Nana Visitor

The asteroid 26733 Nanavisitor, discovered in 2001, was named in her honor by its discoverer Bill Yeung (who has discovered thousands of asteroids). Later on his post-America career Dan Peek became a born again Christian and released some marginally selling albums. Visitor is the niece of American actress Cyd Charisse. The remaining duo produced a few more albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s to little fanfare, but had one more significant hit, "You Can Do Magic", in 1982. Visitor and Siddig divorced in 2001. But then Hideaway marked the beginning of America's decline. Dan Peek left the group. They had a son in 1996, named Django El Tahir El Siddig and her pregnancy was incorporated into a Deep Space Nine storyline. The next album Hearts featured "Sister Golden Hair," the band's second #1 single in the US.

Visitor married fellow Star Trek actor Alexander Siddig in 1997. The group's third album Hat Trick was a relative failure, but their fourth album Holiday (with new producer George Martin) became a hit. 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. America won Best New Artist at the 1972 Grammy Awards. Homecoming became a huge hit in the US, and slightly less so in the UK. 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. "Ventura Highway", the first single off their next album, Homecoming, also became a huge hit. Her film debut came in the 1977 film, The Sentinel. Their first album, America, reached #14. After the group moved to the United States, "A Horse With No Name" hit #1 there and so did the album soon after.

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. "A Horse With No Name" was the group's debut single, and it peaked at #3 in the United Kingdom. Visitor is most famous for playing Kira Nerys in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek and Gerry Beckley, all singers and guitarists, met in high school and formed a folk rock group called "Daze." After changing their name to "America", the group received a contract with Warner Brothers Records. Nana Visitor (July 26, 1957) is an American actor. America was a light rock band, most popular in the early 1970s and now best known for their #1 hit "A Horse With No Name". Horse with No Name - 2002.

Holiday Harmony - 2002. Hits You Remember Live - 2001. Live (album) - 1999. Human Nature - 1998.

King Biscuit Flower Hour - 1996. Hourglass - 1994. Ventura Highway & Other Favorites - 1992. In Concert - 1990.

Perspective - 1984. Your Move - 1983. The Last Unicorn (movie soundtrack) - 1982. A View from the Ground - 1982.

Alibi - 1980. Silent Lhhhhetter - 1979. Harbor - 1977. America Live - 1977.

Hideaway - 1976. Hearts - 1975. Holiday - 1974. Hat Trick - 1973.

Homecoming - 1973. America in Concert Live - 1973. America - 1972.