Nichelle Nichols was an American actress known for her role as Communications Officer Uhura in Star Trek: The Original Series, a role she played from 1966 to 1969. She was in six Star Trek movies from 1979 to 1991. Since then, she has appeared in numerous roles including Heroes in 2007. She was born in Robbins, Illinois, USA.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
The Real History of Science Fiction (2014)
Guest starring as "Lt. Uhura" - Star Trek
- Episode 1x02: Space (Apr 26, 2014)
Oprah: Where Are They Now? (2012)
Guest starring as Nichelle Nichols
- Episode 7x07: Chaz Bono, Sugar Ray Leonard, Linda Blair, Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols (Feb 6, 2016)
Comic Book Men (2012)
Guest starring as Nichelle Nichols
- Episode 3x10: Uhura's Uhura (Feb 16, 2014) [Special Guest Star]
innerSPACE (2008)
Guest starring as Nichelle Nichols
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2018-02-13: Tuesday, February 13 (Feb 13, 2018)
- Episode 2017-11-02: Thursday, November 02 (Nov 2, 2017)
Pioneers of Television (2008)
Guest starring as Nichelle Nichols
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x03: Breaking Barriers (Apr 29, 2014)
- Episode 2x01: Science Fiction (Jan 18, 2011)
Heroes (2006)
Guest starring as Nana
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: Truth & Consequences (Nov 26, 2007)
- Episode 2x08: Four Months Ago... (Nov 12, 2007)
- Episode 2x05: Fight or Flight (Oct 22, 2007)
- Episode 2x04: The Kindness of Strangers (Oct 15, 2007)
- Episode 2x03: Kindred (Oct 8, 2007)
Comedy Central Roasts (2003)
Guest starring as Nichelle Nichols
- Episode 2006-08-20: Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner (Aug 20, 2006)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000)
Guest starring as Chief
- Episode 1x32: The Yukari Imprint (Nov 7, 2000)
Futurama (1999)
Guest starring as Nichelle Nichols' Head
- Episode 4x12: Where No Fan Has Gone Before (Apr 21, 2002) [Special Guest Star]
Guest starring as Nichelle Nichols
- Episode 2x20: Anthology of Interest I (May 21, 2000) [Special Guest Star]
Spider-Man (1994)
Guest starring as Miriam
(2 episodes)
- Episode 5x10: Secret Wars, Chapter II - The Gauntlet of the Red Skull (Nov 14, 1997)
- Episode 4x07: Chapter VII - The Vampire Queen (May 17, 1997)
Gargoyles (1994)
Guest starring as Diane Maza
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x34: Mark of the Panther (Feb 8, 1996)
- Episode 1x12: Her Brother's Keeper (Jan 27, 1995)
- Episode 1x08: Deadly Force (Nov 18, 1994)
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
Guest starring as Thoth Khepera
- Episode 2x08: Avatar (May 9, 1994)
Head of the Class (1986)
Guest starring as Nichelle Nichols
- Episode 2x18: For Better, For Worse (Mar 2, 1988)
Super Password (1984)
Guest starring as Celebrity Contestant
- Episode 3x16: Jan. 5 - 9, 1987 (Jan 5, 1987)
Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973)
Guest starring as Kali
- Episode 1x12: The Time Trap (Nov 24, 1973)
Guest starring as Lt. Nyota Uhura
(17 episodes)
- Episode 2x06: The Counter-Clock Incident (Oct 12, 1974)
- Episode 2x05: How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth (Oct 5, 1974)
- Episode 2x04: Albatross (Sep 28, 1974)
- Episode 2x03: The Practical Joker (Sep 21, 1974)
- Episode 2x02: Bem (Sep 14, 1974)
- Episode 2x01: The Pirates of Orion (Sep 7, 1974)
- Episode 1x14: The Slaver Weapon (Dec 15, 1973)
- Episode 1x12: The Time Trap (Nov 24, 1973)
- Episode 1x11: The Terratin Incident (Nov 17, 1973)
- Episode 1x10: Mudd's Passion (Nov 10, 1973)
- Episode 1x09: Once Upon a Planet (Nov 3, 1973)
- Episode 1x08: The Magicks of Megas-Tu (Oct 27, 1973)
- Episode 1x07: The Infinite Vulcan (Oct 20, 1973)
- Episode 1x05: More Tribbles, More Troubles (Oct 6, 1973)
