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2->''"I have deep feelings about'' Franchise/StarTrek. ''I feel that it's able to present archetypes that are important story telling tools. And we need story telling."''
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4Nana Visitor (born Nana Tucker, July 26, 1957) is an American television and film actress most famous for her role as fiery, outspoken Kira Nerys on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' and as compassionate, hardworking Jean Ritter on Creator/ABCFamily's ''Series/{{Wildfire}}''. She has also guest starred in various other shows, including ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' and ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}''. Her film roles include Pamela Voorhees in ''Film/FridayThe13th2009'' reboot.
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6Visitor is notable for two things: she is one of the standout examples of WhenSheSmiles and she is fully capable of breaking a viewer's heart with her face alone. She excels at portraying characters that combine fiery independence and heartbreaking vulnerability and quite possibly has the most eloquent eyes in Hollywood.
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8During the run of ''Deep Space Nine'', she became involved with co-star Creator/AlexanderSiddig. When she got pregnant by Siddig, the writers incorporated her pregnancy into the show, beginning with "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E25BodyParts Body Parts]]" and lasting until "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E12TheBegotten The Begotten]]", after having given birth to their son during the production of "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E05TheAssignment The Assignment]]". The two got married in 1997, but divorced four years later. Visitor has a son from a previous marriage too. She is a neice of Hollywood musical star Creator/CydCharisse.

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