The British-American actress is widely remembered for her portrayal of Counselor Deanna Troi, on the iconic TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the four feature movies that succeeded. Also, for her various appearances in the entire Star Trek franchise. Before she was cast in Star Trek, Marina Sirtis worked on several supporting roles for a number of movies.
Marina Sirtis took a regular role in NCIS as Director of Mossad. Sirtis’s character, Orli Elbaz, replaces Michael Nouri’s character, Eli David, and first appeared in the tenth season of the show on the episode titled “Berlin,” which was broadcasted in April of 2013.
Sasha Alexander Then
Alexander gained wide media recognition and critical acclaim after she made an appearance in season 4 of Dawson's Creek as Gretchen Witter. The Serbian-American actress was also featured on an episode of the Fox comedy series Greg the Bunny, where Alexander portrayed the character of a lesbian TV Guide reporter and kissed Sarah Silverman while on screen.
Sasha Alexander was cast on NCIS in 2003 for the role of Secret Service/NCIS Special Agent Caitlin "Kate" Todd. The Serbian decent actress’s 18-month regular appearance on NCIS ultimately came to an end in May 2005, following the death of her character Special Agent Caitlin Todd by headshot in the hands of a terrorist during the season-two finale of the show called, "Twilight."
Sasha Alexander Now
Ever since her departure from NCIS, Sasha Alexander succeeded in securing roles in both He’s Just Not That Into You and Yes Man. In 2015, she started working on a regular role on Showtime's Shameless as the one Lip's professors. Her association with Lip eventually blows up in the sixth season of the show.
On August 11, 2007, Alexander married director, Edoardo Ponti. Ponti is the son of actress Sophia Loren and departed film producer Carlo Ponti. The couple have two children, one daughter named Lucia who is also Goddaughter to Jessica Capshaw and a son named Leonardo. Sasha Alexander is fluent in both English and Italian.
Marina Sirtis Now
Martina Sirtris landed regular roles in several TV series, including NCIS where she portrayed the Director of Israel’s Intelligence service known as Mossad. In 2014, she was cast as one of the co-stars of the horror film Finders Keepers and a year later, made an appearance in the British movie A Dark Reflection. A couple of years after that, Sirtris starred in another movie My Summer Prince, from the Hallmark channel.
Marina Sirtis was born and raised in London from working-class Greek parents. She was accepted to Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1976, when she was still 21 years old. After she graduated from Guildhall she started her career as an actress by taking part in the Connaught Theatre. Outside of her work in the film and movie industry, Marina Sirtis is also a strong advocate of animal rights.
Emily Wickersham Then
Emily Kaiser Wickersham gained popularity as an actress when she portrayed the role of Special Agent Eleanor Bishop on NCIS. Born in Kansas and raised in Mamaroneck, New York, she decided to go to Muhlenberg College but dropped out after a couple of years to pursue her dream of becoming an actress.
In 2013, after the death of her character, Ziva David, thus the departure of actress Cote de Pablo, Wickerman's character was introduced. She was now NSA Analyst Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop, for three episodes and later landed a recurring role on the show, as her character was promoted to NCIS Probationary Agent.