Marina Sirtis
Acting
Born 1955-03-29
London, England, UK
104 credits
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Marina Sirtis (born 29 March 1955) is an English-American actress. She is best known for her role as Counselor Deanna Troi on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the four feature films that followed.
Biography
Marina Sirtis was born in the East End of London, the daughter of working class Greek parents Despina, a tailor's assistant, and John Sirtis. She was brought up in Harringay, North London and emigrated to the U.S. in 1986, later becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen. She auditioned for drama school against her parents' wishes, ultimately being accepted to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She is married to rock guitarist Michael Lamper (21 June 1992 – present). Her younger brother, Steve, played football in Greece and played for Columbia University in the early 1980s. Marina herself is an avowed supporter of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Career
Sirtis started her career as a member of the repertory company at the Connaught Theatre, Worthing, West Sussex in 1976. Directed by Nic Young, she appeared in Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw and as Ophelia in Hamlet.
Before her role in Star Trek, Sirtis was featured in supporting roles in several films. In the 1983 Faye Dunaway film The Wicked Lady, she engaged in a whip fight with Dunaway. In the Charles Bronson sequel Death Wish 3, Sirtis's character is a rape victim. In the film Blind Date, she appears as a prostitute who is murdered by a madman.
Other early works include numerous guest starring roles on British television series. Sirtis appeared in Raffles (1977), Hazell (1978), Minder (1979), the Jim Davidson sitcom Up the Elephant and Round the Castle (1985) and The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986) among other things. She also played the stewardess in the famous 1979 Cinzano Bianco television commercial starring Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins, in which Collins was splattered with drink.
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Filmography
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Acting
56 credits
Grey's Anatomy
NCIS
Family Guy
Stargate SG-1
Scandal
Star Trek: The Next Generation
The Closer
Star Trek: Voyager
Without a Trace
Hunter
Diagnosis: Murder
Star Trek: Enterprise
Young Justice
Casualty
We Bare Bears
Titans
Star Trek: Picard
Minder
The Orville
Girlfriends
Earth: Final Conflict
Sherlock Holmes
Star Trek: Lower Decks
The Outer Limits
Gargoyles
Duckman
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: Nemesis
Star Trek: Insurrection
Make It or Break It
Screen One
The Ready Room
Star Trek: Generations
Threat Matrix
Crash
The Grudge 3
Death Wish 3
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
Debt Collectors
Hazell
The Sunshine Murders
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Riley Parra
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Green Street Hooligans 2
Finders Keepers
My Summer Prince
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
The Wicked Lady
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
Blind Date
Grendel
Max Winslow and The House of Secrets
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
My Christmas Prince
The Bezonians
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