Guinan, played by Whoopi Goldberg, is a recurring character on Star Trek: The Next Generation. She also appears in the TNG films Star Trek Generations and Star Trek Nemesis.
The character first appears in the second-season opening episode "The Child", and she appears several times over the course of the next 4 seasons; she makes no appearances in the 7th.
According to Whoopi Goldberg, she approached the producers of TNG with her desire to be ...
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Guinan, played by Whoopi Goldberg, is a recurring character on Star Trek: The Next Generation. She also appears in the TNG films Star Trek Generations and Star Trek Nemesis.
The character first appears in the second-season opening episode "The Child", and she appears several times over the course of the next 4 seasons; she makes no appearances in the 7th.
According to Whoopi Goldberg, she approached the producers of TNG with her desire to be on the show, due to her childhood admiration of Uhura, a character from the original Star Trek, played by actress Nichelle Nichols. At first they did not think a suitable role for such a highly rated actress could be created, until Goldberg said that she didn't care how big or small the role was. It was from this they decided to give her the role of a bartender.
Guinan is originally from El-Auria. Her people, sometimes called "listeners", had been scattered throughout the galaxy after the Borg invaded their homeworld.
As a refugee aboard...
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