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Two Uhuras Boldly Go to the BET Awards

Updated 06/29/09 4:32 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 11 comments

Nichelle Nichols and Zoe Saldana at 2009 BET Awards

Aww. Here we have Zoe Saldana and previous Bella Donna pick Nichelle Nichols at the BET Awards. They're the two actresses who've played Lieutenant Uhura on Star Trek. If you look closely, you'll see that aside from their choices of lip color, the women have similar makeup styles. But where Zoe chooses a bright lip color, Nichelle sports a barely-there shade — a good choice for older women, Read more

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Bella Donna: Nichelle Nichols

Updated 05/05/08 2:47 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 25 comments

Bella Donna: Nichelle Nichols

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 Read more