Nyota Uhura
Species: female human
Full name: unknown*
Rank: Commander
Date of birth: 2239
Place of origin: Africa, Earth
Marital status: unknown
Communications officer aboard the Starship Enterprise NCC-1701 under the command of Captain James Kirk (TOS: "The Corbomite Maneuver"). Born in 2239, her last name is derived from the Swahili word for freedom (TOS: "Is There in Truth No Beauty?"). A highly skilled technician, Uhura was also a talented musician, and enjoyed serenading her fellow crew members with song (TOS: "Charlie X", "The Conscience of the King").
Her memory was wiped clean in 2267 by the errant space probe Nomad, requiring her to be re-educated (TOS: "The Changeling"). Following the reassignment of the original Enterprise to Starfleet Academy in 2284, Uhura served at Starfleet Command on Earth ("Star Trek III: The Search for Spock"). Uhura was scheduled to give a seminar at the Academy in 2293, although she volunteered to return to her old post on the Enterprise-A at Kirk's request prior to the historic Khitomer conference ("Star Trek VI: "The Undiscovered Country").
Full name: unknown*
Rank: Commander
Date of birth: 2239
Place of origin: Africa, Earth
Marital status: unknown
Communications officer aboard the Starship Enterprise NCC-1701 under the command of Captain James Kirk (TOS: "The Corbomite Maneuver"). Born in 2239, her last name is derived from the Swahili word for freedom (TOS: "Is There in Truth No Beauty?"). A highly skilled technician, Uhura was also a talented musician, and enjoyed serenading her fellow crew members with song (TOS: "Charlie X", "The Conscience of the King").
Her memory was wiped clean in 2267 by the errant space probe Nomad, requiring her to be re-educated (TOS: "The Changeling"). Following the reassignment of the original Enterprise to Starfleet Academy in 2284, Uhura served at Starfleet Command on Earth ("Star Trek III: The Search for Spock"). Uhura was scheduled to give a seminar at the Academy in 2293, although she volunteered to return to her old post on the Enterprise-A at Kirk's request prior to the historic Khitomer conference ("Star Trek VI: "The Undiscovered Country").
Nichelle Nichols
Born: December 28, 1932 in Robbins, Illinois, USA
Died: July 30, 2022 in Silver City, New Mexico, USA (heart failure)
Birth Name: Grace Dell Nichols
Nickname: Nichelle
Height: 1,61 m
Nichelle Nichols was one of 10 children born to parents Lishia and Samuel Nichols in Robbins, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. She was a singer and dancer before turning to acting and finding fame in her groundbreaking role of Lt. Nyota Uhura in the Star Trek (1966) series.
As long as she could remember, she wanted to do nothing but sing, dance, act and write despite no one else in her family following any of those tracks; although her father could tap dance. He not only became mayor of their town, Robbins, IL, but also a magistrate. On stage, Nichelle was twice nominated for the Sarah Siddons Award as Best Actress of the Year; while on film she danced with Sammy Davis, Jr. in Porgy and Bess, and opposite James Garner in Mister Budwing (1965). In a complete changearound soon after the Star Trek television series came to an end, she played a blousey madam, then co-starred with Lynn Redgrave n Antony and Cleopatra. She was been married twice and had a son, Kyle Johnson, from her first marriage to a tap dancer.
Died: July 30, 2022 in Silver City, New Mexico, USA (heart failure)
Birth Name: Grace Dell Nichols
Nickname: Nichelle
Height: 1,61 m
Nichelle Nichols was one of 10 children born to parents Lishia and Samuel Nichols in Robbins, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. She was a singer and dancer before turning to acting and finding fame in her groundbreaking role of Lt. Nyota Uhura in the Star Trek (1966) series.
As long as she could remember, she wanted to do nothing but sing, dance, act and write despite no one else in her family following any of those tracks; although her father could tap dance. He not only became mayor of their town, Robbins, IL, but also a magistrate. On stage, Nichelle was twice nominated for the Sarah Siddons Award as Best Actress of the Year; while on film she danced with Sammy Davis, Jr. in Porgy and Bess, and opposite James Garner in Mister Budwing (1965). In a complete changearound soon after the Star Trek television series came to an end, she played a blousey madam, then co-starred with Lynn Redgrave n Antony and Cleopatra. She was been married twice and had a son, Kyle Johnson, from her first marriage to a tap dancer.