Marina Sirtis
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Born | London, England | 29 March 1955
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Education | Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1977–present |
Known for | Death Wish 3, Star Trek: The Next Generation, the four subsequent films, and Star Trek: Picard |
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Website | www |
Marina Sirtis (/ˈsɜːrtɪs/; born 29 March 1955) is a British actress. She is best known for her role as Counselor Deanna Troi on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and four Star Trek feature films, as well as other appearances in the Star Trek franchise.
Early life
[edit]Marina Sirtis was born in Hackney, London,[2] the daughter of Cypriot parents,[3] Despina, a tailor's assistant, and John Sirtis.[1][4] She was brought up in Harringay, North London.[1][5]
When she was three years old, Sirtis says, the teenage sons of her babysitter sexually molested her. Sirtis suffered from an eating disorder, which emerged due to the trauma of the assault. After suffering from the disorder for 20 years, she went into therapy in the 1990s and was able to manage the trauma and learn to eat healthily again.[6]
While still in secondary school, Sirtis secretly auditioned for drama school against her parents' wishes, ultimately being accepted to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[7]
In 1976, at the age of 21, Sirtis graduated from Guildhall and began her career by joining the Connaught Theatre.[8]
In 1986, Sirtis emigrated to the United States, settling in Los Angeles to boost her career. She later became a naturalized US citizen.[1]
Career
[edit]Early work
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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.[9]
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' character is a rape victim. In the film Blind Date, she appears as a sex worker who is murdered by a madman.
Other early works include numerous guest-starring roles on British television series. Sirtis appeared in Raffles (1977), Who Pays the Ferryman (1977), Hazell (1978), Minder (1979), the Jim Davidson sitcom Up the Elephant and Round the Castle (1985), and The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986). She also played the flight attendant in a 1979 Cinzano Bianco television commercial starring Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins, in which Collins was splattered with drink.
Star Trek
[edit]Star Trek: The Next Generation
[edit]In 1986, Sirtis relocated to the United States. When casting Star Trek: The Next Generation, Gene Roddenberry was inspired to ask Sirtis, whose appearance he considered "exotic", to audition for a role after seeing the film Aliens with Bob Justman, which featured the prominent Latina character Vasquez, played by Jenette Goldstein.[10] Sirtis and Denise Crosby initially tried out for each other's eventual roles 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 Tasha Yar. Sirtis recalls that on the day she received the call offering her the role, she was actually packing to return to Britain because her six-month visa had expired.
Deanna Troi is a half-human, half-Betazoid. Her Betazoid abilities allow her to read the emotions of others. Her position on the Enterprise-D is ship's counselor, looking after the crew's well-being and serving as trusted advisor to Captain Picard, with a position next to him on the bridge. Initially, the writers found it difficult to write for Troi and even left her out of four first-season episodes. Sirtis felt her job was in jeopardy after the first season, but was overjoyed when Roddenberry took her aside at Jonathan Frakes' wedding and told her that the season-two premiere episode would center on Troi.[11]
Sirtis appeared in all seven seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and her character was developed from a more passive therapist to a tougher Starfleet officer. She has stated her favourite episode is season six's "Face of the Enemy", in which she is kidnapped and surgically altered to pose as a Romulan. Troi's switching to a standard Starfleet uniform in the same season in "Chain of Command" elevated the character's dignity in Sirtis' eyes, and her enthusiasm in playing her, with Sirtis commenting, "It covered up my cleavage and, consequently, I got all my brains back, because when you have a cleavage you can't have brains in Hollywood. So I got all my brains back and I was allowed to do things that I hadn't been allowed to do for five or six years. I went on away teams, I was in charge of staff, I had my pips back, I had phasers, I had all the equipment again, and it was fabulous. I was absolutely thrilled."[12]
During her time on the show, she became close friends with her co-stars Jonathan Frakes (who played Commander Riker), Michael Dorn (Lieutenant Worf) and Brent Spiner (Lieutenant Commander Data). The latter cast members were groomsmen at her wedding.[13]
She wore black-coloured contact lenses during the seven-year run of Star Trek: The Next Generation and the subsequent films because her character had black eyes.[14] Her own eyes are light brown.
