Nicole de Boer was born December 20, 1970, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her parents thought she was a shy child and were surprised when she was awarded the lead role of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz at age 7. With that she was bitten with the acting bug. Her parents helped her find her an agent and later that year she made her television debut in a Christmas Special starring Red Skelton and Vincent Price. Her childhood was full of acting jobs in commercials and theatre.
In 1988 at age seventeen, she was cast as a series regular in the CBC drama 9B. In 1993 she replaced Terry Farrel as the Dax symbiont host for the seventh and final season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine she replaced Terry Farrel as the Dax symbiont host. This role introduced her to Michael Piller. When Michael created The Dead Zone she was given the lead role of Sarah Bracknell Bannerman.
She was married to John Kastner on December 18, 1999. He is a guitarist and singer for the rock band "All Systems Go". They have a home is Los Angeles and in 2007 welcomed their first daughter, Summer Lee Kastner.
In 1988 at age seventeen, she was cast as a series regular in the CBC drama 9B. In 1993 she replaced Terry Farrel as the Dax symbiont host for the seventh and final season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine she replaced Terry Farrel as the Dax symbiont host. This role introduced her to Michael Piller. When Michael created The Dead Zone she was given the lead role of Sarah Bracknell Bannerman.
She was married to John Kastner on December 18, 1999. He is a guitarist and singer for the rock band "All Systems Go". They have a home is Los Angeles and in 2007 welcomed their first daughter, Summer Lee Kastner.
Nicole returns to SciFi in 2008 with a guest spot on Stargate Atlantis. Nicole previously worked with series star David Hewlett on the 1997 film Cube.
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Nicole went through a "punk rocker" phase in her teens, but found out that her "look" kept her from attaining good roles.
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Due to Nicole's work in Star Trek:Deep Space Nine and for appearing in various other science fiction TV series and movies, she is a regular convention-goer worldwide.
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On stage Nicole has appeared in productions of The Father, Little Foxes, The Wizard of Oz, Anne of Green Gables, Our Town, and Little Women.
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Nicole enjoys traveling and has been known to drive long distances when she feels in the mood.
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Nicole's last name "de Boer" translates as '"the Farmer" in Dutch.
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Nicole had an uncredited appearance in The Hidden Room.
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Though many fans of DS9 were sorry to see Terry Farrell's popular character leave the series, Nicole's bubbly acting won most of them over with great speed.
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Nicole holds the second shortest role duration for a regular cast member in a Star Trek series, starring in only 25 episodes.
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