Nichelle Nichols

Nichelle Nichols was born on Dec 28, 1932 in USA. Nichelle Nichols's big-screen debut came with Porgy and Bess directed by Otto Preminger in 1959. Nichelle Nichols is known for Surge of Dawn directed by Alexander Fernandez, Victoria Amber stars as Eva Santiago and Vincent J. Roth as Gavin Lucas. Nichelle Nichols has got 5 awards and 5 nominations so far. The most recent award Nichelle Nichols achieved is Online Film & Television Association. The upcoming new movie Nichelle Nichols plays is Star Trek First Frontier which will be released on Sep 08, 2020.

Nichelle Nichols was one of 10 children born to parents Lishia and Samuel Nichols in Robbins, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. She was a singer and dancer before turning to acting and finding fame in her groundbreaking role of Lt. Nyota Uhura in the Star Trek (1966) series.As long as she could remember, she wanted to do nothing but sing, dance, act and write despite no one else in her family following any of those tracks; although her father could tap dance. He not only became mayor of their town, Robbins, IL, but also a magistrate. On stage, Nichelle was twice nominated for the Sarah Siddons Award as Best Actress of the Year; while on film she danced with Sammy Davis, Jr. in Porgy and Bess, and opposite James Garner in Mister Budwing (1965). In a complete changearound soon after the Star Trek television series came to an end, she played a blousey madam, then co-starred with Lynn Redgrave n Antony and Cleopatra. She was been married twice and had a son, Kyle Johnson, from her first marriage to a tap dancer.