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| birth_name = Grace Dell Nichols
| birth_place = [[Robbins, Illinois]],
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| residence = [[Woodland Hills, California]]
| home_town = [[Chicago, Illinois]],
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She played communications officer Lieutenant (later, Commander) [[Uhura]] aboard the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'']] in the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' television series (1966–1969), as well as the succeeding motion pictures. Nichols' role was groundbreaking as one of the first [[African Americans|African American]] female characters on American television not portrayed as a servant.<ref name="WSJ-MLK" /> She also worked to recruit diverse astronauts to NASA, including women and ethnic minorities.▼
▲She played communications officer Lieutenant (later, Commander) [[Uhura]] aboard the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'']] in the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' television series (1966–1969), as well as the succeeding motion pictures. Nichols' role was groundbreaking as one of the first [[African Americans|African American]] female characters on American television not portrayed as a servant.<ref name="WSJ-MLK" /> She also worked to recruit diverse astronauts to NASA, including women and ethnic minorities.
==Early life==
She studied in Chicago as well as New York and Los Angeles. Her break came in an appearance in ''[[Oscar Brown#Stage and television|Kicks and Co.]]'', [[Oscar Brown]]'s highly touted, but ill-fated 1961 musical.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/cast.php?showid=8651#content|title=Kicks and Co. Original Broadway Cast – 1961 Broadway|publisher=BroadwayWorld|accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref> In a thinly veiled satire of ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine, she played Hazel Sharpe, a voluptuous campus queen who was being tempted by the devil and ''Orgy Magazine'' to become "Orgy Maiden of the Month". Although the play closed after its brief try-out in Chicago, in an ironic twist, she attracted the attention of [[Hugh Hefner]], the publisher of ''Playboy'', who booked her for his Chicago Playboy Club.<ref name='Ebony-Jan1962'>{{cite journal |editor1-first=John H. |editor1-last=Johnson |date=January 1962 |title=Satirical flop brings star success |journal=Ebony |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=41–42, 44, 46–47 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. |location=Chicago, Illinois }}</ref><ref name='Jet-12JOct1961'>{{cite journal |last=Still |first=Larry |editor1-first=John H. |editor1-last=Johnson |editor1-link= |date=October 12, 1961 |title=Oscar Brown musical gets warm reception in windy city |journal=Jet |volume=20 |issue=25 |pages=58–61 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. |location=Chicago, Illinois }}</ref> While still in Chicago, she performed at the "Blue Angel", and in New York, Nichols appeared at that city's Blue Angel as a dancer and singer.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} She also appeared in the role of Carmen for a Chicago stock company production of ''[[Carmen Jones]]'' and performed in a New York production of ''[[Porgy and Bess]]''. Between acting and singing engagements, Nichols did occasional modeling work.▼
▲She studied in Chicago as well as New York and Los Angeles. Her break came in an appearance in ''[[Oscar Brown#Stage and television|Kicks and Co.]]'', [[Oscar Brown]]'s highly touted, but ill-fated 1961 musical.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/cast.php?showid=8651#content|title=Kicks and Co. Original Broadway Cast – 1961 Broadway|publisher=BroadwayWorld|accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref> In a thinly veiled satire of ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine, she played Hazel Sharpe, a voluptuous campus queen who was being tempted by the devil and ''Orgy Magazine'' to become "Orgy Maiden of the Month". Although the play closed after its brief try-out in Chicago, in an ironic twist, she attracted the attention of [[Hugh Hefner]], the publisher of ''Playboy'', who booked her for his Chicago Playboy Club.<ref name='Ebony-Jan1962'>{{cite journal |editor1-first=John H. |editor1-last=Johnson |date=January 1962 |title=Satirical flop brings star success |journal=Ebony |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=41–42, 44, 46–47 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. |location=Chicago, Illinois }}</ref><ref name='Jet-12JOct1961'>{{cite journal |last=Still |first=Larry |editor1-first=John H. |editor1-last=Johnson |editor1-link= |date=October 12, 1961 |title=Oscar Brown musical gets warm reception in windy city |journal=Jet |volume=20 |issue=25 |pages=58–61 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. |location=Chicago, Illinois }}</ref> While still in Chicago, she performed at the "Blue Angel", and in New York, Nichols appeared at that city's Blue Angel as a dancer and singer.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} She also appeared in the role of Carmen for a Chicago stock company production of ''[[Carmen Jones]]'' and performed in a New York production of ''[[Porgy and Bess]]''. Between acting and singing engagements, Nichols did occasional modeling work.
