Marina Sirtis Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Science Fiction Genre Award at ShockerFest in 2004
• Studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London
• Made her first on-screen appearance on a 1977 episode of the series "Ruffles․"
• First began acting on stage at the Connaught Theatre in West Sussex, England
• Quote: "(On being regarded as a sex symbol) "Okay, first of all, when you've been ugly, if you had said to me when I was 12, you're going to be a sex symbol when you're older, I would've laughed and said, 'Are you high?' So, to me it's like a huge compliment․ And especially as I'm older․ I was in my 30's when I became a sex symbol; it wasn't something that happened when I was young․ And I think it's great․ I mean, I really think it's great․""
• Best known for portraying the the half-Betazoid counselor of the USS Enterprise, Deanna Troi, in "Star Trek: The Next Generation․"
• Cites the 1989 drama "Steel Magnolias" as her favorite film of all time