Nichelle Nichols's biography
Grace Dell Nichols is 90 years old television actor born at Robbins. Nichelle was born on Wednesday 28th of December 1932. Nichelle is often nicknamed as Grace Nichols. According to year of birth 1932 Nichelle belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 28th of December means Nichelle is Capricorn. These people are stable in nature. As the sign lord is “Saturn”, the person will be judgemental in his approach.
She is native english speaker. Nichelle is black american. Nichelle is citizen of United States of America. Her primary profession is to be television actor. You can know Nichelle also as film actor, actor, singer, voice actor, stage actor. She is recently known as dancer.
Nichelle Nichols's schools
We found 1 school She attended. Name of the school: Englewood Technical Prep Academy.
Detailed informations about her schools
Nichelle studied high school - Englewood High School.
Nichelle Nichols's career
Her main focus is to be television actor. She is famous thanks to her groundbreaking role as Lieutenant Nyota Uhura in "Star Trek: The Original Series" and several of the show’s films and its sequels.
Is Nichelle Nichols gay ?
Nichelle is known to be straight.
How did Nichelle Nichols die
She died on on Saturday 30th of July 2022 when he was 90 years old. Nichelle Nicholss death was caused by natural causes. It happend like natural causes.
Awards and competitions
Nichelle Nichols's Awards
- She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6633 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on January 9, 1992.
- She was awarded the Lifetime Career Award at the 2016 Saturn Awards for science fiction entertainment, the musical arts, and her tireless support of NASA and space exploration.
Nichelle Nichols's Rankings
- Ranked #17 on Wizard magazine's Sexiest Women of Television for her role as Uhura on Star Trek (1966). [March 2008]
What Nichelle Nichols has done for a first time
- With Star Trek (1966) co-star William Shatner, she shared the first on-screen kiss between a black female and white male on American television. This resulted in a deluge of mail - 99% of which was positive.
- Became the first African-American to place her handprints in front of Hollywood's Chinese Theatre, along with the rest of the cast of Star Trek (1966).
- Made both her first (episode Star Trek: The Corbomite Maneuver (1966)) and last (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)) "Star Trek" appearances with DeForest Kelley.
- Former NASA astronaut Dr. Mae C. Jemison was inspired by Nichelle when she decided to become the first African-American female astronaut. Jemison was a huge fan of Star Trek (1966).
Nichelle Nichols's quotes
- I was very blessed in always knowing what I wanted to do, and by the grace of God, I've been able to succeed in my chosen career. It's just coincidental that the acting took off first over everything else.
- I've agreed to do several Star Trek conventions this coming year.
- Mahalia Jackson, I grew up around the corner from in Chicago.
- Billie Holiday I never met, but I love her music.
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Nichelle Nichols's height, weight, body shape, eye color, hair color
Lets describe how Nichelle Nichols looks. We will focus on Nichelle´s height, weight, body shape, eye color, hair color and shoe size. Nichelle is tall as 5' 5" (165 cm). She weights 119lbs (54 kg). Body build is voluptuous. Her eyes are tinted brown - dark. Her hair is shade of grey. If you are really curious, you may find interesting her shoe size is 6.
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