Nichelle Nichols

Q: Did Nichelle Nichols receive any awards?

Nichols received several awards throughout her career, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.

Q: What was Nichelle Nichols' first film?

Nichols made her film debut in the 1959 movie 'Porgy and Bess', which showcased her musical talent and acting abilities.

Q: What are some of Nichelle Nichols' most successful films?

Apart from Star Trek, Nichols appeared in films such as 'Truck Turner' (1974) and 'The Ultimate Computer' (1968), which contributed to her fame.

Q: What was Nichelle Nichols' contribution to civil rights?

Nichols worked with Martin Luther King Jr. to recruit African Americans for NASA, helping to pave the way for future astronauts like Mae Jemison.

Q: What is Nichelle Nichols' estimated net worth?

Nichelle Nichols' estimated net worth is around $500,000, reflecting her extensive career in acting and activism.

Q: What notable appearances did Nichelle Nichols make outside of acting?

Nichols made notable appearances at conventions and events, promoting science fiction and advocating for diversity in the entertainment industry.

Q: When did Nichelle Nichols pass away?

As of October 2023, Nichelle Nichols passed away on July 30, 2022, at the age of 89, leaving behind a legacy of trailblazing achievements.

Known for

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

IMDb 6.4 / 10

1979 / Adventure, Mystery / 132 min

When a destructive space entity is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral Kirk resumes command of the Starship Enterprise in order to intercept, examine, and hopefully...

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

IMDb 7.7 / 10

1982 / Action, Adventure / 113 min

It is the 23rd century. The Federation Starship U.S.S. Enterprise is on routine training maneuvers and Admiral James T. Kirk seems resigned to the...

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock poster

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

IMDb 6.6 / 10

1984 / Action, Adventure / 105 min

Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis planet to recover Spock's body.

Name

Nichelle Nichols

Height

5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Born

28 December 1932, Robbins, Illinois, USA

Spouses

Duke Mondy (1968–1972)

