Marina Sirtis
Marina Sirtis (born 29 March 1955) is an English-American actress. She is best known for her role as Counselor Deanna Troi on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the four feature films that followed.
Biography
Marina Sirtis was born in the East End of London, the daughter of working class Greek parents Despina, a tailor's assistant, and John Sirtis. She was brought up in Harringay, North London and emigrated to the U.S. in 1986, later becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen. S
Career
Sirtis started her career as a member of the repertory company at the Connaught Theatre, Worthing, West Sussex in 1976. Directed by Nic Young, she appeared in Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw and as Ophelia in Hamlet.
Before her role in Star Trek, Sirtis was featured in supporting roles in several films. In the 1983 Faye Dunaway film The Wicked Lady, she engaged in a whip fight with Dunaway. In the Charles Bronson sequel Death Wish 3, Sirtis's character is a rape victim. In the film Blind Date, she appears as a prostitute who is murdered by a madman.
Other early works include numerous guest starring roles on British television series. Sirtis appeared in Raffles (1977), Hazell (1978), Minder (1979), the Jim Davidson sitcom Up the Elephant and Round the Castle (1985) and The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986) among other things. She also played the stewardess in the famous 1979 Cinzano Bianco television commercial starring Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins, in which Collins was splattered with drink.
Born
Mar 29, 1955
London, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Movies
66 acting
2 crew
Popularity
2.5
Known For
Crash
2005
as Shereen
Star Trek: Nemesis
2002
as Counselor Deanna Troi
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
as Counselor Deanna Troi
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998
as Counselor Deanna Troi
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
2018
as Winter
The Grudge 3
2009
as Gretchen
Star Trek: Generations
1994
as Counselor Deanna Troi
Death Wish 3
1985
as Maria Gonzalez
Debt Collectors
2020
as Mal Reese
Green Street Hooligans 2
2009
as Veronica Mavis
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