Nichelle Nichols

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Nichelle Nichols is an actress, singer and voice artist, best known for her role as Uhura in Star Trek, a role that she portrayed for over 40 years in the original Star Trek television series, the Star Trek animated series and the Star Trek film series. Prior to her acting career, Nichelle sang with Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton. Some of her other notable television, animation and film roles include: Heroes (Nana Dawson), Futurama (as herself in two episodes), Gargoyles: The Animated Series (Diane Maza), Batman: The Animated Series (Thoth-Kopeira), The Simpsons (as herself), Snow Dogs, Truck Turner (opposite Issac Hayes), Lady Magdalene's, The Torturer, and The Cabonauts (CJ).

Nichelle's acting career began in 1961 on stage in the musical Kicks and Co. She toured the United States, Canada and Europe as a singer with the Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton bands. 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. On Star Trek, Nichols gained popular recognition by being one of the first black women featured in a major television series not portraying a servant; her prominent supporting role as a bridge officer was unprecedented. Following the original Star Trek television series, she provided the voice of Uhura in Star Trek: The Animated Series and co-starred in six Star Trek motion pictures, the last one being Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

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, which proved to be a success. She began this work by making an affiliation between NASA and a company which she helped to run, Women in Motion. An enthusiastic advocate of space exploration, Nichols has served since the mid-1980s on the Board of Governors of the National Space Society, a nonprofit, educational space advocacy organization founded by Dr. Wernher von Braun. Always interested in space travel, Nichols flew aboard NASA's C-141 Astronomy Observatory, 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, Enterprise, at the North American Rockwell assembly facility in Palmdale, California. On July 14, 2010, she toured the space shuttle simulator and Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center.

In 1994, Nichelle published her autobiography Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories. She has appeared in numerous other TV, animation and film roles, including: Heroes (Nana Dawson), Futurama (as herself in two episodes), Gargoyles: The Animated Series (Diane Maza), Batman: The Animated Series (Thoth-Kopeira), The Simpsons (as herself), Snow Dogs, Truck Turner (opposite Issac Hayes), Lady Magdalene's, The Torturer, and The Cabonauts (CJ).

She has twice been nominated for the Sarah Siddons Award as best actress and is an accomplished dancer and singer. Her first Siddons nomination was for her portrayal of Hazel Sharpe in Kicks and Co. and the second for her performance in The Blacks. Nichols has released two music albums. Down to Earth is a collection of standards released in 1967, during the original run of Star Trek. Out of This World is more rock oriented and is themed around Star Trek and space exploration.

Nichelle Nichols will be appearing Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. She will be signing autographs and taking part in professional photo ops all weekend long. There is a fee of $40 per Autograph, $40 for Professional Photo Ops (8×10 glossy photos printed on site), and $20 for table side informal photos / selfies (with your own camera). She will be taking part in Q&A’s and Panels that are open to all attendees. PRE-ORDER your Nichelle Nichols Photo Ops at https://register.growtix.com/e/florida_supercon_2015/479

She will be located at Booth # 230.


1:30 pm

NICHELLE NICHOLS: PROFESSIONAL PHOTO OP SESSION :: Photo Op Booth A
Nichelle Nichols
Friday June 26, 2015 :: 1:30 pm to 1:45 pm
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1:45 pm

"STAR TREK III GROUP" NICHELLE, WALTER, & ROBIN: PROFESSIONAL PHOTO OP SESSION :: Photo Op Booth A
Robin Curtis , Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols
Friday June 26, 2015 :: 1:45 pm to 2:00 pm
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"STAR TREK: TOS" NICHELLE & WALTER: PROFESSIONAL PHOTO OP SESSION :: Photo Op Booth A
Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols
Friday June 26, 2015 :: 1:45 pm to 2:00 pm
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8:00 pm

V.I.P. PARTY :: Palm Ballroom 1 & 2
Joey Lauren Adams, Charlie Adler, Carlos Alazraqui, Manu Bennett, Michele Boyd, Nicole Chilelli, Michael Copon, Lisa Corrao, Shelly Crane, Robin Curtis , Brett Dalton, Emilie de Ravin, Simon Fisher-Becker, Blake Foster, Funimation Entertainment, Paul Ganus, Spencer Ganus, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Caitlin Glass, Maximiliano Hernández, Justin James Hughes, Mickie James, Walter Koenig, Jerry "The King" Lawler, John Bradshaw Layfield, Charles Martinet, Daniel Thomas May, Peter Mayhew, Eddie McClintock, Paul McGann, Brandon Jay McLaren, Jason Mewes, Vic Mignogna, Amanda C. Miller, Courtney “Courtoon” Morelock, Cindy Morgan, Bob Morley, Matt Nable, Erik Nagel, Nichelle Nichols, Brian O’Halloran, Paige™, Krysti Pryde, Tito Santana, Jon Schnepp, Stephanie Sheh, Ron Simmons, Mike Sinterniklaas, Marina Sirtis, Roger Craig Smith, Dana Snyder, Taimak, J. Michael Tatum, Eliza Taylor, Lew Temple, Arlene Tur, Meg Turney, Cerina Vincent, Vincent Ward, Michael Welch
Friday June 26, 2015 :: 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm
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11:15 am

NICHELLE NICHOLS: PROFESSIONAL PHOTO OP SESSION :: Photo Op Booth B
Nichelle Nichols
Saturday June 27, 2015 :: 11:15 am to 11:35 am
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11:35 am

"STAR TREK III GROUP" NICHELLE, WALTER, & ROBIN: PROFESSIONAL PHOTO OP SESSION :: Photo Op Booth B
Robin Curtis , Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols
Saturday June 27, 2015 :: 11:35 am to 11:55 am
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"STAR TREK: TOS" NICHELLE & WALTER: PROFESSIONAL PHOTO OP SESSION :: Photo Op Booth B
Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols
Saturday June 27, 2015 :: 11:35 am to 11:55 am
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2:15 pm

NICHELLE NICHOLS: PROFESSIONAL PHOTO OP SESSION :: Photo Op Booth B
Nichelle Nichols
Sunday June 28, 2015 :: 2:15 pm to 2:35 pm
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2:35 pm

"STAR TREK III GROUP" NICHELLE, WALTER, & ROBIN: PROFESSIONAL PHOTO OP SESSION :: Photo Op Booth B
Robin Curtis , Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols
Sunday June 28, 2015 :: 2:35 pm to 2:55 pm
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"STAR TREK: TOS" NICHELLE & WALTER: PROFESSIONAL PHOTO OP SESSION :: Photo Op Booth B
Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols
Sunday June 28, 2015 :: 2:35 pm to 2:55 pm
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