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Marina Sirtis Biography

Marina Sirtis

Facts of Marina Sirtis

Birth Nation: United Kingdom
Height: 5 feet 5 inch

Quick Timeline of Marina Sirtis

1955 Born in London, England
1976 Made Acting Debut
1983 Starred in The Wicked Lady
1985 Starred in Death Wish 3
1994 Starred in Star Trek: Generation
1992 Married Michael Lamper
2009 Starred in The Grudge 3
2013 Starred in NCIS

Detail Timeline of Marina Sirtis

March 25 , 1955

Born in London, England

Marina Sirtis was born in London, England to a tailor's assistant Despina and John SIrtis. Originally she was born in England but later became a naturalized citizen of United States of America making her nationality both English as well as American.

1976

Made Acting Debut

She made her acting debut at the age of 21 in 1976 as a member of the Connaught Theatre situated at West Sussex. She performed as Ophelia in Hamlet as well as Joe Orton's play What the Butler Saw.

 

July 22 , 1983

Starred in The Wicked Lady

Following the success of her theater roles, she started appeared alongside Faye Dunway in British drama Wicked Lady (1983) as Jackson's Girl. 

It was directed by Michael Winner and soundtrack was composed by Tony Banks.

 

November 1 , 1985

Starred in Death Wish 3

Marina starred in action movie Death Wish 3 as Joseph Gonzalez’s wife Maria, alongside Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey who tries to save Marina. 

This movie was directed by Michael Winner who was also the director on her previous movie Wicked Lady.

 

1994

Starred in Star Trek: Generation

Marina was ricochet into the spotlight after her prominent role in Star Trek: Generations as ship's Counselor Commander Deanna Troi, half-human half Betazoid who can sense other people's emotions.

Her acting was well received by the public and the movie gathered $118 million at the box office.

 

June 21 , 1992

Married Michael Lamper

The dark eyed exotic beauty married American rock guitarist and musician Michael Lamper in 1992 and they've been together ever since.

Lamper had met Sirtis through a personal friend and had a Greek ceremonial wedding. Lamper portrayed an Acamarian Gatherer in the Star Trek: The Next Generation third season episode "The Vengeance Factor".

May 12 , 2009

Starred in The Grudge 3

Marina Sirtis is talented at what she does and she surprised everyone by playing Gretchen, a painter and Rose's frequent babysitter in third film in supernatural horror series The Grudge. 

The movie gathered $38.6 million at the box office 

 

2013

Starred in NCIS

She starred in police procedural drama series NCIS as Orli Elbaz Director of Mossad, protege of Eli David, and a close friend to Ziva.

So far she has appeared in Season 10: "Berlin", Season 11: "Past, Present and Future", Season 13: "Family First". 

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She made her acting debut at the age of 21 as a member of the Connaught Theatre situated at West Sussex. She performed as Ophelia in Hamlet as well as Joe Orton's play What the Butler Saw. Following the success of her theater roles , she started to appear in Wicked Lady(1983), Death Wish 3(1985), Blind Date(1984) to name a few.

Originally she was born in England but later became a naturalized citizen of United States of America making her nationality both English as well as American. Her ethnicity is Greek. Known for her dark eyes and exotic beauty, she possesses an average height of 5 feet 5 inches.

Marina currently resides with her rock guitarist and musician spouse Michael Lamper. It is estimated that her net worth is $6 million.