Nichols toured the United States, Canada and Europe as a singer with the [[Duke Ellington]] and [[Lionel Hampton]] bands.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/pioneers-of-television/pioneering-people/nichelle-nichols/|title=Nichelle Nichols|work=Pioneers of Television}}</ref> On the West Coast, she appeared in ''[[The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd]]'', ''For My People'', and garnered high praise for her performance in the [[James Baldwin]] play ''[[Blues for Mister Charlie]]''. Prior to being cast as Lieutenant Uhura in ''Star Trek'', Nichols was a guest actress on television producer [[Gene Roddenberry]]'s first series ''[[The Lieutenant]]'' (1964) in an episode, "[[To Set It Right]]", which dealt with racial prejudice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=john&p=423&item=T78:0377|title=Lieutenant, The: To Set It Right (TV)|publisher=The Paley Center for Media|accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref>▼
▲Nichols toured the United States, Canada and Europe as a singer with the [[Duke Ellington]] and [[Lionel Hampton]] bands.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/pioneers-of-television/pioneering-people/nichelle-nichols/|title=Nichelle Nichols|work=Pioneers of Television}}</ref> On the West Coast, she appeared in ''[[The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd]]'', ''For My People'', and garnered high praise for her performance in the [[James Baldwin]] play ''[[Blues for Mister Charlie]]''. Prior to being cast as Lieutenant Uhura in ''Star Trek'', Nichols was a guest actress on television producer [[Gene Roddenberry]]'s first series ''[[The Lieutenant]]'' (1964) in an episode, "[[To Set It Right]]", which dealt with racial prejudice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=john&p=423&item=T78:0377|title=Lieutenant, The: To Set It Right (TV)|publisher=The Paley Center for Media|accessdate=1 September 2013}}</ref>
==''Star Trek''==▼
▲==''Star Trek''==
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[[Image:Nichelle Nichols, NASA Recruiter - GPN-2004-00017.jpg|thumb|right|upright||Nichols as Lieutenant Uhura]]
On ''Star Trek'', Nichols was one of the first black women featured in a major television series not portraying a servant<ref name="WSJ-MLK" />; her prominent supporting role as a [[bridge (nautical)|bridge]] officer was unprecedented. During the first year of the series, Nichols was tempted to leave the show, as she wanted to pursue a Broadway career; however, a conversation with Dr. [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] changed her mind. She has said that King personally encouraged her to stay on the show, telling her that he was a big fan of ''Star Trek''. He said she "could not give up" because she was playing a vital role model for black children and young women across the country, as well as for other children who would see blacks appearing as equals.<ref name="WSJ-MLK">{{cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/01/17/star-treks-nichelle-nichols-on-how-martin-luther-king-king-jr-changed-her-life/ | work=SpeakEasy | title=‘Star Trek’s’ Nichelle Nichols on How Martin Luther King Jr. Changed Her Life | first=Dennis | last=Nishi | date=January 17, 2011}}</ref><ref name="NYDN-MLK">{{cite news| url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2011/01/17/2011-01-17_star_trek_actress_nichelle_nichols_martin_luther_king_jr_impacted_decision_to_st.html | location=New York | work=Daily News | title='Star Trek' actress Nichelle Nichols: Martin Luther King Jr. impacted decision to stay on Enterprise | first=Richard | last=Huff | date=January 17, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startalkradio.net/show/a-conversation-with-nichelle-nichols/|title=Interview by Neil deGrasse Tyson on ''StarTalk'', relating her encounter with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.|work=StarTalk Radio Show by Neil deGrasse Tyson|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|first=Nichelle|last=Nichols|title=Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories|publisher=G. P. Putnam & Sons|location=New York|year=1994|pages=164–65}}</ref> In an interview, she said that the day after she told Roddenberry she planned to leave the show, she was at a fundraiser at the NAACP and was told there was a big fan who wanted to meet her. Nichols said:
<blockquote>I thought it was a Trekkie, and so I said, 'Sure.' I looked across the room, and there was Dr. Martin Luther King walking towards me with this big grin on his face. He reached out to me and said, 'Yes, Ms. Nichols, I am your greatest fan.' He said that ''Star Trek'' was the only show that he, and his wife Coretta, would allow their three little children to stay up and watch. [She told King about her plans to leave the series.] I never got to tell him why, because he said, 'You can't. You're part of history.'</blockquote>