- Episode 1x04: The Lorelei Signal (Sep 29, 1973)
- Episode 1x03: One of Our Planets Is Missing (Sep 22, 1973)
- Episode 1x01: Beyond the Farthest Star (Sep 8, 1973)
Guest starring as Lt. Anne Nored
- Episode 1x06: The Survivor (Oct 13, 1973)
Guest starring as Devna
- Episode 1x12: The Time Trap (Nov 24, 1973)
Tarzan (1966)
Guest starring as Ruana
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x09: The Deadly Silence (2) (Nov 4, 1966)
- Episode 1x08: The Deadly Silence (1) (Oct 28, 1966)
Star Trek (1966)
Guest starring as Lt. Nyota Uhura
(62 episodes)
- Episode 3x22: The Savage Curtain (Mar 7, 1969)
- Episode 3x21: The Cloud Minders (Feb 28, 1969)
- Episode 3x19: Requiem for Methuselah (Feb 14, 1969)
- Episode 3x18: The Lights of Zetar (Jan 31, 1969)
- Episode 3x17: That Which Survives (Jan 24, 1969)
- Episode 3x16: The Mark of Gideon (Jan 17, 1969)
- Episode 3x15: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (Jan 10, 1969)
- Episode 3x14: Whom Gods Destroy (Jan 3, 1969)
- Episode 3x13: Elaan of Troyius (Dec 20, 1968)
- Episode 3x11: Wink of an Eye (Nov 29, 1968)
- Episode 3x10: Plato's Stepchildren (Nov 22, 1968)
- Episode 3x09: The Tholian Web (Nov 15, 1968)
- Episode 3x08: For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky (Nov 8, 1968)
- Episode 3x07: Day of the Dove (Nov 1, 1968)
- Episode 3x06: Spectre of the Gun (Oct 25, 1968)
- Episode 3x05: Is There in Truth No Beauty? (Oct 18, 1968)
- Episode 3x04: And the Children Shall Lead (Oct 11, 1968)
- Episode 3x02: The Enterprise Incident (Sep 27, 1968)
- Episode 3x01: Spock's Brain (Sep 20, 1968)
- Episode 2x26: Assignment: Earth (Mar 29, 1968)
- Episode 2x25: Bread and Circuses (Mar 15, 1968)
- Episode 2x24: The Ultimate Computer (Mar 8, 1968)
- Episode 2x23: The Omega Glory (Mar 1, 1968)
- Episode 2x22: By Any Other Name (Feb 23, 1968)
- Episode 2x21: Patterns of Force (Feb 16, 1968)
- Episode 2x20: Return to Tomorrow (Feb 9, 1968)
- Episode 2x19: A Private Little War (Feb 2, 1968)
- Episode 2x18: The Immunity Syndrome (Jan 19, 1968)
- Episode 2x17: A Piece of the Action (Jan 12, 1968)
- Episode 2x16: The Gamesters of Triskelion (Jan 5, 1968)
- Episode 2x15: The Trouble with Tribbles (Dec 29, 1967)
- Episode 2x13: Obsession (Dec 15, 1967)
- Episode 2x12: The Deadly Years (Dec 8, 1967)
- Episode 2x11: Friday's Child (Dec 1, 1967)
- Episode 2x10: Journey to Babel (Nov 17, 1967)
- Episode 2x09: Metamorphosis (Nov 10, 1967)
- Episode 2x08: I, Mudd (Nov 3, 1967)
- Episode 2x07: Catspaw (Oct 27, 1967)
- Episode 2x04: Mirror, Mirror (Oct 6, 1967)
- Episode 2x03: The Changeling (Sep 29, 1967)
- Episode 2x02: Who Mourns for Adonais? (Sep 22, 1967)
- Episode 2x01: Amok Time (Sep 15, 1967)
- Episode 1x29: Operation: Annihilate! (Apr 13, 1967)
- Episode 1x28: The City on the Edge of Forever (Apr 6, 1967)
- Episode 1x27: The Alternative Factor (Mar 30, 1967)
- Episode 1x26: Errand of Mercy (Mar 23, 1967)
- Episode 1x24: This Side of Paradise (Mar 2, 1967)
- Episode 1x23: A Taste of Armageddon (Feb 23, 1967)
- Episode 1x22: Space Seed (Feb 16, 1967)
- Episode 1x21: The Return of the Archons (Feb 9, 1967)
- Episode 1x20: Court Martial (Feb 2, 1967)
- Episode 1x19: Tomorrow Is Yesterday (Jan 26, 1967)
- Episode 1x18: Arena (Jan 19, 1967)
- Episode 1x17: The Squire of Gothos (Jan 12, 1967)
- Episode 1x16: The Galileo Seven (Jan 5, 1967)
- Episode 1x14: Balance of Terror (Dec 15, 1966)
- Episode 1x13: The Conscience of the King (Dec 8, 1966) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x11: The Menagerie Part I (Nov 17, 1966)
- Episode 1x10: The Corbomite Maneuver (Nov 10, 1966)
- Episode 1x04: The Naked Time (Sep 29, 1966)
- Episode 1x02: Charlie X (Sep 15, 1966)
- Episode 1x01: The Man Trap (Sep 8, 1966)
Guest starring as Mirror Uhura
- Episode 2x04: Mirror, Mirror (Oct 6, 1967)