Nana Visitor
Biography
Nana Visitor is an American actress, born in New York City in 1957, who began her career on Broadway in the 1970s with shows like My One and Only. Her film debut came in 1977 with The Sentinel. She then had regular roles on the soap operas Ryan's Hope, The Doctors, and One Life to Live. In the early 1980s she started using the name Nana Visitor professionally and later changed it legally. She is best known for playing Kira Nerys on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine from 1993 to 1999. Later television work includes Dr. Elizabeth Renfro on Dark Angel and Jean Ritter on Wildfire, while she starred as Roxie Hart in Chicago on Broadway and on tour. Her films include Friday the 13th (2009) as Pamela Voorhees and The Resident (2011). She also wrote a 2024 book about women in Star Trek.
69years old
Turns 70 on July 26in 286 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Nana Tucker (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 23 years1995 to 2018
Genres
- Drama50%, 5 films
- Thriller40%, 4 films
- Comedy20%, 2 films
- Documentary20%, 2 films
- Horror20%, 2 films
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A role that slipped away
Visitor was interested in playing Kathryn Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager, which was filmed at the same time as Deep Space Nine.
First role
Visitor's acting career started on the Broadway stage in the 1970s, where she appeared in productions including My One and Only.
Beyond film
Visitor played Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago, in both its touring and Broadway productions. She was also Hart when the show's curtains rose again after September 11, 2001.
First role
Billed by her birth name, Nana Tucker, Nana Visitor made her film debut in the 1977 horror film The Sentinel.
Behind the camera
Visitor's book, Star Trek: Open a Channel: A Woman's Trek, came out in 2024. It examines the franchise's female characters and the actors who portrayed them.
Nana Visitor movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine2018as Himself
IMDb rating 8.22.6K votes
Most often with
Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Rene Auberjonois's page
Avery Brooks's page
Colm Meaney's page
Michael Dorn's page
Armin Shimerman's page
Alexander Siddig's page
Also two films together6 more actors
- Andrew RobinsonWhat We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2018) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior (1995)
- Marc AlaimoWhat We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2018) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior (1995)
- Chase MastersonWhat We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2018) and The Captains (2011)
- Penny Johnson JeraldWhat We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2018) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior (1995)
- Terry FarrellWhat We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2018) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior (1995)
- Cirroc LoftonWhat We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2018) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior (1995)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.