Children

1 child, Kyle Johnson

Parents

Samuel Nichols, Lishia Nichols

Estimated Net Worth

$500,000

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2022	Movie Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies Documentary on the History of Science Fiction Movies from The Day the Earth Stood Still onward.	Self - (archive footage)	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2021	TV The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek In honor of the sci-fi franchise’s 55th anniversary this year and produced by The Nacelle Company, the project will feature...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2021	TV Star Trek: Prodigy A motley crew of young rebellious aliens commandeer an old Starfleet ship and must figure out how to work together...	Uhura (voice)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2021	Movie Woman in Motion Nichelle Nichols' daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation's best and brightest, including...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2020	TV Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults What started in 1975 with the disappearance of 20 people from a small town in Oregon, ended in 1997 with...	Self - Sister of Member (archive footage)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2020	TV Challenger: The Final Flight Engineers, officials and the crew members' families provide their perspective on the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and its aftermath.	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2020	Movie Star Trek: First Frontier The story of the initial launch of the Starship USS Enterprise in 2245 under the command of Captain Robert April...	Nyota Uhura	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2020	Movie Unbelievable!!!!! The crazy exploits of four off-beat astronauts who travel to the Moon on a rescue mission to determine the fate...	Sensei	TMDB 4.1 / 10
2019	Movie Surge of Dawn Cinema's first openly gay superhero Surge returns for the crossover event of the year. This time Big City's greatest hero...	Omen	Not rated
2018	Movie American Nightmares Two voyeuristic nerds are hacking the devices of people as they themselves are hacked by the feed from story tellers...	Mystic Woman	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2018	Movie United We Fan Fans, stars, creators, and more come together to explore the dynamic history and evolution of save-our-show television fan campaigns from...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2018	TV One Strange Rock A mind-bending, thrilling journey exploring the fragility and wonder of planet Earth, one of the most peculiar, unique places in...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2018	Movie The White Orchid A social services investigator helps a local sheriff solve the brutal murder of a beautiful blonde known only as The...	Teresa	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2017	Movie Sharknado 5: Global Swarming Fin and his wife April travel around the world to save their young son who's trapped inside a sharknado.	Secretary General of NATO	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2017	TV Downward Dog Follow the day-to-day life of Nan as told by her increasingly lonely and philosophical dog, Martin. Just one session at...	Deejay Devine	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2016	TV Star Trek: The Original Series – The Roddenberry Vault Fifty years after the original Star Trek first arrived on television, is there anything about Gene Roddenberry's space opera that...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2016	Movie Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault Fifty years after the original Star Trek first arrived on television, is there anything about Gene Roddenberry's space opera that...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2016	Movie For the Love of Spock The life of Mr. Spock, as well as that of Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played him for almost fifty...	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2016	Movie Building Star Trek When "Star Trek" first aired in 1966, it expanded the viewers' imaginations about what was possible in their lifetimes. Today,...	Herself	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2016	Movie 50 Years of Star Trek Over the last fifty years, America has been fascinated by Star Trek since it first aired in September of 1966....	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2016	Movie The Order A covert group of vigilantes known as The Order dedicate their lives to eliminating violent threats and imminent disasters, but...	Athena	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2015	Movie Star Trek: Renegades Ten years after the starship Voyager's return from the Delta Quadrant, the Federation is in a crisis. The Federation's main...	Admiral Grace Jemison	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2015	Movie Roddenberry's Trek The Gene Roddenberry Project is a half hour documentary exploring the genesis of Star Trek through the personal insight of...	herself	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2014	Movie To Be Takei Over seven decades, actor and activist George Takei journeyed from a World War II internment camp to the helm of...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2014	TV The Real History of Science Fiction The series heads to the very frontiers of space and science to produce the definitive television history of science fiction,...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2012	Movie Get a Life! An EPIX Original documentary directed by William Shatner, based on his hugely popular book, in which he examines the cultural...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2012	TV Comic Book Men A show for Fanboys by Fanboys. Set in uber-geek Kevin Smith's iconic comic shop Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash,...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2010	Movie Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster Scooby-Doo and the gang are on the case when a mysterious lake monster starts scaring the guests at a summer...	Senator	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2009	Movie Bring Back... Star Trek	Self	TMDB 3.5 / 10
2008	Movie Tru Loved Recently relocated from San Francisco to conservative suburbia by her lesbian mothers, Tru struggles like all teens to fit in...	Grandmother	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2008	Movie Lady Magdalene's Jack Goldwater, an IRS agent on loan to the Federal Air Marshal Service, is relieved of field duty after insulting...	Lady Magdalene / Maggie, Singer	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2008	Movie The Torturer Rick (Andrew W. Walker) is a man raised with solid American values, who was trained as a "special interrogator" in...	Unknown character	TMDB 3.6 / 10
2007	Movie Star Trek: Of Gods and Men It is the year 2306. Thirteen years have passed since Captain James T. Kirk was swept away by the Nexus,...	Captain Nyota Uhura	TMDB 4.2 / 10
2007	Movie Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier This History Channel special examines Christie's 40th Anniversary auction of the franchise's most recognizable film and television memorabilia, and features...	Self	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2006	TV Heroes Common people discover that they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented.	Nana Dawson	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2006	Movie Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner It's William Shatner's turn to step in to the celebrity hot seat for the latest installment of The Comedy Central...	Self - Roaster	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2006	Movie 40 Years of Star Trek The Space Channel celebrates the 40th anniversary of the original STAR TREK. Produced by Mark Askwith, hosted by Jonathan Llyr...	Self	TMDB 3.8 / 10
2005	Movie Are We There Yet? The fledgling romance between Nick, a playboy bachelor, and Suzanne, a divorced mother of two, is threatened by a particularly...	Miss Mable	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2005	Movie Surge of Power: The Stuff of Heroes A gay attorney uses his newfound powers to thwart a mad scientist.	Oman	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2004	Movie Birth of a Timeless Legacy William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy some nice thoughts in The Birth of a Timeless Legacy doc, which tells about the...	Unknown character	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2004	Movie Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century The love in Star trek	Unknown character	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2003	Movie Roddenberry on Patrol A very funny short film that parodies Gene Roddenberry's quest to find Star Trek. On the way he encounters several...	Grace	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2003	TV Comedy Central Roasts Celebrities and comedians belt out good-natured insult comedy jokes at the expense of a guest of honour. The event is...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2002	TV After They Were Famous	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2002	Movie Snow Dogs When a Miami dentist inherits a team of sled dogs, he's got to learn the trade or lose his pack...	Amelia	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2000	TV Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Buzz Lightyear’s adventures as he patrols the galaxy with his team of Space Rangers, battling evildoers “to infinity and beyond.”	Chief (voice)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1999	TV Futurama The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen...	Nichelle Nichols' Head (voice)	TMDB 8.4 / 10
