Nana Visitor (born Nana Tucker; July 26, 1957) is an American actress, known for playing Kira Nerys in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Jean Ritter in the television series Wildfire. 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 Cyd Charisse. Visitor became pregnant by her Deep Space Nine co-star Alexander Siddig (also known as Siddig el-Fadil) in 1996, and the pregnancy was incorporated into a DS9 storyline, beginning in the fourth season episode "Body Parts",which premiered in June 1996. She gave birth to her son, Django El Tahir El Siddig, during production of the episode "The Assignment", though her character would remain pregnant until the fifth season episode "The Begotten", which premiered in January 1997. Visitor and Siddig married in June 1997 and divorced in April 2001. In early 2002, Visitor became engaged to Matthew Rimmer, company manager for the musical Chicago, and they wed in April 2003.

Filmography

• 2024Friends of Sophia
• 2023Mis-Alignment — Dr Z
• Resident Alien — The Mayor
• Star Trek: Lower Decks — Kira Nerys (voice)
• 2020Unbelievable!!!!! — Samantha Stamen
• 2018A Bread Factory, Part One: For the Sake of Gold — Elsa
• 2018A Bread Factory, Part Two: Walk With Me A While — Elsa
• 2018Killer Grandma — Yvonne Hutcherson
• 2015A Rising Tide — Eva Rama
• 2015Ted 2 — Adoption Agent
• Grimm — Melissa Wincroft
• 2011The Resident — Real Estate Agent
• Castle — Patty Barker
• 2009Friday the 13th — Pamela Voorhees
• 2008Swing Vote — Galena Greenleaf
• 2007Babysitter Wanted — Linda Albright
• 2006Mini's First Time — Principal Patty Andrews
• Torchwood — Olivia Colasanto
• Wildfire — Jean Ritter
• Battlestar Galactica — Emily Kowalski
• 2004They Are Among Us — Colette
• Las Vegas — Vera
• According to Jim — Veronica
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Mrs. Garbett-Katz
• Dark Angel — Elizabeth Renfro
• Family Guy — Brenda Quagmire / Woman (voice), Rita (voice), Lottery Announcer (voice), Audition Caller (voice), Justin's Mom (voice), Nancy Pelosi (voice), Mother (voice)
• 1995Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior — Kira Nerys
• The Outer Limits — Cecilia Fairman
• Burke's Law — Patricia Jackson
• Frasier — Sharon
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Kira Nerys
• 1993Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary — Kira Nerys
• Max Monroe: Loose Cannon — Lindsay Sloane
• Working Girl — Bryn Newhouse
• Doogie Howser, M.D. — Charmagne
• 1989Nikki and Alexander — Jeri Lea
• 1988A Father's Homecoming — Laura Purcell
• 1988Meet the Munceys — Billie Muncey
• Jake and the Fatman
• 1987The Spirit — Ellen Dolan
• thirtysomething
• L.A. Law — Betsy Major
• Matlock — Vanessa Douglas, Dr. Clara Farmington, Erin Whitley / Shannon Blackwell
• MacGyver — Carol Varnay, Laura Farren
• The Colbys
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Doris
• The Twilight Zone — Lori (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
• Highway to Heaven
• Hunter — Amy Laurton
• Murder, She Wrote — Marcia McPhee
• Night Court — Valerie Sanders
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King
• Hotel
• Knight Rider — Sandra Rusk
• Remington Steele — Eileen Fitzgerald
• 1977The Sentinel — Girl at End (as Nana Tucker)

Appearances as themselves (16)

• Star Trek: Legenden — Self - Kira Nerys
• 2026The Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World — Self
• The D-Con Chamber — Self
• 2024To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager — Self
• The Shuttlepod Show — Self
• A Captain's Log — Self
• Star Trek Day — Self
• 2018What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Self
• The Captains Close Up — Self
• 2012Get a Life! — Self
• 2011The Captains — Self
• 2010The Captains of The Final Frontier — Self
• 2004Trekkies 2 — Herself
• 2003Deep Space Nine: Ending an Era — Self
• 1996Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond — Self
• 1993Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes — Herself