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Nana Visitor ( ; born Nana Tucker; July 26, 1957) is an American actress, best known for playing Kira Nerys in the television series and Jean Ritter in the television series Wildfire.
In 1984, she appeared in a season-two episode of Hunter. In 1985, Visitor made appearances on the television series MacGyver, in the season-one episode "Hellfire" as Laura Farren, and in the season-two episode "DOA: MacGyver" as Carol Varnay. She also made an appearance in the fourth-season Remington Steele episode titled "Steele Blushing" the same year. In 1986, she appeared in "Hills of Fire", a fourth-season episode of Knight Rider, as well as third-season Highway to Heaven episodes "Love at Second Sight" and "Love and Marriage, Part II" as Margaret Swann.
In 1987, Visitor appeared as Ellen Dolan in a failed television pilot for Will Eisner's pulp comic creation The Spirit, starring Sam J. Jones as the title character and Garry Walberg as her father, Commissioner Dolan.
In 1988, she made an appearance on the sitcom Night Court as a mental patient who is obsessed with the movies. That same year, she made an appearance on the television series In the Heat of the Night as the owner of the Sparta newspaper. She also made an appearance that year in an episode of Matlock. In 1989, Visitor appeared in the fifth episode of the television series Doogie Howser, M.D. as Charmagne, a rock star who has a throat nodule removed at Doogie's hospital, and as Miles Drentell's glamorous girlfriend, in "Success", a 1989 episode of Thirtysomethings second season.
In 1990, Visitor co-starred with Sandra Bullock in the short-lived sitcom Working Girl, which was based on the feature film of the same name.
From 1993 to 1999, Visitor appeared on as Major (later Colonel) Kira Nerys, a former freedom fighter/terrorist from the planet Bajor, who fought against the occupation of her world by the Cardassians. After the occupation ended, she was appointed as first officer of the series's eponymous space station, built by the Cardassians and turned over to Starfleet. She revisited the character, as a voice actress, in the third season of the animated series . She was also interested to play the character of Kathryn Janeway in the series , filmed at the same time.
After DS9 ended, Visitor had a recurring role as villain Dr. Elizabeth Renfro on the television series Dark Angel. Visitor then starred as Roxie Hart in both the touring and Broadway companies of the musical Chicago, including starring as Hart as curtains rose again after September 11, 2001. Visitor was then cast as Jean Ritter on the ABC Family series Wildfire, which premiered on June 20, 2005.
In 2008, she appeared as Emily Kowalski, a dying cancer patient in "Faith", an episode of the reimagined Battlestar Galacticas fourth season. Visitor had a small role as Pamela Voorhees in the 2009 version of Friday the 13th. She has also lent her voice in a few appearances on the sitcom Family Guy, such as Rita in the episode "Brian's Got a Brand New Bag", and as the voice of the Enterprise in "Extra Large Medium." In 2011, she had a small part in the Hammer Horror film The Resident, playing the realtor. She appeared in episodes seven ("Immortal Sins") and eight ("End of the Road"). In 2012, she appeared as Dr. Patty Barker, a canine psychotherapist, in "An Embarrassment of Bitches", a season-four episode of ABC's Castle.
2024 saw the publication of her book, "Star Trek: Open a Channel: A Woman's Trek", a look at the female characters of the Star Trek franchise, and the actors who portrayed them.
Visitor and her Star Trek: Deep Space Nine co-star Terry Farrell were honored in 2001 when William Kwong Yu Yeung named two small Solar System bodies he had discovered after them – asteroid 26733 Nanavisitor and asteroid 26734 Terryfarrell.
| Girl |
| Ellen Dolan |
| Linda Albright |
| Galena Greenleaf |
| Pamela Voorhees |
| Realtor |
| Eva |
| Adoption agent |
| Elsa |
| 5 episodes | |
| Unknown episodes | |
| 1980–81 | Unknown episodes |
| Unknown episodes | |
| Episode: "The Biggest Man In Town" | |
| Episode: "Hellfire" | |
| Episode: "Steele Blushing" | |
| Episode: "Hills of Fire" | |
| Episode: "Happy Birthday" | |
| 2 episodes | |
| Episode: "Laura" | |
| Episode: "D.O.A.: MacGyver" | |
| Episode: "The Best Friend" | |
| 4 episodes | |
| Episode: "Do You Take This Spy?" | |
| Episode: "Educating Rhoda" | |
| Episode: "Fate" | |
| Episode: "Sperminator" | |
| Episode: "The Other Woman" | |
| Episode: "The Short Goodbye" | |
| Unknown episodes | |
| Episode: "See You in Court, Baby" | |
| Episode: "Love Walked Right in and Swept Mr. Drexell Away" | |
| Episode: "The Divorce" | |
| Main cast, OFTA Television Award for Best Actress in a Syndicated Series | |
| Episode: "In Our Own Image" | |
| 6 episodes | |
| Episode: "Daphne Does Dinner" | |
| Episode: "" | |
| Episode: "Who's the Boss?" | |
| Unknown episodes | |
| Episode: "Faith" | |
| 12 episodes | |
| Episodes: "Immortal Sins", "End of the Road" | |
| Episode: "Beeware" | |
| Episode: "An Embarrassment of Bitches" | |
| Episode: "Company Slut" | |
| Lifetime TV movie | |
| Episode: "Hear All, Trust Nothing" |
| 1983 | My One and Only | Flounder | St. James Theatre |
| 2001 | Chicago | Roxie Hart, replacement | Shubert Theatre |
| Kira Nerys |
| Kira Nerys |
| Kira Nerys |
| Mom |
| 2016 | Full Out | Xan | Featured cast |
| 1995 | Sci-Fi Universe Magazine, USA Universe Reader's Choice | Best Supporting Actress in a Genre TV Series | ||
| 1996 | Online Film & Television Association Television Award | Best Supporting Actress in a Series | ||
| 1997 | Best Actress in a Syndicated Series | |||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | ||||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Series | ||||
| 1998 | Best Supporting Actress in a Syndicated Series | |||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Series | ||||
| 1999 | Best Actress in a Syndicated Series | |||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
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