The Resume

(December 28, 1932-July 30, 2022)
Portrayed Uhura on 'Star Trek'
Hired by NASA to help in recruitment of astronauts
Appeared in 'Truck Turner,' 'Antony and Cleopatra,' 'Doctor, You've Got to be Kidding,' 'The Supernaturals' and 'Winterdance'

Why she might be annoying:

She was considering quitting 'Star Trek' because she felt her part was too thin.
Martin Luther King convinced her that her role as Uhura was an inspiration to African-Americans.
She was scheduled to appear on Howard Stern's WWOR TV Show and backed out at the last minute.

Why she might not be annoying:

Her younger brother, Thomas, committed suicide in a cult (March, 1997).
She is the first African-America woman to break the stereotypical role of housekeepers on TV.
She is the first African-American to be involved in an inter-racial kiss on TV (Star Trek).
She posed nude in magazines.
Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman astronaut says Nichelle was her inspiration.
See related: Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Deforest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Majel Barrett-Roddenbery and Grace Lee Whitney

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
• An Asteroid was Named in My Honor (Ranked: 68410)
• Annoyatorium's Least Annoying [2022] (Ranked: 50)
• AOL's 50 Sexiest Women on TV of All Time [November 2007] (Ranked: 27)
• Black Women Loved by Whites
• Entertainers Loved by Geeks and Nerds
• Footprints in Mann's Theater - Female
• Guest Voices on Batman: The Animated Series
• Guest Voices on Futurama
• Guest Voices on the Simpsons
• I Attended the William Shatner Roast [2006]
• I Died in 2022 (Ranked: 89)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[M-Q]
• I Have Dementia/Alzheimer's
• I Portrayed Helen Keller
• I Portrayed My Own Doppelganger
• I Posed For the NOH8 Campaign [Gay Rights]
• I Wrote My Autobiography Without a Ghostwriter
• National Geographic Channel's Generation X Commentators
• One of My Siblings Committed Suicide
• Porgy and Bess [1959]
• Profiles 2001-2250 (Ranked: 2046)
• Satirized on Futurama
• Sharknado [Film Series]
• Star Trek
• Star Trek Babes
• Subjects of 'Drunk History'
• TV Guide's 20 Hottest Kisses of All Time [February 6, 2005] (Ranked: 19)
• TV Land's 100 Most Memorable TV Moments 51-100 [December 2004] (Ranked: 65)
• Voices of Filmation
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20220730)
• Wizard Magazine's TV's 25 Sexiest Women [February 2005] (Ranked: 17)
• Wonderwall's Biggest Celebrity News Story the Year You Were Born (Ranked: 1968)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 167 Votes: 50.30% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 361 Votes: 44.04% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 136 Votes: 43.38% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 31 Votes: 29.03% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 30 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 453 Votes: 62.91% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 134 Votes: 52.99% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 28 Votes: 39.29% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 27 Votes: 29.63% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 117 Votes: 50.43% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 64 Votes: 45.31% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 89 Votes: 69.66% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 80 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 381 Votes: 35.17% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 136 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 237 Votes: 41.35% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 435 Votes: 42.07% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 661 Votes: 49.92% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 760 Votes: 43.29% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 2471 Votes: 37.68% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 4137 Votes: 55.02% Annoying