Uhura’s return to the Star Trek universe is a cause for celebration. Uhura was a ground-breaking character, blazing a path of representation at a time when it was sorely needed.

Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed Uhura during the three-year run of the groundbreaking series, has died at 89. Her family confirmed her death on Sunday July 31, 2022.

When I first saw the 2009 Star Trek, I was struck by the linguistic superpowers of that film's Nyota Uhura (Zoe Saldana). They were familiar to me. It wasn't simply that this ability often arises ...

Star Trek's third Uhura, Celia Rose Gooding, explains that Zoe Saldaña was their first Uhura. Plus, how they honor both Nichelle Nichols and Saldaña in their new 'Strange New Worlds' role.

The Uhura-Kirk kiss was likely the first televised white/African American lip-to-lip kiss. STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN, Nichelle Nichols, wearing her communications ear piece, 1982. (c)Paramount.

CBS via Getty Images Actress Nichelle Nichols, whose trailblazing portrayal of Lt. Nyota Uhura on TV’s original “Star Trek” series broke racial barriers, has died. She was 89.

The incomparable actress, singer, mother, and activist Nichelle Nichols passed away at the age of 89 on July 30, 2022. Her legacy will largely be centered on two facts: Starting in 1966, as Uhura ...

And while Uhura is supremely smart, brave, and good at being a communications office for Star Fleet, the new rebooted movies aren't doing the character any favors by attaching her to Spock.

Nichelle Nichols, who played Lt. Nyota Uhura on the original “Star Trek,” has died at the age of 89, her son Kyle Johnson announced on her official Facebook page. “Last night, my mother ...