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My Take
For me, Nana Visitor will always be Kira Nerys. What I admire about her run on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is that she got to play a former resistance fighter who carried real anger and faith, not just a sidekick in a uniform. Watching Major Kira grow into Colonel over seven seasons felt earned. I also like that she didn't stop there, putting in solid work on Wildfire and across stage and film. Born in New York in 1957 to a theatrical family, she clearly came up loving the craft, and that lived-in commitment is exactly what keeps me coming back to her performances.
Overview
Nana Visitor ( nə-NAH; born Nana Tucker; July 26, 1957) is an American actress, best known for playing Major, later Colonel, Kira Nerys in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Jean Ritter in the television series Wildfire.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Nana Visitor
- Name (Japanese)
- ナナ・ヴィジター
- Reading
- なな・ゔぃじたー
- Born
- July 26, 1957 (age 68)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Rooster
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / actor / stage actor / film actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.