Nyota Uhura ( /niːˈoʊtə əˈhʊərə/) is a character in Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Animated Series, the first six Star Trek films, and the 2009 film Star Trek. The character was originally portrayed by Nichelle Nichols in all but the 2009 film, in which a younger Uhura was portrayed by actress Zoë Saldana.
Uhura was an important part of the original series' multicultural crew and one of the first characters of African descent to b...
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Nyota Uhura ( /niːˈoʊtə əˈhʊərə/) is a character in Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Animated Series, the first six Star Trek films, and the 2009 film Star Trek. The character was originally portrayed by Nichelle Nichols in all but the 2009 film, in which a younger Uhura was portrayed by actress Zoë Saldana.
Uhura was an important part of the original series' multicultural crew and one of the first characters of African descent to be featured in a non-menial role on American television series.
Gene Roddenberry had intended his new female communications officer to be called "Lieutenant Sulu." Herb Solow pointed out how similar this was to "Zulu" and thought it might act against the plan for racial diversity in the show, so the name Sulu remained with George Takei's character. "Uhura" comes from the Swahili word uhuru, meaning "freedom". Nichols states in her book Beyond Uhura that the name was inspired by her having had with her a copy of the book Uhuru on the day she...
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