Marina Sirtis

Marina Sirtis is best known for playing Counselor Deanna Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation, but she’s also done work outside of that franchise, contributing small yet memorable roles to several Cannon films, including The Wicked Lady and Death Wish 3, and doing voice-over work for the classic 90s cartoon Gargoyles. Ms. Sirtis is a very busy woman, but she was gracious enough to answer some e-mail questions I had for her. Let’s do a quick Flashback with Marina Sirtis. ———- Johnny: Growing up in England, which of the great British actors and actresses were your biggest influences? Marina: Ian McKellen is my all time favourite. I saw him in Richard II when I was 16 and it changed my life. Johnny: Your first theatrical film credit was as Jackson’s Girl in “The Wicked Lady”, one of a few films you would do for Cannon. When you read the script and saw what happened to your character, were you nervous or thinking of turning it down before you filmed it?