Nana Visitor Biography
Born: July 26, 1957
A versatile performer born into the lap of show business -- her parents were +Gypsy stage choreographer Robert_Tucker and ballet instructor Nenette Charisse, and her aunt (by marriage) acclaimed dancer Cyd_Charisse -- Nana Visitor grew up on the west side of Manhattan, not far from Broadway. Visitor followed her parents' lead by formally training as a ballet dancer from the age of seven, then segued into tap dance, and in virtually no time seemed destined for the stages of the Great White Way, an accomplishment secured by late adolescence. Visitor's stage credits include +My One and Only, +Gypsy, +42nd Street, and +The Ladies' Room; by the mid-'80s she began signing for on-camera appearances as well, often though not always in telemovies and series roles. Her best-known parts include a regular role as Major Kira Nerys on Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine for the series' entire seven-season run and a recurring part during the first season of James_Cameron's Dark_Angel as the nefarious Dr. Elizabeth Renfro (aka Madame X). Visitor then went on to star as Roxie Hart in a revival of the stage musical +Chicago before again taking a regular TV role. This time, Visitor played Jean Ritter on the horse-racing teen drama Wildfire. Nathan Southern, Rovi
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