Most Recent Role: Jean Ritter on Wildfire
Alias Name(s): Nana Tucker, Nana Tucker Visitor, Nana Tucker Visitor
Gender: Female
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Birthday: 7-26-1957
Birth Name: Nana Tucker
Alias Name(s): Nana Tucker, Nana Tucker Visitor, Nana Tucker Visitor
Gender: Female
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Birthday: 7-26-1957
Birth Name: Nana Tucker
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A New York native, Nana was born and raised on the westside, in and around the theater district. The daughter of theatrical parents, Nana's father was a Broadway choreographer, and her mother, a ballet instructor. Nana herself began to study ballet in her mother's studio at age 7, and by the end of high school, was tapping her way to Broadway. She is best known for her role in "Star Trek: Deep...
Most Recent Appearance
The Ties that Bind (2)
Monday 26 May 2008 on ABC Family
Junior faces a tough decision regarding the wind-tunnel project, while things take a positive turn for Kris.
Nana is the niece of choreographer Nico Charise.
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Nana has openly admitted that she's claustrophobic. During the filming of the DS9 episode, Second Skin Nana struggled with it terribly due to the rubber Cardassian make-up her character, Kira Nerys, had to wear.
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In 1993, Nana recorded an audio adaptation of the Deep Space Nine novel, Emissary.
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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.
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Nana is the niece of actress-dancer Cyd Charisse, by marriage.
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Nana: I feel like a leopard who has been let out of the zoo and is back on the... jungle, savanna, whatever, I'm not sure where leopards live! The lions may be chasing me, but at least I'm in my element.
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Nana: I would love to have seen a male-female relationship that had nothing to do with falling in love, I'd love to prove, even on TV--even if it's not true--that men and women can be friends without any kind of involvement.
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Nana: [jokingly] If you notice, everyone on Deep Space Nine has this weird... I mean well... weird names. It's like they chose us for that. Except Terry Farrell, but she makes it in the weirdness anyway. She fits right in with us.
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Nana: (On her policy of personalizing autographs) The point of writing my name to you is that I see who you are, you see who I am... and that's what it's about.
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Nana: (On her Star Trek character) Kira embodies the warrior archetype that all women to a lesser or greater degree possess... Her aggression is not without purpose, but is passionately connected to her love of the culture, spirituality, and history of the people of Bajor. A mentally and physically fearless fighter, she'll do anything for what she believes is for the good of Bajor.
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Other Appearances
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Ryan's Hope
Nancy Feldman #3 (1978-1979) |
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Kira/Kay Eaton |
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The Doctors (1963)
Darcy Collins |
Wildfire
Jean Ritter |
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Working Girl
Bryn Newhouse |
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Dark Angel
Dr. Elizabeth Renfro |
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According to Jim
Who's The Boss? Veronica |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
Happy Birthday Doris |
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Baby Talk
Out of Africa Robin Taylor |
Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Faith (2) Emily Kowalski |
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Burke's Law (1994)
Who Killed the Tennis Ace? Patricia Jackson |
CSI
Mea Culpa Mrs. Garbett Katz |
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Ryan's Hope
Ryan's Hope was a soap opera which aired on ABC from 1975 through 1989. It focused on the Ryans, a Irish Catholic fnamily in New York City who owned a taver. The serial was about their... more
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
When the Cardassian occupation of Bajor ended in 2369, the mining space-station Terok Nor was left abandoned, its systems ripped out. By invitation of the provisional Bajoran government,... more The Doctors (1963)
It began as an anthology series before becoming a full-fledged soap opera on March 2, 1964. BROADCAST HISTORY first seen at 2:30p weekdays; sometime in the 1970s, it moved to 12:00p weekdays... more
Wildfire
"Wildfire" follows troubled Kris Furillo who, after serving time at a teen detention center, is given the opportunity to start a new life. Her talent with horses is recognized by a volunteer and... more
Working Girl
Working Girl is another hit movie that failed as a tv series. The 1988 film starred Melanie Griffith in the title role, with Sigourney Weaver as her insufferable boss, but the tv series had to... more
Ryan's Hope was a soap opera which aired on ABC from 1975 through 1989. It focused on the Ryans, a Irish Catholic fnamily in New York City who owned a taver. The serial was about their... more
Star Trek: Deep Space NineWhen the Cardassian occupation of Bajor ended in 2369, the mining space-station Terok Nor was left abandoned, its systems ripped out. By invitation of the provisional Bajoran government,... more The Doctors (1963)
It began as an anthology series before becoming a full-fledged soap opera on March 2, 1964. BROADCAST HISTORY first seen at 2:30p weekdays; sometime in the 1970s, it moved to 12:00p weekdays... more
Wildfire"Wildfire" follows troubled Kris Furillo who, after serving time at a teen detention center, is given the opportunity to start a new life. Her talent with horses is recognized by a volunteer and... more
Working GirlWorking Girl is another hit movie that failed as a tv series. The 1988 film starred Melanie Griffith in the title role, with Sigourney Weaver as her insufferable boss, but the tv series had to... more
