Depending on when you were born, you'll recognize Nichelle Nichols as Nana Dawson on Heroes or as Lieutenant Uhura in Star Trek. Today, she's as stunning at age 75 as she was in her youth.
It's hard to overstate what Nichols' portrayal of Uhura meant in pop culture. The show began in 1966, just one year after the passage of the Voting Rights Act. During the first season of Star Trek, Nichols considered leaving the show because she felt her role lacked significance. A conversation with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. changed her mind; a fan of the series, he insisted she was a role model for black women and children everywhere. She stayed on, of course, and was part of a groundbreaking interracial kiss with his royal Shatness. After the show's cancellation, she volunteered with NASA to recruit women and minorities; astronaut Mae Jemison has said that her interest in space exploration was inspired by Nichols and Uhura.
Nichols' look as Uhura was typical of the '60s; black liquid eyeliner and nude lip gloss can help you recreate her look. But pay attention to how she looks today, too. If anyone shows that having a few wrinkles doesn't detract from beauty, it's her.
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Absolutely gorgeous.
1LOVED her in Star Trek. My dad had such a crush on her! LOL
2she is so beautiful! I love how her hair and skin look so natural! She isn't going for Barbie and letting herself look like herself.
Aging gracefully is an unsung talent, in my opinion.
3Fab * claps* FAB
She was always my favorite on Star Trek, I was even inpired to be her a few Holloween's back! I just love the fact that she is back in action on "Heroes" and still looking georgous at 75
4I want to wear gray hair that beautifully when my time comes. She just radiates beauty.
5Such a beautiful woman, then and now!
6I'm glad she went on to do better things. Star Trek did give her a bad reputation as far as showing what a woman was useful for. It was a sign of the times. She's always and still does look beautiful.
7don't watch the new show, but she is a very striking woman!
8Fierce!
9Lordy, was she gorgeous. (And still is stunninig!) I remember as a kid thinking that that little thing she fiddled with in her ear was the height of chic.
10She has aged so gracefully! Just gorgeous!
11She was one of my very favorite characters growing up watching Star Trek. Her skin was always glowing, and she seemed the hardest-working of the lot! She's aged not only gracefully and very elegantly, but with the most amazing eyebrows (jealous!).
12Hotness! I LOVE Nichelle Nichols. She brought such class to the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise.
13Nichelle Nichols is a beautiful woman who has inspired so many of us. I'm proud to be a fan! I didn't know she was on Heroes. I better start tuning in!
14love her! she was my avatar pic for a while on this side. one of my heroes. she wanted to walk away from star trek and mlk jr. himself asked her to stay on the show. he thought that even though the show was fiction she was an african-american woman and fourth in command of the ship... and that meant a lot as a role model.
15i LOVE her! she was one of the best on the original star trek cast. and WOW she looks AMAZING!
16My dad had a crush on her too....we are quite a Trekkie-friendly family!
17She's so elegant and pretty funny at the Shatner roast!
18Awesome!
19she kinda looks like beyonce
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