Nana Visitor (born July 26, 1957) is an American actress, best known for playing Colonel (previously Major) Kira Nerys in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9) and Jean Ritter in the television series Wildfire.
Visitor began her acting career in the 1970s on the Broadway stage in such productions as My One and Only. Her film debut (billed as Nana Tucker) came in the 1977 film, The Sentinel. On television, Visitor co-starred in the short-lived 1976 sitcom, Ivan the Terrible and from 1978 to 1982 had short-lived regular roles on three soap operas: Ryan's Hope, The Doctors, and One Life to Live.
In 1988 Nana made a guest appearance on the TV series Night Court as a lost mental patient. Prior to obtaining the role of Kira on DS9, Visitor co-starred in a short-lived sitcom based upon the film Working Girl and co-starred in a failed television pilot for a series based upon the comic strip character, The Spirit. After DS9 ended, she had a recurring role as a villain on the series Dark Angel and starred as Roxie Hart in the touring company of the musical Chicago to favorable reviews. Visitor was then cast as Jean Ritter on the ABC Family series Wildfire which premiered on June 20, 2005. She appeared as a guest star in the Battlestar Galactica episode "Faith" in 2008.
Nana Visitor has been cast as Pamela Voorhees in the 2009 Friday the 13th remake.
Visitor was born in New York City as Nana Tucker, the daughter of Nenette Charisse, a ballet teacher, and Robert Tucker, a choreographer; she is a niece of actress/dancer Cyd Charisse.
Visitor was married to Nick Miscusi before she was cast on DS9, but the two divorced in 1994 shortly after the series began. The two had a son named Buster.
Visitor married fellow Star Trek actor Alexander Siddig (formerly Siddig el-Fadil) in 1997. They had a son in 1996, named Django El Tahir El Siddig, and her pregnancy was incorporated into a DS9 storyline. Visitor and Siddig divorced in 2001. Visitor married Matthew Rimmer on 2 April 2003.
