Star Trek: DS9's Nana Visitor Stayed "Traumatized" To Make Major Kira Authentic

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To bring authenticity to her performance as Major Kira Nerys on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, actress Nana Visitor kept herself "traumatized" by the anger and resentment that defined Kira's character. After Nerys spent most of her life as a Bajoran freedom fighter during the Cardassian occupation, Major Kira found herself in new territory as the Bajoran liaison to Deep Space Nine and First Officer to Commander Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks). Even after Bajor won independence, it was impossible for Kira to forget the trauma that the Cardassians inflicted on the Bajoran people, and on Kira's life in particular.
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Star Trek: DS9's Nana Visitor Stayed "Traumatized" To Make Major Kira Authentic

DS9's Nana Visitor made Kira's past personal.

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