| 1 | Best known by the public (and by many sci-fi fans) for her role as Major (later Colonel) Kira Nerys on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). |
| 2 | (May 1-3, 2009) Attended FedCon 18 in Bonn, Germany with her fellow Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) cast members Marc Alaimo (Gul Dukat) and Jeffrey Combs (Brunt/Weyoun). |
| 3 | Is one of only 26 actors that have acted in both the Star Trek and Doctor Who franchises. |
| 4 | An asteroid discovered on April 22, 2001 has been named 26733 Nanavisitor (2001 HC16) in her honor. It’s a small, main-belt asteroid which takes 4.2 years to orbit the sun. |
| 5 | Has three dogs: a hairless Chinese crested, a black and white miniature toy poodle and a black and white standard poodle (named “Helen”). |
| 6 | Currently lives in Los Angeles, California. |
| 7 | Fellow Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) cast member Andrew Robinson is the godfather of Nana’s son, Django. |
| 8 | Went back to work on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) two weeks after her son, Django, was born. |
| 9 | She’s an admitted claustrophobic. She had a hard time filming the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) episode Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Second Skin (1994) in which her character, Major Kira Nerys, appeared as a Cardassian because of the full rubber makeup she had to wear. Her co-star in the episode, Andrew Robinson, played Elim Garak, who became claustrophobic at a young age on Cardassia. |
| 10 | Gave birth to her son, Django El Tahir El Siddig, during the filming of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) episode Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Let He Who Is Without Sin… (1996). Not surprisingly, she did not appear in that episode. |
| 11 | Sister of actor Ian Tucker and actress Zan Charisse. |
| 12 | She was accepted at Princeton University but kept deferring and did not attend. |
| 13 | Ex-niece-in-law of actress-dancer Cyd Charisse. Niece of Nico Charisse. |
| 14 | Son, Buster Miscusi, is from a previous marriage to Nicholas Miscusi. |
| 15 | Son, Django El Tahir El Siddig, born on September 16, 1996, was named for Django Reinhardt, a jazz musician. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) co-star, Alexander Siddig, is Django Siddig’s father. |
| 16 | On October 28, 1995, she received the Best Supporting Actress in a Genre Television Series honor from the the Sci-Fi Universe Readers’ Choice Universe awards. |
| 17 | Nana is the daughter of dancers, choreographer Robert Tucker and ballet teacher Nenette Charisse |