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Nana Tucker ( ; born July 26, 1957), known professionally as Nana Visitor, is an American actress, best known for playing
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in the television series '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' and Jean Ritter in the television series ''
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''.


Early life

Nana Tucker was born July 26, 1957, in New York City, the daughter of Nenette Charisse, a ballet teacher, and Robert Tucker, a choreographer; she is a niece of actress/dancer
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.


Career

Visitor began her acting career in the 1970s on the
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stage in such productions as '' My One and Only''. Her film debut (billed by her birth name, Nana Tucker) came in the 1977 horror film '' The Sentinel.'' On television, Visitor co-starred in the short-lived 1976 sitcom '' Ivan the Terrible'' and from 1978 to 1982, had short-lived regular roles on three soap operas: '' Ryan's Hope,'' '' The Doctors,'' and ''
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.'' She adopted the stage name "Nana Visitor" in the early 1980s. In 1984, she appeared in a season-two episode of '' Hunter.'' In 1985, Visitor made appearances on the television series ''
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,'' in the season-one episode "Hellfire" as Laura Farren, and in the season-two episode "DOA: MacGyver" as Carol Varnay. She also made an appearance in the fourth-season ''
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'' episode titled "Steele Blushing" the same year. In 1986, she appeared in "Hills of Fire", a fourth-season episode of ''
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,'' as well as third-season ''
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'' episodes "Love at Second Sight" and "Love and Marriage, Part II" as Margaret Swann. In 1987, Visitor appeared as Ellen Dolan in a failed
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for Will Eisner's pulp comic creation ''
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,'' starring
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as the title character and
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as her father, Commissioner Dolan. In 1988, she made a guest appearance on the sitcom ''
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'' as a mental patient who is obsessed with the movies. That same year, she made a guest appearance on the television series '' In the Heat of the Night'' as the owner of the Sparta newspaper. She also made a guest appearance that year in an episode of '' Matlock.'' In 1989, Visitor appeared as a guest on the fifth episode of the television series ''
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'' as Charmagne, a rock star who has a throat nodule removed at Doogie's hospital, and as Miles Drentell's glamorous girlfriend, in "Success", a 1989 episode of ''
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''s second season. In 1990, Visitor co-starred with
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in the short-lived sitcom ''
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,'' which was based on the feature film of the same name. From 1993 to 1999, Visitor appeared on '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' as Major (later Colonel)
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, a former freedom fighter/terrorist from the planet Bajor, who fought against the occupation of her world by the Cardassians. After the occupation ended, she was appointed as first officer to the series's eponymous space station, built by the Cardassians and turned over to
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management. After ''DS9'' ended, Visitor had a recurring role as villain Dr. Elizabeth Renfro on the television series '' Dark Angel.'' Nana then starred as Roxie Hart in both the touring and Broadway companies of the musical ''
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,'' including starring as Roxie as curtains rose again after September 11, 2001. Visitor was then cast as Jean Ritter on the
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series ''
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,'' which premiered on June 20, 2005. In 2008, she appeared as Emily Kowalski, a dying cancer patient in "
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", an episode of the reimagined ''
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''s fourth season. Visitor had a small role as
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in the 2009 version of '' Friday the 13th.'' She has also lent her voice in a few guest appearances on the sitcom ''
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,'' such as Rita in the episode " Brian's Got a Brand New Bag", and as the voice of the ''Enterprise'' in " Extra Large Medium." In 2011, she had a small part in the Hammer Horror film '' The Resident,'' playing the realtor. She appeared in '' Torchwood: Miracle Day'' episodes seven (" Immortal Sins") and eight (" End of the Road"). In 2012, she appeared as Dr. Patty Barker, a canine psychotherapist, in "An Embarrassment of Bitches", a season-four episode of ABC's ''
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''.


Personal life

Visitor was married to Nick Miscusi from 1989 to 1994. They have one son together. Visitor began dating her ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' co-star
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and married him in June 1997. They divorced in April 2001. They had a son together, and her pregnancy was incorporated into her character and the series storyline, beginning in the 1996 fourth-season episode " Body Parts". She gave birth to her son Django on September 16, 1996, during production of the episode " The Assignment," though her character would remain pregnant until the fifth-season episode "
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". In early 2002, Visitor became engaged to Matthew Rimmer, company manager for the musical ''Chicago,'' and they wed in April 2003. Visitor and her ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' co-star Terry Farrell were honored in 2001 when
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named two
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he had discovered after them – asteroid 26733 Nanavisitor and asteroid 26734 Terryfarrell.


Filmography


Film


Television


Stage


Video games


Web series


References


External links

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