In her role as Lieutenant [[Uhura]], Nichols kissed [[White people|white]] actor [[William Shatner]] as Captain [[James T. Kirk]] in the November 22, 1968, ''Star Trek'' episode "[[Plato's Stepchildren]]". The episode is cited as the first example of an interracial kiss on U.S. television.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/shattered-tv-taboos-1005496.aspx|title=Shattered TV Taboos: How Bea Arthur and Others Broke Barriers|work=TV Guide|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/entertainment/060907_star_trek.html|title=After 40 Years, Star Trek 'Won't Die'|work=Space.com|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trektoday.com/news/050901_05.shtml|title=TrekToday – Nichols Talks First Inter-Racial Kiss|publisher=|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref> The Shatner/Nichols kiss was seen as groundbreaking, even though it was portrayed as having been forced by [[Extraterrestrial life|alien]] [[Psychokinesis|telekinesis]]. There was some praise and some protest. On page 197 of her 1994 autobiography ''Beyond Uhura, Star Trek and Other Memories'', Nichols cites a letter from a white Southerner who wrote, "I am totally opposed to the mixing of the races. However, any time a red-blooded American boy like Captain Kirk gets a beautiful dame in his arms that looks like Uhura, he ain't gonna fight it." During the [[Comedy Central Roast]] of Shatner on August 20, 2006, Nichols jokingly referred to the kiss and said, "Let's make TV history again—''and you can kiss my black ass!''"▼
==Other acting roles==▼
In 1994, Nichols published her autobiography ''Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories''. In it, she claimed that the role of Peggy Fair in the television series ''[[Mannix]]'' was offered to her during the final season of ''Star Trek'', but producer Gene Roddenberry refused to release her from her contract. Between the end of the original series and the ''Star Trek'' animated series and feature films, Nichols appeared in small television and film roles. She briefly appeared as a secretary in ''[[Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!]]'' (1967), and portrayed a foul-mouthed madam in ''[[Truck Turner]]'' (1974) opposite [[Isaac Hayes]], her only appearance in a [[blaxploitation]] film.▼
Nichols appeared in animated form as one of [[Al Gore]]'s Vice Presidential Action Rangers in the "[[Anthology of Interest I]]" episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', and she provided the voice of her own head in a glass jar in the episode "[[Where No Fan Has Gone Before]]". She voiced the recurring role of [[Elisa Maza]]'s mother Diane Maza in the animated series ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]'', and played Thoth-Kopeira in an episode of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]''. In 2004, she provided the voice for herself in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Simple Simpson]]".▼
▲In her role as Lieutenant [[Uhura]], Nichols kissed [[White people|white]] actor [[William Shatner]] as Captain [[James T. Kirk]] in the November 22, 1968, ''Star Trek'' episode "[[Plato's Stepchildren]]". The episode is cited as the first example of an interracial kiss on U.S. television.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/shattered-tv-taboos-1005496.aspx|title=Shattered TV Taboos: How Bea Arthur and Others Broke Barriers|work=TV Guide|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/entertainment/060907_star_trek.html|title=After 40 Years, Star Trek 'Won't Die'|work=Space.com|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trektoday.com/news/050901_05.shtml|title=TrekToday – Nichols Talks First Inter-Racial Kiss|publisher=|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref> The Shatner/Nichols kiss was seen as groundbreaking, even though it was portrayed as having been forced by [[Extraterrestrial life|alien]] [[Psychokinesis|telekinesis]]. There was some praise and some protest. On page 197 of her 1994 autobiography ''Beyond Uhura, Star Trek and Other Memories'', Nichols cites a letter from a white Southerner who wrote, "I am totally opposed to the mixing of the races. However, any time a red-blooded American boy like Captain Kirk gets a beautiful dame in his arms that looks like Uhura, he ain't gonna fight it." During the [[Comedy Central Roast]] of Shatner on August 20, 2006, Nichols jokingly referred to the kiss and said, "Let's make TV history again—''and you can kiss my black ass!''"