She usually wore hairpieces for her role as Troi. 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 was also asked to create an accent (described as a mixture of Eastern European and Israeli)[15] for her character, although her natural accent is Cockney. Over time, the accent was adjusted and became more Americanized.[citation needed]
Other Star Trek works
[edit]Sirtis reprised her character in the feature films Star Trek Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).
Sirtis was delighted to get the chance to do some comedy in Star Trek: First Contact and said, "I loved it because it opened the door to a different side of Troi we'd never seen before. That door has stayed open and that whole kind of wacky, zany Troi thing has continued into the next movie, which is great for me because I like to do things that are different."[16] Sirtis stated of her role in Star Trek: Nemesis, "I sort of had an inkling that I was going to have a good part in this film because John Logan was such a big fan of the character. So I knew that he would do her some justice."[17]
Sirtis also appeared in Star Trek: Voyager for three episodes toward the end of the series (1999 and 2000), and the series finale of Star Trek: Enterprise (2005). She next returned to her role as Deanna Troi in 2020 in Star Trek: Picard episode "Nepenthe".[18] She also reprised the role in "No Small Parts", the first-season finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks.
Sirtis voiced the Enterprise's computer in the web series Star Trek Continues.[19][20]
Other work
[edit]While filming Star Trek: The Next Generation, Sirtis returned to the UK during the hiatus between seasons three and four in 1990 to film a drama special titled One Last Chance for the BBC. In 1992, she appeared in an episode of the short-lived series The Fifth Corner and had a cameo in the horror/fantasy film Waxwork II: Lost in Time. After the end of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1994, Sirtis continued to work regularly. Her first role was a departure from previous work, an abused wife in the series Heaven Help Us.
She provided the voice of Demona in the animated Disney television series Gargoyles for two seasons starting in 1994. Her Next Generation co-stars, Frakes (as the voice of David Xanatos), Spiner and Dorn, also lent their voices to the show. She voiced the character again for an episode of the unmade animated series Team Atlantis.
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In 1996, Sirtis starred as a villainous police detective in the British made-for-television film, Gadgetman. She played a villainess once again when she guest-starred as a race-track owner under investigation following the death of a driver in Diagnosis: Murder in 1998. The independent film Paradise Lost, with Sirtis in a starring role, was released in 1999.
Beginning in 1999, Sirtis returned to science-fiction television in a number of roles starting with The Outer Limits. The same year, she appeared in Earth: Final Conflict, originally created by Gene Roddenberry. In 2000, she played a Russian scientist in Stargate SG-1. Sirtis was interviewed in the October 2000 issue of SFX magazine in the UK; the cover stated, "Marina Sirtis is Everywhere", also referring to her reprisal of her character Deanna Troi on Star Trek: Voyager.
In 2001, Sirtis made a highly publicised appearance on the long-running British hospital drama Casualty. She played a politician with controversial views on the National Health Service. When she meets with a man with whom she is having an affair at a hotel, she is caught in an explosion. She appeared in the made-for-television films Terminal Error in 2002 and Net Games in 2003. Also in 2003, she guest-starred in the ABC series Threat Matrix playing a biological weapons scientist from Iraq.
