Julie Kavner

In The Simpsons, Kavner provides the voices for Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier, Jacqueline Bouvier and Gladys Bouvier. The asteroid 26733 Nanavisitor, discovered in 2001, was named in her honor by its discoverer Bill Yeung (who has discovered thousands of asteroids). Kavner was born in Los Angeles, California and grew up entirely in Southern California, a fact that comes as a surprise to many people who identify her with her role as New Yorker Brenda Morgenstern and who peg her creaky, somewhat nasally voice as sounding "East Coast.". Visitor is the niece of American actress Cyd Charisse. Julie Kavner (born September 7, 1951) is an American actress, best known for her role as Brenda Morgenstern on the Rhoda television series in the 1970s and for providing the voice of Marge Simpson on the animated television show The Simpsons. Visitor and Siddig divorced in 2001. They had a son in 1996, named Django El Tahir El Siddig and her pregnancy was incorporated into a Deep Space Nine storyline.

Visitor married fellow Star Trek actor Alexander Siddig in 1997. Prior to obtaining the role of Kira, Visitor co-starred in a short-lived sitcom based upon the film Working Girl. After DS9 ended, she had a recurring role as a villain on the series Dark Angel. On television, Visitor co-starred in the short-lived 1976 sitcom, Ivan the Terrible and from 1978 to 1982 had short-lived regular roles on three soap operas: Ryan's Hope, The Doctors, and One Life to Live. Her film debut came in the 1977 film, The Sentinel.

Nana Visitor was born in New York as Nana Tucker, and began her acting career in the 1970s on the Broadway stage in such productions as The One and Only. Visitor is most famous for playing Kira Nerys in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Nana Visitor (July 26, 1957) is an American actor.