Nichelle Nichols, whose portrayal of starship communications officer Lieutenant Uhura on the 1960s sci-fi TV series “Star Trek” and subsequent movies broke colour barriers and helped redefine roles for Black actors, has died at age 89, her family said.
The series, which became a pop culture phenomenon, shattered stereotypes common on U.S. television at the time by casting Black and minority actors in high-profile roles on the show. Nichols also helped break colour barriers at NASA, whose leaders were “Star Trek” fans. After she criticized the space agency for failing to pick qualified women and minorities as astronauts, it hired Nichols in the 1970s to help in recruiting.Her efforts helped attract, among others, the first woman U.S. astronaut, Sally Ride; the first Black woman astronaut, Mae Jemison; and the first Black NASA chief, Charlie Bolden.
Nichols appeared in six “Star Trek” films ending with “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” in 1991. She felt differently about “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry, who cast her after she had acted in a previous show he produced. Nichols had a romance with him in the 1960s and sang a song called “Gene” at his 1991 funeral.
'The first' Whoever wrote this story is totally ignorant of the history of black actresses in American films, but that's what a Globe'n'Snail journo-kitten usually is: ignorant.
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Epic lady. One of my first crushes on the TV. A worthy spokesperson to the wokesters in this age of fake heroes and role models.
RIP. May the Force be with her.
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