Nichelle Nichols

Nichelle Nichols (born Grace Dell Nichols; December 28, 1932 - July 30, 2022) was an American actress, singer and voice artist. She sang with Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton before turning to acting. Her most famous role is that of communications officer Lieutenant Uhura aboard the USS Enterprise in the popular Star Trek television series, as well as the succeeding motion pictures, where her character was eventually promoted in Starfleet to the rank of commander. In 2006, she added executive producer to her résumé. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nichelle Nichols, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Robbins, Illinois, USA, 1932-12-28

Died: 2022-07-30

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1959	Porgy and Bess	Dancer	61
2	1966	Made in Paris	Eleanor	44
3	1966	Mister Buddwing	Dice Player	59
4	1967	Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!	Jenny Ribbock	55
5	1967	Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion	Ruana	50
6	1970	Tarzan's Deadly Silence	Ruana	40
7	1974	Truck Turner	Dorinda	65
8	1976	Woman in the Rain	Singer	0
9	1979	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Lt. Cmdr. Uhura	65
10	1982	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	Cmdr. Uhura	75
11	1983	Antony and Cleopatra	Charmain	40
12	1984	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	Cmdr. Uhura	66
13	1985	Star Trek: The Menagerie	Nyota Uhura	0
14	1986	Super Duper Bloopers	Herself	60
15	1986	The Supernaturals	Sgt. Leona Hawkins	39
16	1986	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	Uhura	71
17	1988	The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next	Self	26
18	1989	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	Cmdr. Uhura	57
19	1991	Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special	Self	57
20	1991	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	Cmdr. Uhura	70
21	1992	Black Sci-Fi	Self	0
22	1993	Commander Toad in Space	SS Stella (voice)	0
23	1994	William Shatner: Captain's Log	Self	0
24	1994	Star Trek: A Captain's Log	Herself	55
25	1995	William Shatner's Star Trek Memories	Self	43
26	1995	The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space	Sagan	63
27	1996	Star Trek Story	Self	8
28	1996	The Last Angel of History	Self	67
29	1997	Trekkies	Self	63
30	1998	Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood	Self	0
31	2002	Snow Dogs	Amelia	56
32	2003	Roddenberry on Patrol	Grace	0
33	2004	Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century		65
34	2004	Birth of a Timeless Legacy		70
35	2005	Surge of Power: The Stuff of Heroes	Oman	100
36	2005	Are We There Yet?	Miss Mable	57
37	2006	40 Years of Star Trek	Self	43
38	2006	Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner	Self - Roaster	65
39	2007	Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier	Self	54
40	2007	Star Trek: Of Gods and Men	Captain Nyota Uhura	43
41	2008	The Torturer		34
42	2008	Lady Magdalene's	Lady Magdalene / Maggie, Singer	10
43	2008	Tru Loved	Grandmother	49
44	2009	Bring Back... Star Trek	Self	35
45	2010	Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster	Senator	61
46	2012	Get a Life!	Herself	70
47	2014	To Be Takei	Self	74
48	2015	Roddenberry's Trek	herself	0
49	2016	The Order	Athena	100
50	2016	50 Years of Star Trek	Self	66
51	2016	Building Star Trek	Herself	60
52	2016	For the Love of Spock	Self	75
53	2016	Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault	Self	57
54	2017	Renegades: The Requiem: Part 1	Admiral Grace Jemison	55
55	2017	Sharknado 5: Global Swarming	Secretary General of NATO	47
56	2018	The White Orchid	Teresa	55
57	2018	United We Fan	Self	60
58	2018	American Nightmares	Mystic Woman	50
59	2019	Surge of Dawn	Omen	0
60	2020	Unbelievable!!!!!	Sensei	47
61	2020	Star Trek: First Frontier	Nyota Uhura	55
62	2021	Woman in Motion	Self	68
63	2021	Star Trek Renegades OMINARA	Ominara	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1963	The Lieutenant	Norma Bartlett	60
2	1966	Goldene Kamera Verleihung	Self	35
3	1966	Star Trek	Uhura	80
4	1973	Star Trek	Uhura (voice)	68
5	1989	The Simpsons	Nichelle Nichols (voice)	80
6	1992	Batman: The Animated Series	Thoth Khepera (voice)	85
7	1994	Gargoyles	Diane Maza (voice)	81
8	1994	Spider-Man	Miriam (voice)	83
9	1995	Die Harald Schmidt Show	Self - Guest	70
10	1999	Futurama	Nichelle Nichols' Head (voice)	84
11	2000	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command	Chief (voice)	65
12	2002	After They Were Famous	Self	60
13	2003	Comedy Central Roasts	Self	0
14	2006	Heroes	Nana Dawson	75
15	2012	Comic Book Men	Self	68
16	2014	The Real History of Science Fiction	Self	69
17	2017	Downward Dog	Deejay Devine	63
18	2018	One Strange Rock	Self	77
19	2020	Challenger: The Final Flight	Self (archive footage)	71
20	2020	Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults	Self - Sister of Member (archive footage)	66
21	2021	Star Trek: Prodigy	Uhura (voice)	73
22	2021	The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek	Self	69