Marina Sirtis Net Worth

Marina Sirtis's Quotes

• I was originally cast to be the brains of the Enterprise. Somehow, I became The Chick. There's a little ugly girl inside of me going "Yay! I'm a sex symbol!".
• On her character Deanna Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987): We knew that she ate chocolates and that she worked out, but that was really boring. I wanted to know what she did when she went on the holodeck. We basically never saw her off-duty or going on holiday. We knew she was a psychologist -- and a pretty good one -- but that was all we knew about her.
• On being typecast after Star Trek: I've been getting a lot of science fiction scripts which contained variations on my Star Trek character and I've been turning them down. I strongly feel that the next role I do, I should not be wearing spandex.
• On the Star Trek uniforms: We hate our uniforms. We've said it a gazillion times. It's like a chant that we have to say every day. They're hot, they're uncomfortable, and we can't wait to get out of them. But even when we get to wear something else, it's usually something hot. So I'm in a nice leather jacket in the mountains, on a day when the temperature turns out to be ninety degrees! (1998)
• On her scene in Star Trek: Generations (1994) where she's piloting the Enterprise: It was a fascinating sequence. What was funny was that my chair caught fire and burned my bottom. When we did the next take, I stopped in the middle of all the confusion and made sure there was nothing burning on my seat before I sat on it again. I think they had to cut that take out of the movie. (1994)

Interesting Facts about Marina Sirtis

1. Is a huge soccer fan because her little brother Steve plays this sport in Greece.
2. Originally auditioned for the role of Lieutenant Tasha Yar on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), which went to Denise Crosby.
3. After her audition for Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Marina felt her audition was unsuccessful and was just about to jump on a flight home to London. Only minutes before she did so, they called back and told her she had gotten the role of Counselor Deanna Troi.
4. Has played the stewardess in the now classic and famous Cinzano Bianco advert starring Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins. You may remember the end where Rossiter pats the arm of Joan Collins' seat causing it to suddenly recline and she ends up throwing the drink on her own face. "Ah, getting your head down. Good idea," he says.
5. Fellow Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) cast members Brent Spiner and Michael Dorn were groomsmen at her wedding. Ann Turkel was maid of honor at her wedding.
6. Through the Fire (2002) was a sitcom pilot episode written by Marina's best friend, Michael Dorn, and featured her as a cast member. This was never sold to a network.
7. Wore black-colored contact lenses during the seven-year run of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and the subsequent films because her character had black eyes. Marina's eyes are light brown.
8. Has attended Star Trek conventions in Alberta, Canada, at least four times as of June 2004. She has visited Calgary, Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta; and Vulcan, Alberta.
9. Her last name is pronounced SIR-tiss.
10. Has appeared in episodes of five different series with Jonathan Frakes: Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Gargoyles (1994), Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles (1996), Enterprise (2001) and Star Trek: Picard (2020).
11. Along with Jonathan Frakes, Armin Shimerman, John de Lancie, Michael Ansara, Richard Poe and Mark Allen Shepherd, she is one of only seven actors to play the same character on three different "Star Trek" series and the only woman to do so. She played Counselor Deanna Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Star Trek: Voyager (1995) and Enterprise (2001).
12. Along with Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, Colm Meaney and Jeffrey Combs, she is one of only six actors to appear in the finales of two different "Star Trek" series (Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Enterprise (2001)).
13. Has appeared with Dwight Schultz in three "Star Trek" productions: Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and Star Trek: Voyager (1995).
14. Occasionally attends Star Trek conventions so that her loving fans can meet her, and she can meet the fans.
15. Has stated that her favorite episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) is Star Trek: The Next Generation: Face Of The Enemy (1993).
16. Sometimes wore hairpieces for her role as Deanna Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). Marina's real hair was slightly shorter, and although curly, was not as bouffant as her character's. However, Marina's real hair was used in the first two seasons, and also in the first six episodes of season six, in which Troi sported a pony-tailed style.
17. Her character Counselor Deanna Troi and Commander William T. Riker are the only characters to appear in four of the "Star Trek" series and the four films.
18. Attended and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, England (1976).
19. Has several action figures modeled after her likeness and her character, Counselor Deanna Troi from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).
20. After Gene Roddenberry's death, she explained how his death reminded her of her own father's. She mourned along with Majel Barrett and admitted she felt as close to a real-life daughter to Majel as the on-screen daughter she played.