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| Birth Name(s) : Marina Sirtis |
Date of Birth: March 29, 1960 |
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Married
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Partner:
Michael Lamper |
| Profession:
Actor |
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Full Marina Sirtis Biography
| Marina Sitis nearly gave up on Hollywood and almost went home after 6 months of auditioning in L.A. However, she managed to land what turned out to be a career role as Counselor Troi in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" in 1987. She married rock guitarist Michael Lamper in 1993 and continues to enjoy success in other Star Trek films and series. |
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Additional Marina Sirtis Biography
Marina Sirtis (born March 29, 1955) is a British actress who is most noted for playing the half-human half-Betazoid Counselor Deanna Troi on the television and film series Star Trek: The Next Generation. She also provided the voice of Demona in the animated series, Gargoyles. She is also noted for appearing in the Oscar winning movie Crash and as a semi-regular on Girlfriends.
Before her role in Star Trek, Sirtis had provocative, sexually-themed roles in several movies. In the Faye Dunaway film The Wicked Lady, she engaged in a topless whip fight with Ms. Dunaway. In the Charles Bronson sequel Death Wish 3, Sirtis' character is brutally raped by street thugs. In the film Blind Date, she appeared as a prostitute who is murdered by a madman. Sirtis appeared nude extensively in all three films. As a result, when she later achieved fame through Star Trek-The Next Generation, her earlier movies generated considerable nude stills traffic/internet buzz among Star Trek's predominantly young, male fan base. She also appeared in the 1979 movie Caligula as an extra in one of the orgy scenes. She did have an established CV of British television work, appearing in Minder, Raffles and The Return of Sherlock Holmes among other things. She played the stewardess in the famous Cinzano Bianco television commercial staring Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins, in which Collins was splattered with drink.
Gene Roddenberry was inspired to ask the exotic-looking Sirtis to audition for a role after seeing the film Aliens with Bob Justman, which featured the prominent Latina character 'Vasquez', played by Jenette Goldstein. Sirtis and Denise Crosby initially tried out for the other's eventual role on The Next Generation. Sirtis' character was going to be named Lt. Macha Hernandez, the Security Chief. Gene Roddenberry decided to switch them, and Macha Hernandez became Natasha Yar. Sirtis recalls that on the day she received a call offering her the role of Deanna Troi, she was actually packing to return to England, because her six-month visa had ended.
Sirtis appeared in all seven seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and her character was developed from a more passive therapist to tougher Starfleet officer, much to Sirtis's approval. Initially, Sirtis's character was proposed to be the brains of the ship.
During her time on the show, she became close friends with her co-stars Jonathan Frakes (who played her on-again/off-again lover Commander Riker), Michael Dorn and Brent Spiner. In fact, cast members Spiner and Dorn were groomsmen at her wedding.
Sirtis has also reprised her character of Deanna Troi in Star Trek: Voyager on several occasions, not to mention in all of the Next Generation feature films and also in the series finale of Star Trek: Enterprise. She is one of only six actors to play the same character on three different 'Star Trek' series.
Sirtis also has several action figures modeled after her likeness and her character, Deanna Troi, from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
She usually wore hair-pieces for her role as Deanna Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Sirtis' real hair was slightly shorter, and although curly, was not as bouffant as her character's. However, Sirtis' real hair was used in the pilot episode,and also in the first six episodes of season six, in which Troi sported a more natural looking pony-tailed style. She also created an accent (described as a mixture of Eastern European and Hebrew) for her character, although her natural accent is British.
After the end of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1994 Sirtis continued to work regularly. She gained experience as a voice actress from the 1994 Disney animated television series Gargoyles, where she provided her voice for the antagonistic character Demona. She voiced the character again for an episode of the unmade Animated Series, Team Atlantis.At Dragon Con, September 2005.Photo by Patcave.
She appeared in other genre television shows such as Stargate SG-1 playing the Russian Dr. Svetlana Markov and as Sister Margaret in Earth: Final Conflict. as well as independent movies including Paradise Lost . In 1998, she had a guest role in an episode of the Dick Van Dyke CBS series, Diagnosis: Murder. In 2001, she made a highly publicized guest appearance on the BBC hospital drama series Casualty.
Sirtis has expanded her career branching out into production, most recently producing The Deep Below.
Sirtis continues to work and is still recognizable on US television and in films. Recent appearances include a controversial appearance in The Closer, a recurring comedy role as Gina Richards in Girlfriends, and a guest starring role in Without a Trace as Alexa Soros. In 2004, Sirtis had a minor role in the Academy Award winning ensemble movie Crash as the wife of an Iranian shopkeeper. For this role, she did not need to audition and was given the part immediately. In 2007 she appeared as The Queen in the movie Grendel. She has several films in production including Oranges and Trade Routes. She also has done voice work for the Xbox360 exclusive RPG called Mass Effect, which will be released on November 20, 2007. |
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| I was originally cast to be the brains of the Enterprise. Somehow I became The Chick. There's a little ugly girl inside of me going 'Yay! I'm a sex symbol!' |
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