Sirtis starred in the film Spectres in 2004, and at ShockerFest International Film Festival, she won the best actress award.[21]
Sirtis had a minor role in the Academy Award-winning ensemble film Crash as the wife of the Persian shopkeeper. Following this, she played another Middle Eastern role in the series The Closer in 2005. In 2006, she had a three-episode recurring role as a love match-maker on Girlfriends, and she guest-starred in Without a Trace. In 2007, Sirtis starred in the SyFy channel production of Grendel, where she played Queen Onela. Independent film Trade Routes, The Deep Below, and Lesser of Three Evils were released. She provided the voice for Matriarch Benezia in the critically acclaimed video game Mass Effect on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
In 2008, she made a guest appearance in an episode of the Casualty spin-off show Holby City. The same year, the sci-fi/drama film Inalienable, written by Star Trek alumnus Walter Koenig, was released. Sirtis said of her role, "I actually play the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, so I'm a bad guy, a mean lawyer, which was fantastic."[22]
The direct-to-DVD sequels Green Street 2 and The Grudge 3, featuring Sirtis, were released in 2009. She co-starred in the British film 31 North 62 East as the prime minister's top aide; it had a limited theatrical release in the UK. Sirtis guest-starred in the first episode of the short-lived hospital drama Three Rivers. She returned to SyFy in December 2009 in the disaster film Annihilation Earth.
In 2010, Sirtis guest-starred as a Swiss doctor in two episodes of ABC Family's Make It or Break It. In May 2010, Sirtis announced that she would be providing the voice for comic-book villainess Queen Bee in the Young Justice animated series.[23] She provided her voice for a number of episodes from 2011 until its cancellation in 2013. In March 2011, Sirtis guest-starred on an episode of Grey's Anatomy. She played an Iranian mother who was at the hospital to participate in a medical trial for Alzheimer's disease.[24]
In 2012, the vampire film Speed Demons, in which Sirtis co-starred, was released to pay-per-view services.[25] The same year, she played a fortune teller in the Castlevania fan-made series posted on YouTube. She accepted a recurring role as director of Mossad on NCIS.[26] Her character, Orli Elbaz, succeeds Eli David (portrayed by Michael Nouri) and was introduced in the season-10 episode "Berlin", which aired in April 2013. She subsequently appeared in the second episode of season 11, which aired in early October 2013, and in the season 13 finale "Family First".
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In 2014, she co-starred in the SyFy channel horror film Finders Keepers. The following year, she appeared in the British film A Dark Reflection, and in 2016, Sirtis starred in the Hallmark Channel film My Summer Prince.[27] In 2019, Sirtis made her London West End stage debut in Dark Sublime, playing the character of Marianne, a freelance actor and now-forgotten icon of a British sci-fi TV show, whose encounter with a fan changes both of their lives.[28]
In 2019, the video game Elite Dangerous released an alternative voice (named Carina) for the 'COVAS' in-game ship computer, voiced by Sirtis. [29]
Personal life
[edit]Sirtis married Michael Lamper, an actor and rock guitarist, in 1992.[6][30] Lamper died in his sleep on 7 December 2019.[31] In 2021, Sirtis moved back to London, citing Lamper's death, growing tensions in the U.S. surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic response, and a desire for career opportunities in British film and television.[32]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Note |
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1983 | The Wicked Lady | Jackson's Girl | |
Space Riders | Girl In Porsche | ||
1984 | Blind Date | Hooker | |
1985 | Death Wish 3 | Maria Rodriguez | |
1992 | Waxwork II: Lost in Time | Gloria | |
1994 | Star Trek Generations | Deanna Troi | |
1996 | Star Trek: First Contact | ||
1998 | Star Trek: Insurrection | ||
1999 | Paradise Lost | Dr. Christine DuMaurier | |
2002 | Star Trek: Nemesis | Deanna Troi | |
Terminal Error | Alex | ||
2004 | Spectres | Laura Lee | |
Crash | Shereen | ||
2007 | Fist of the Warrior | Mary | |
The Deep Below | Sarah | ||
