Marina Sirtis

Marina Sirtis born 29 March 1955 height 5 4½ 164 m is an EnglishAmerican actress She is best known for her role as Counselor Deanna Troi on the television series Star Trek The Next Generation and the four feature films that followed Biography Marina Sirtis was born in the East End of London the daughter of working class Greek parents Despina a tailors assistant and John Sirtis She was brought up in Harringay North London and emigrated to the US in 1986 later becoming a naturalized US citizen She auditioned for drama school against her parents wishes ultimately being accepted to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama She is married to rock guitarist Michael Lamper 21 June 1992 present Her younger brother Steve played football in Greece and played for Columbia University in the early 1980s Marina herself is an avowed supporter of Tottenham Hotspur FC Career Sirtis started her career as a member of the repertory company at the Connaught Theatre Worthing West Sussex in 1976 Directed by Nic Young she appeared in Joe Ortons What the Butler Saw and as Ophelia in Hamlet Before her role in Star Trek Sirtis was featured in supporting roles in several films In the 1983 Faye Dunaway film The Wicked Lady she engaged in a whip fight with Dunaway In the Charles Bronson sequel Death Wish 3 Sirtiss character is a rape victim In the film Blind Date she appears as a prostitute who is murdered by a madman Other early works include numerous guest starring roles on British television series Sirtis appeared in Raffles 1977 Hazell 1978 Minder 1979 the Jim Davidson sitcom Up the Elephant and Round the Castle 1985 and The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1986 among other things She also played the stewardess in the famous 1979 Cinzano Bianco television commercial starring Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins in which Collins was splattered with drink