nichelle nichols was the black lady on star trek.
nichelle nichols was the black lady on star trek.
who was the black lady on star trek?
nichelle nichols
several actors were cast in roles which recurred throughout the seven seasons on television and into the four feature films. majel barrett, referred to as "the first lady of "star trek"" due to her marriage with roddenberry, appeared both as the voice of starfleet computers and as lwaxana troi. the part of lwaxana was specifically created for her. she had appeared in "the original series" and two "star trek" films as christine chapel, and as number one in the original pilot "". john de lancie was cast as q despite missing his first audition as it conflicted with a play he was in at the time. a second audition was arranged, where de lancie impressed roddenberry, who told him that "you make my words sound better than they are." colm meaney was originally cast as an unnamed ensign in "encounter at farpoint", but was subsequently cast as the transporter chief miles o'brien, appearing in 52 episodes in that role. whoopi goldberg approached the producers and asked for a role in the series, resulting in roddenberry writing her the role of guinan. she credits nichelle nichols as uhura in "the original series" as inspiring her, saying "when i was nine years old star trek came on, i looked at it and i went screaming through the house, 'come here, mom, everybody, come quick, come quick, there's a black lady on television and she ain't no maid!' i knew right then and there i could be anything i wanted to be." she made her first appearance in the second series episode "" and went on to appear in a total of 28 episodes plus both "star trek generations" and "".
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