Game of Life | Mrs. Rafiki | ||
2008 | InAlienable | Attorney Barry | |
2009 | Green Street 2: Stand Your Ground | Veronica Mavis | |
The Grudge 3 | Gretchen | ||
31 North 62 East | Sarah Webber | ||
2014 | Finders Keepers | Janine | |
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Herself | ||
2015 | A Dark Reflection (aka Flight 313: The Conspiracy) | Maggie Jaspar | |
2016 | Little Dead Rotting Hood | Esmerelda Winfield / Grandmother | |
2017 | The Assassin's Apprentice | Miranda | |
My Christmas Prince | Felicia Holst | ||
2018 | 5th Passenger | Alana | |
2020 | Max Winslow and the House of Secrets | H.A.V.E.N | |
Debt Collectors | Mal Reese |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Note |
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1977 | Raffles | Faustina | |
Who Pays the Ferryman? | Ariadne | ||
1978 | Hazell | Melina Stassinopolus | |
The Thief of Baghdad | Harem Girl | Television film | |
1979 | Cinzano commercial | Stewardess | TV commercial |
Minder | Stella | Episode: "Aces High...And Sometimes Very Low" | |
1982 | Kelly Monteith | Uncredited | |
1985 | Up the Elephant and Round the Castle | Lisa | |
1986 | Room at the Bottom | Carla | Episode "The Big Prize" |
Call Me Mister | Sally | ||
The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Lucrezia Venucci | Episode: "The Six Napoleons" | |
1987 | Hunter | Kate Scanlon | Episode: "Down and Under" |
1987–1994 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Counselor Deanna Troi | 176 episodes |
1988 | Reading Rainbow | Herself | Episode: "The Bionic Bunny Show" |
1990 | One Last Chance | Maria | Television film |
1993 | Griffin and Sabine | Sabine | Voice |
1994 | Heaven Help Us | Carolyn Paris | |
1994–1996, 1997 | Gargoyles | Demona, additional voices | Voice, recurring role[33] |
1996 | Gadgetman | Detective Inspector Walker | Television film |
1997 | Duckman | Aurora Abromowitz | Voice, episode: "Where No Duckman Has Gone Before" |
1998 | Diagnosis: Murder | Mary Ann Eagin | |
1999 | Earth: Final Conflict | Sister Margarette | |
The Outer Limits | Olivia 'Liv' Kohler | Episode: "The Grell" | |
1999–2000 | Star Trek: Voyager | Counselor Deanna Troi | 3 episodes |
2000 | Stargate SG-1 | Dr. Svetlana Markova | Episode: "Watergate" |
2001 | Casualty | Jane Taylor, MP | |
2003 | Threat Matrix | Dr. Nabila Hassan | |
2005, 2009 | Family Guy | Marina Sirtis, Herself | Voice |
2005 | The Closer | Layla Moktari | Episode: "L.A. Woman" |
Star Trek: Enterprise | Counselor Deanna Troi | Episode: "These Are the Voyages..." | |
2006 | Without a Trace | Alexas Soros | |
Girlfriends | Gina Richards | ||
2007 | Grendel | Queen Wealtheow | Television film |
2008 | Holby City | Lucy Simmonds | |
2009 | Annihilation Earth | Paxton | Television film |
The Cleveland Show | Athena the Greek Prostitute/Woman at Party | Voice, episode: "Ladies' Night" | |
Green Street 2 | Veronica Mavis | ||
Three Rivers | Layla Rahimi | ||
2010 | Make It or Break It | Dr. Anna Kleister | |
2010–2019 | Young Justice | Queen Bee / L-4, Sandra Stanyon | Voice, recurring role[33] |
2011 | Grey's Anatomy | Sonya Amin | Episode "This is How We Do It" |
2013 | Star Trek Continues | Computer voice | |
Adventure Time | Samantha | Voice, episode: "The Pit"[33] | |
2013–2016 | NCIS | Mossad Director Orli Elbaz | 3 episodes |
2016 | My Summer Prince | Penelope Sheridan | Television film |
2017 | Scandal | General Fletcher | Episode: "The Box" |
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes | Cosma | Voice, recurring role[33] | |
2018 | The Last Sharknado: It's About Time | Winter | |
Titans | Marie Granger | Episode: "Hank and Dawn" | |
2019 | The Orville | Schoolteacher | Episode: "Sanctuary" |
2020–2023 | Star Trek: Picard | Commander Deanna Troi | 7 episodes |
2020 | Star Trek: Lower Decks | Commander Deanna Troi | Voice, episode: "No Small Parts" |
2023 | Love’s Greek To Me | Athena | Television film |
Video games
[edit]Year | Title | Voice role | Note |
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1995 | Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity | Counselor Deanna Troi | [33] |
2007 | Mass Effect | Matriarch Benezia | [33] |
2014 | Elite Dangerous | COVAS Carina | [34][33] |
2015 | Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff | Counselor Deanna Troi | Voice |
2017 | XCOM 2: War of the Chosen | Elena Dragunova | Voice |