On August 30, 2016, she was introduced as the aging mother of Neil Winters on the long-standing soap opera ''[[The Young and the Restless]]''. She received her first [[Daytime Emmy]] nomination in the "[[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series]]" category for this role March 22, 2017.<ref name="NATAS 2017">{{cite web|title=The 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations |url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_44th_nominations_v02.pdf |publisher=emmyonline.org and [[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]] |accessdate=March 22, 2017 |date=March 22, 2017|format=PDF|location=[[New York City]] |df= }}</ref>▼
==Music==▼
Nichols has released two music albums. ''Down to Earth'' is a collection of standards released in 1967, during the original run of ''Star Trek''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/down-to-earth-mw0000475901|title=Down to Earth|author=Lindsay Planer|work=AllMusic}}</ref> ''Out of This World'', released in 1991, is more rock oriented and is themed around ''Star Trek'' and space exploration.▼
==NASA work==
[[File:Space shuttle enterprise star trek-cropcast.jpg|upright=1.
After the cancellation of ''Star Trek'', Nichols volunteered her time in a special project with [[NASA]] to recruit minority and female personnel for the space agency.<ref>[http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2004-00017.html Nichelle Nichols, NASA Recruiter] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091222042250/http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2004-00017.html |date=December 22, 2009 }}, Great Images In NASA.</ref> She began this work by making an affiliation between NASA and a company which she helped to run, Women in Motion.<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/to_boldly_go_Y68Y6X4JzLObX7hMWwhLfK "To boldly go], Groundbreaking actress Nichelle Nichols continues to expand her horizons", By Erika Prafder, ''NY Post''. February 1, 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bitchmagazine.org/post/where-no-woman-has-gone-before-an-actress-spotlight-on-nichelle-nichols|title=Where No Woman Has Gone Before: An Actress Spotlight on Nichelle Nichols|publisher=|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nywici.org/features/blogs/aloud/black-history-month-profile-nichelle-nichols|title=Black History Month Profile: Nichelle Nichols|publisher=|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="nss">{{cite web|url=http://www.nss.org/about/bios/nichols.html|title=Nichelle Nichols, National Space Society Board of Governors|publisher=|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Nichelle_Nichols.aspx|title=Nichelle Nichols|work=encyclopedia.com}}</ref><ref name="smithsonian">[http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/06/q-a-nichelle-nichols-aka-lt-uhura-and-nasa/ Q & A: Nichelle Nichols, AKA Lt. Uhura, and NASA], Smithsonian magazine, June 23, 2011.</ref>
The program was a success. Among those recruited were Dr. [[Sally Ride]], the first American female astronaut, and [[United States Air Force]] Colonel [[Guion Bluford]], the first African-American astronaut, as well as Dr. [[Judith Resnik]] and Dr. [[Ronald McNair]], who both flew successful missions during the [[Space Shuttle program]] before their deaths in the [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster]] on January 28, 1986. Recruits also included [[Charles Bolden]], the former [[NASA administrator]] and veteran of four shuttle missions, Frederick D. Gregory, former deputy administrator and a veteran of three shuttle missions and Lori Garver, former deputy administrator.
In late 2015 Nichols flew aboard NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) [[Boeing 747SP]], which analyzed the atmospheres of [[Mars]] and [[Saturn]] on an eight-hour, high-altitude mission. She was also a special guest at the [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] in [[Pasadena, California]], on July 17, 1976, to view the [[Viking 1]] soft landing on Mars. Along with the other cast members from the original ''Star Trek'' series, she attended the christening of the first space shuttle, ''[[Space Shuttle Enterprise|Enterprise]]'', at the [[North American Rockwell]] assembly facility in [[Palmdale, California]].▼
▲==Other acting roles==
▲In 1994, Nichols published her autobiography ''Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories''. In it, she claimed that the role of Peggy Fair in the television series ''[[Mannix]]'' was offered to her during the final season of ''Star Trek'', but producer Gene Roddenberry refused to release her from her contract. Between the end of the original series and the ''Star Trek'' animated series and feature films, Nichols appeared in small television and film roles. She briefly appeared as a secretary in ''[[Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!]]'' (1967), and portrayed a foul-mouthed madam in ''[[Truck Turner]]'' (1974) opposite [[Isaac Hayes]], her only appearance in a [[blaxploitation]] film.
