She became known for her role of Lt. Nyota Uhura, a communications officer aboard the starship Enterprise in “Star Trek,” the original TV series that started in 1966. Nichols was a rare ...
In addition to playing Star Trek's Lt. Nyota Uhura, Zoe Saldaa stars in two of the biggest film franchises of all time. In Star Trek 2009, Uhura got a first name, Nyota, and became a full ...
CBS via Getty Images Share Nichelle Nichols, the suburban Chicago native who broke barriers for Black women in Hollywood when she played communications officer Lt. Uhura on the original “Star ...