Audiobooks
[edit]Year | Title | Role |
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2015 | Rain of the Ghosts | Julia |
Awards and honours
[edit]- 2024 – Saturn Awards – Lifetime Achievement Award – The Cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation[35][a]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "The Lifetime Achievement Award is usually presented to an individual for their contributions to genre entertainment. Top luminaries like Stan Lee and Leonard Nimoy, Mr. Spock himself, have received this top honor. It's not new, but we extended this award to cover the entire cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation, due to its continued influence on the face of general television. It was originally doomed to failure since it was following in the footsteps of the original Star Trek, yet it carved its own identity, and its diverse cast was light years ahead of its time!" —Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films[35]
References
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- ^ Sirtis, Marina [@Marina_Sirtis] (13 April 2018). "I was born in 'Ackney and grew up in Harringay. Went to school in Tottenham" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 April 2018 – via Twitter.
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- ^ "Jolly Good Shows". Oddsagainstyou.net. 4 November 1990. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
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Folsom, Robert (18 April 1997). "Counselor Troi remains the accent of actress' career Marina Sirtis to join other 'Star Trek' stars at weekend convention". The Kansas City Star. p. 16. (subscription required)
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- ^ Full Circle by John Willmer, pub. Optimus Books 1999
- ^ Nemeck, Larry (2003). Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion. Pocket Books. ISBN 0-7434-5798-6.
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- ^ "ShockerFest 2004". ShockerFest 2004. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ "Interview with Star Trek actress Marina Sirtis". Paula Hammond. 9 October 2008. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ Marina Sirtis will be playing Queen Bee in Young Justice for Cartoon Network on YouTube
- ^ "Interview: Grey's welcomes Star Trek actress Marina Sirtis in tonight's episode!!". Jim Halterman. 24 March 2010. Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
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- ^ "Sirtis Lands NCIS Role". T'Bonz. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
- ^ "My Summer Prince Cast". hallmarkchannel.com. Crown Media Family Networks. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ Gillinson, Miriam (1 July 2019). "Dark Sublime Review – Marina Sirtis enters parallel sci-fi universe". www.theguardian.com.
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- ^ Byrne, Suzy (20 June 2019). "'Star Trek' actress Marina Sirtis reveals she was molested at age 3 by her babysitter's teen sons". Yahoo News. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ Perine, Aaron (8 December 2019). "Star Trek: The Next Generation Star Marina Sirtis' Husband Michael Lamper Dead at 61". comicbook.com. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ Brown, Jack (27 June 2021). "Star Trek star Marina Sirtis on leaving America: "I can't be in that country anymore"". DailyStarTrekNews.com. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
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- ^ "Cockpit Voice Assistant Carina - Elite Dangerous - Game Extras". www.frontierstore.net. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ a b Pascale, Anthony (4 February 2024). "'Star Trek: Picard' Wins 4 Saturn Awards, 'Strange New Worlds' Wins 1". TREKMOVIE.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024.
Further reading
[edit]- Dillard, JM (1994). Star Trek: A History in Pictures. New York: Pocket Books. ISBN 978-0-671-51149-4.
External links
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- Official website
- Marina Sirtis at IMDb
- Marina Sirtis at the TCM Movie Database
- Marina Sirtis at AllMovie
- Marina Sirtis at Rotten Tomatoes
- Marina Sirtis at TV Guide
- Marina Sirtis discography at Discogs
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