▲Nichols appeared in animated form as one of [[Al Gore]]'s Vice Presidential Action Rangers in the "[[Anthology of Interest I]]" episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', and she provided the voice of her own head in a glass jar in the episode "[[Where No Fan Has Gone Before]]". She voiced the recurring role of [[Elisa Maza]]'s mother Diane Maza in the animated series ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]'', and played Thoth-Kopeira in an episode of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]''. In 2004, she provided the voice for herself in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Simple Simpson]]".
▲On August 30, 2016, she was introduced as the aging mother of Neil Winters on the long-standing soap opera ''[[The Young and the Restless]]''. She received her first [[Daytime Emmy]] nomination in the "[[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series]]" category for this role March 22, 2017.<ref name="NATAS 2017">{{cite web|title=The 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations |url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_44th_nominations_v02.pdf |publisher=emmyonline.org and [[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]] |accessdate=March 22, 2017 |date=March 22, 2017|format=PDF|location=[[New York City]] |df= }}</ref>
▲==Music==
▲Nichols has released two music albums. ''Down to Earth'' is a collection of standards released in 1967, during the original run of ''Star Trek''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/down-to-earth-mw0000475901|title=Down to Earth|author=Lindsay Planer|work=AllMusic}}</ref> ''Out of This World'', released in 1991, is more rock oriented and is themed around ''Star Trek'' and space exploration.
▲In late 2015 Nichols flew aboard NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) [[Boeing 747SP]], which analyzed the atmospheres of [[Mars]] and [[Saturn]] on an eight-hour, high-altitude mission. She was also a special guest at the [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] in [[Pasadena, California]], on July 17, 1976, to view the [[Viking 1]] soft landing on Mars. Along with the other cast members from the original ''Star Trek'' series, she attended the christening of the first space shuttle, ''[[Space Shuttle Enterprise|Enterprise]]'', at the [[North American Rockwell]] assembly facility in [[Palmdale, California]].
==Personal life==
Nichols' brother, Thomas, was a member of the [[Heaven's Gate (cult)|Heaven's Gate]] cult. He died on March 26, 1997 in the cult's [[mass suicide]] that purposely coincided with the passing of the [[Comet Hale-Bopp|Hale-Bopp comet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reocities.com/Hollywood/6952/nichols.htm|title=Nichelle Nichols' Connection to Heaven's Gate|publisher=|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref> A member for 20 years,<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9703/28/mass.suicide.pm/ | work=CNN | title=Some members of suicide cult castrated | accessdate=May 20, 2010}}</ref> he identified himself as the brother of Nichols in the group video tape prior to the event and left a final message saying: "I'm the happiest person in the world."<ref>[http://www.laweekly.com/news/heavens-gate-the-sequel-2147951 LA Weekly – News – Heaven's Gate: The Sequel – [[Joshuah Bearman]] – The Essential Online Resource for Los Angeles<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
On June 4, 2015, Nichols' booking agency announced that she had suffered a mild stroke at her [[Los Angeles]] home and had been admitted to a Los Angeles-area hospital. This was barely three months after the death of her friend and ''Star Trek'' co-star [[Leonard Nimoy]]. Doctors were conducting tests to determine the severity of the stroke. Nichols was reportedly awake and resting comfortably.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33018975|title=Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek's Lt Uhura, suffers stroke|last=|first=|date=5 June 2015|website=BBC|publisher=|accessdate=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/star-trek-star-nichelle-nichols-hospitalized/ar-BBkHsc3|title='Star Trek' Star Nichelle Nichols Hospitalized|work=msn.com}}</ref> An online news article by [[Frazier Moore]] of the Associated Press, which cited news updates from the actress's [[Facebook]] page, stated that, four days afterward, the hospitalized actress was feeling much better and was improving, remaining cheerful and alert and taking the time to read the messages from fans and well-wishers on her Facebook page, of which there were many. A [[magnetic resonance imaging]] (MRI) scan did reveal a small stroke but she was able to begin inpatient therapy on June 5, 2015, for rehabilitation and recovery and to further evaluate her condition and determine the prognosis. Her fellow ''Star Trek'' actor [[George Takei]], who played [[Hikaru Sulu]], wished her well on his Twitter account page.
==Recognition==
==Filmography==
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