dark Angel. Visitor then starred as Roxie Hart in both the touring and Broadway companies of the musical Chicago, [7] including starring as Hart 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 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[edit]

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 married in April 2003.[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[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role
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[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1976 Ivan the Terrible Svetlana Petrovsky 5 episodes
1978–79 Ryan's Hope Nancy Feldman Unknown episodes
1980–81 The Doctors Darcy Collins Unknown episodes
1982 One Life to Live Georgina Whitman Unknown episodes
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 2 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] 4 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"
L.A. Law Betsy Major Episode: "Sperminator"
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 Main cast,
OFTA Television Award for Best Actress in a Syndicated Series
1998 The Outer Limits Cecilia Fairman Episode: "In Our Own Image"
2001 Dark Angel Elizabeth Renfro 6 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[edit]

Year Title Role Broadway venue
1983 My One and Only Flounder St. James Theatre
2001 Chicago Roxie Hart, replacement Shubert Theatre

Video games[edit]

Year Title Role
1996 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Harbinger Kira Nerys
2000 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Fallen Kira Nerys
2018 Star Trek Online - Victory is Life Kira Nerys
2023 Starfield Mom

Web series[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Full Out Xan Featured cast

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Star Trek Infinite Space: Nana Visitor & Rene Auberjonois Interview". September 28, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2023 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ "Nana Visitor". TV Guide. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
  3. ^ "Nana Visitor Biography (1957–)". Film Reference. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  4. ^ "Nana Visitor". Playbill. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  5. ^ "Nana's Bio". Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  6. ^ "Star Trek Nana Visitor Talks about her stage name" (TikTok). Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  7. ^ Jones, Kenneth (May 8, 2001). "Nana Visitor Is Foxy Roxie Hart in Bway's Chicago Beginning May 8". Playbill. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  8. ^ "Horror Flicks". Doctor Who Magazine (435). June 2011.
  9. ^ "Ep 13 – An Embarrassment of Bitches". Castle TV on ABC & TNT. December 1, 2011. Archived from the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  10. ^ Lipton, Michael A. (August 16, 1993). "Winner by a Nose". People.
  11. ^ Coree, James P. (May 18, 2015). "TABNation PSA - Nana Visitor". Archived from the original on December 12, 2021 – via YouTube.
  12. ^ a b c "Nana's Bio". Nanavision. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  13. ^ Erdmann, Terry J.; Block, Paula M. (2000). Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion. Pocket Books. pp. 351–352.
  14. ^ "Body Parts". StarTrek.com. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  15. ^ Erdmann & Block (2000), p. 407.
  16. ^ "Matthew Rimmer - Chief Operating Officer at BroadStage". linkedin.com. Linkedin. Archived from the original on February 8, 2023. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  17. ^ "The Broad Stage Announces 2020/21 Season - Press Release, pp. 6-7". issuu.com. Issuu Inc. Archived from the original on February 8, 2023. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  18. ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". nasa.gov.
  19. ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". nasa.gov.
  20. ^ "The Colbys: Season 2, Episode 14 'The Legacy'". TV Guide. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  21. ^ "What's on TV, May 12–18: 'Catch-22,' 'L.A.'s Finest' and more". Los Angeles Times. May 10, 2019. Archived from the original on May 10, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2019.

External links[edit]

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