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Nyota Uhura

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Universe : Prime Timeline
Name : Nyota Uhura [1]
Species : Humans

Nyota Uhura was a Human female. She was born and grew up in a village near Lake Simbi Nyaimain in Kenya, Africa on Earth. Her parents were teachers at the University of Nairobi. She originally intended to study at the university but gave up that ambition when her parents and elder brother died in a shuttle accident, as the campus now held too many bad memories for her. She went to live with her grandmother, who was a Starfleet officer during her youth. [2]

A skilled musician and singer, [3] She was also something of a linguist having learned 37 languages by 2259. These included Andorian; Vulcan and Swahili, her first language; together with 21 other languages native to Kenya. [2]

Not sure what to do with her life she followed her grandmother into Starfleet and [2] entered the academy in 2257 [4] and chose communications as it seemed the closest match for her skills, and she excelled in this position. [2] As a final year cadet she served on the USS Enterprise and continued to serve there following graduation. [2] When Starfleet attempted to retire the USS Enterprise Uhura she served as a transporter operator on Earth's Spacedock. When the Enterprise-A was commissioned she rejoined its crew once again. [5]

In 2288 she became Captain of the USS Leondegrance, a Lancelot class Starship, were she continued in command until her retirement in 2236. [5]

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Canon source Backstage source Novel source DITL speculation

Associated with

Crew of the Enterprise 1701/1701-A

Played by

SeriesSeasonActorFilm / Episode Title
TOSNichelle Nichols
SNWCelia Rose Gooding
TASNichelle Nichols
PRO1Nichelle NicholsFirst Con-tact
Nichelle NicholsThe Motion Picture
Nichelle NicholsThe Wrath of Khan
Nichelle NicholsThe Search for Spock
Nichelle NicholsThe Voyage Home
Nichelle NicholsThe Final Frontier
Nichelle NicholsThe Undiscovered Country

References

# Series Season Source Comment
1 TOS 1 The Corbomite Maneuver
2 SNW 1 Children of the Comet
3 TOS 1 Charlie X
4 Star Trek Chronology second edition
5 Star Trek III : The Search for Spock
Series : TOS Season 1
Episode : The Corbomite Maneuver
Series : SNW Season 1
Episode : Children of the Comet
Series : TOS Season 1
Episode : Charlie X
Book : Star Trek Chronology
Comment : second edition
Film: Star Trek III : The Search for Spock


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