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Nyota Uhura (Character)
from "Star Trek" (1966)

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"Star Trek" (1966): Season 3: Episode 24 -- A woman from Kirk's past exchanges bodies with him and takes control of the ship
"Star Trek" (1966): Season 3: Episode 23 -- Kirk, Spock and McCoy enter a time portal and get stuck in the past on a planet about to be consumed by a nova
"Star Trek" (1966): Season 3: Episode 22 -- Kirk and Spock are forced into a battle of good and evil
"Star Trek" (1966): Season 3: Episode 21 -- Kirk is forced into negotiating peace on a planet with severe class inequities
"Star Trek" (1966): Season 3: Episode 20 -- A charismatic leader and his followers hijack the Enterprise in their search for "Eden"

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Biography:

Uhura (as played by Nichelle Nichols) is from the... more

Alternate Names:

Captain Nyota Uhura / Cmdr. Uhura / Lt Uhura / Lt. Cmdr. Uhura / Lt. Uhura / Uhura

Filmography

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  1. Untitled Star Trek Sequel (2011) Played by Zoe Saldana (as Uhura)

  2. Star Trek (2009) Played by Zoe Saldana
    ... aka Star Trek (IMAX DMR version) (Hong Kong: English title: IMAX version)
    ... aka Star Trek: The Future Begins (Malaysia: English title)
    ... aka Star Trek: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
  3. "Star Trek: New Voyages"
    ... aka Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II (USA: new title)
        - Blood and Fire: Part One (2008) TV episode, Played by Kim Stinger (as Uhura)
        - World Enough and Time (2007) TV episode, Played by Julienne Irons (as Uhura)
        - To Serve All My Days (2006) TV episode, Played by Julienne Irons (as Uhura)
        - In Harms Way (2004) TV episode, Played by Julienne Irons (as Uhura)
        - Come What May (2004) TV episode, Played by Julienne Irons (as Uhura)
          (4 more)
  4. Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (2007) (V) Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Captain Nyota Uhura)
  5. "SouthTrek"
        - Logic Has Nothing to Do with It (2007) TV episode, Played by Bolude Fakuade (as Uhura)
  6. "Robot Chicken"
        - The Munnery (2006) TV episode, Played by Sarah Silverman (as Lt. Uhura)
  7. "The Simpsons"
        - I'm Goin' to Praiseland (2001) TV episode, Played by Tress MacNeille (as Uhura)

  8. Von Wolken, Frauen und Klingonen (1996) (V) Played by Raphaele Kunsmann-Faur (as Uhura)
  9. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Cmdr. Uhura)
  10. Star Trek Adventure (1991) Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Uhura)
  11. Star Mac (1990) Played by Barbara Feltus (as Uhura) / Ilona Grandke (as Uhura)

  12. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Cmdr. Uhura)
  13. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Cmdr. Uhura)
  14. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Cmdr. Uhura)
  15. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982) Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Cmdr. Uhura)
    ... aka Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (new title)
    ... aka Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - The Director's Edition (USA: director's cut)

  16. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Lt. Cmdr. Uhura)
    ... aka Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Director's Edition (USA: DVD title)
  17. "Saturday Night Live"
    ... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: complete title)
    ... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
    ... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
    ... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
    ... aka Saturday Night Live 15 (USA: fifteenth season title)
    ... aka Saturday Night Live 20 (USA: twentieth season title)
    ... aka Saturday Night Live 25 (USA: twentiefifth season title)
        - Elliott Gould/Leon Redbone, Harlan Collins & Joyce Everson (1976) TV episode, Played by Doris Powell (as Lt. Uhura)
  18. "Star Trek"
    ... aka Star Trek: TAS (USA: promotional abbreviation)
    ... aka Star Trek: The Animated Adventures (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka Star Trek: The Animated Series
    ... aka Star Trek: The Animated Series-The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek (USA: DVD box title)
    ... aka The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek (USA: video box title)
        - The Counter-Clock Incident (1974) TV episode, Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Uhura)
        - How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth (1974) TV episode, Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Uhura)
        - Albatross (1974) TV episode, Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Uhura)
        - The Practical Joker (1974) TV episode, Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Uhura)
        - Bem (1974) TV episode, Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Uhura)
          (16 more)
  19. Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda (1973) Played by Füsun Olgaç (as Uhura)
    ... aka Ömer the Tourist in Star Trek (USA: literal English title)
    ... aka Turkish Star Trek (USA: bootleg title)

  20. "Star Trek"
    ... aka Star Trek: TOS (USA: promotional abbreviation)
    ... aka Star Trek: The Original Series (USA: informal title)
        - The Savage Curtain (1969) TV episode, Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Uhura)
        - The Cloud Minders (1969) TV episode, Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Uhura)
        - Requiem for Methuselah (1969) TV episode, Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Uhura)
        - The Lights of Zetar (1969) TV episode, Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Uhura)
        - That Which Survives (1969) TV episode, Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Uhura)
          (63 more)
Video-game:
  1. Star Trek: Judgment Rites (1993) (VG) Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Lt. Uhura)
  2. Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Enhanced (1992) (VG) Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Lt. Uhura)
Archive Footage:
  1. "Time Shift"
        - Parallel Worlds: A User's Guide (2007) TV episode, Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Uhura)
  2. Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi (2005) (TV) Played by Doris Powell (as Lt. Uhura)
  3. Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime (2001) (V) Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Lt. Cmdr. Uhura)
  4. Inside Star Trek: The Real Story (1998) (V) Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Lt. Uhura)
  5. "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"
    ... aka DS9 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
    ... aka Deep Space Nine (USA: short title)
    ... aka Star Trek: DS9 (USA: short title)
        - Trials and Tribble-ations (1996) TV episode, Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Uhura)
  6. The Best of John Belushi (1985) (V) Played by Doris Powell (as Lt. Uhura)
  7. "Showbiz Today"
        - Episode dated 1 May 1991 (????) TV episode, Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Uhura)
  8. Leonard Nimoy: Star Trek Memories (1983) (TV) Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Lt. Uhura)
  9. "Star Trek"
    ... aka Star Trek: TOS (USA: promotional abbreviation)
    ... aka Star Trek: The Original Series (USA: informal title)
        - The Paradise Syndrome (1968) TV episode, Played by Nichelle Nichols (as Uhura)

Additional Details

Genres:

Sci-Fi / Adventure / Animation / Family more

Plot Keywords:

Star Trek / Space / Spacecraft / Teleportation more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:

From Star Trek (2009)
Lt. Nyota Uhura: [Having just learned that she is assigned to the Farragut] Commander, a word?
Spock: Yes, Lieutenant?
Lt. Nyota Uhura: Was I not one of your top students?
Spock: Indeed you were.
Lt. Nyota Uhura: [the scene cuts to another location, where Uhura is still hounding Spock] And did I not, on multiple occasions, demonstrate an exceptional aural sensitivity *and I quote* 'an unparalleled ability to identify sonic anomalies in subspace transmissions tests?'
Spock: Consistently, yes.
Lt. Nyota Uhura: And while you are well aware of my own qualified desires to serve on the USS Enterprise, I'm assigned to the *Farragut?*
Spock: It was an attempt to...
[he glances around, keeping his voice low]
Spock: avoid the appearance of favoritism.
[...]
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