1998	Movie Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood Louis Gossett Jr. takes viewers through a special documentary celebration of the groundbreaking achievements of African-American performers and their contributions...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1997	Movie Trekkies Denise Crosby takes a first look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" from around America and how the series...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1996	Movie Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond A star-studded tribute to Star Trek on its 30th anniversary, hosted by many of the stars and guest stars from...	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1996	Movie The Last Angel of History An examination of the hitherto unexplored relationships between Pan-African culture, science fiction, intergalactic travel, and rapidly progressing computer technology.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1996	Movie Star Trek Story Gene Roddenberry's Utopian vision of humanity in the 24th century had a profound effect on American viewers. During the height...	Self	TMDB 1.2 / 10
1996	Movie William Shatner's Star Trek Memories Cast members of the television and movie series "Star Trek" reminisce about the making of the series and the films,...	Self	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1995	TV Die Harald Schmidt Show The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The...	Self - Guest	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1995	Movie The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space The forces of evil are attempting to recapture a human-inhabited Earth-like planet that has been liberated by rebels. The son...	Sagan	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1994	Movie Star Trek: A Captain's Log Star Trek: A Captain's Log was a CBS television documentary which aired on 30 November 1994 across the network. It...	Self	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1994	Movie William Shatner: Captain's Log William Shatner worked tirelessly to turn the Star Trek television franchise into movies, but the journey was not without its...	Self	TMDB 2.0 / 10
1994	TV Spider-Man Bitten by a neogenetic spider, Peter Parker develops spider-like superpowers. He uses these to fight crime while trying to balance...	Miriam (voice)	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1994	TV Gargoyles In Scotland, 994 A.D. Goliath and his clan of gargoyles defend a medieval castle. In present day, David Xanatos buys...	Diane Maza (voice)	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1993	Movie Commander Toad in Space Brave Commander Toad and his Star Warts crew work to save a planet in need.	SS Stella (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1993	TV Star Trek: Deep Space Nine At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of...	Lt. Uhura	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1992	TV Batman: The Animated Series Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City...	Thoth Khepera (voice)	TMDB 8.6 / 10
1992	Movie Black Sci-Fi Part of the Birthrights series, this BBC Two documentary is a wonderful window into the groundbreaking contributions of Black writers...	Self	Not rated
1991	Movie Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country After years of war, the Federation and the Klingon empire find themselves on the brink of a peace summit when...	Cmdr. Uhuru	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1991	Movie Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special This documentary is hosted by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy and they take us through the history of Star Trek....	Self	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1989	TV The Simpsons Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family;...	Nichelle Nichols (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1989	Movie Star Trek V: The Final Frontier A renegade Vulcan with a startling secret hijacks the U.S.S. Enterprise in order to find a mythical planet.	Cmdr. Uhura	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1988	Movie The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next This special is hosted by Patrick Stewart and traced the history of Star Trek from its inception with "The Cage"...	Self	TMDB 2.5 / 10
1986	Movie Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize Earth's oceans, Kirk and his crew must travel...	Cmdr. Uhura	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1986	Movie The Supernaturals Nichelle Nichols is an army sergeant who leads her platoon into the woods of the deep south on a training...	Sgt. Leona Hawkins	TMDB 4.2 / 10
1986	Movie Super Duper Bloopers This compilation of flubs and bloopers features TV goofs from Star Trek, MAS*H, sports games, newscasts, and more, plus classic...	Self	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1984	Movie Star Trek III: The Search for Spock A surprise visit from Spock's father provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock's living essence.	Cmdr. Uhura	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1984	TV Goldene Kamera	Self	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1983	Movie Antony and Cleopatra Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.	Charmain	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1982	Movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top secret device...	Cmdr. Uhura	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1979	Movie Star Trek: The Motion Picture When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise...	Lt. Cmdr. Uhura	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1976	Movie Woman in the Rain A once-popular singer gives a candid interview, revealing the sordid details of her rags-to-riches-to-rags odyssey in the tawdry entertainment world.	Singer	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1974	Movie Truck Turner Truck Turner and his partner Jerry, who make their living as bounty hunters in Los Angeles, are hired to hunt...	Dorinda	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1973	TV Star Trek The animated adventures of Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and the crew of the Starship Enterprise.	Uhura (voice)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1970	Movie Tarzan's Deadly Silence Tarzan tries to stop a bloodthirsty Colonel from taking over an African village with his soldiers of fortune. The ape-man...	Ruana	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1967	Movie Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion In this exciting jungle adventure the esteemed archaeologist, Dr Singleton, and his daughter, Mary, travel to mystical Africa in search...	Ruana	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1967	Movie Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! In this comedy, an aspiring singer finds herself single and pregnant. The story begins when she is rushed to the...	Jenny Ribbock	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1966	TV Star Trek Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is...	Uhura	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1966	Movie Mister Buddwing An amnesiac wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is.	Dice Player	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1966	Movie Made in Paris A pretty fashion buyer visiting Paris on business is courted by a famous designer. Boris Sagal's 1966 romantic comedy stars...	Eleanor	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1963	TV The Lieutenant Situated at Camp Pendleton, the West Coast base of the U.S. Marine Corps, The Lieutenant focuses on the men of...	Norma Bartlett	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1959	Movie Porgy and Bess In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing...	Dancer	TMDB 6.3 / 10

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

2022 / TMDB 2.0

Woman in Motion

2021 / TMDB 6.8

Star Trek: First Frontier

2020 / TMDB 5.7

Unbelievable!!!!!

2020 / TMDB 4.1

Surge of Dawn

2019

American Nightmares

2018 / TMDB 4.7

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