Marina Sirtis
Acting • Born 1955-03-29
Biography
Marina Sirtis (born 29 March 1955) is an English-American actress. She is best known for her role as Counselor Deanna Troi on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the four feature films that followed. Biography Marina Sirtis was born in the East End of London, the daughter of working class Greek parents Despina, a tailor's assistant, and John Sirtis. She was brought up in Harringay, North London and emigrated to the U.S. in 1986, later becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen. She auditioned for drama school against her parents' wishes, ultimately being accepted to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She is married to rock guitarist Michael Lamper (21 June 1992 – present). Her younger brother, Steve, played football in Greece and played for Columbia University in the early 1980s. Marina herself is an avowed supporter of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Career Sirtis started her career as a member of the repertory company at the Connaught Theatre, Worthing, West Sussex in 1976. Directed by Nic Young, she appeared in Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw and as Ophelia in Hamlet. Before her role in Star Trek, Sirtis was featured in supporting roles in several films. In the 1983 Faye Dunaway film The Wicked Lady, she engaged in a whip fight with Dunaway. In the Charles Bronson sequel Death Wish 3, Sirtis's character is a rape victim. In the film Blind Date, she appears as a prostitute who is murdered by a madman. Other early works include numerous guest starring roles on British television series. Sirtis appeared in Raffles (1977), Hazell (1978), Minder (1979), the Jim Davidson sitcom Up the Elephant and Round the Castle (1985) and The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986) among other things. She also played the stewardess in the famous 1979 Cinzano Bianco television commercial starring Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins, in which Collins was splattered with drink.
Filmography
106 credits
Star Trek: Generations
Movie • 1994
Counselor Deanna Troi
Star Trek: First Contact
Movie • 1996
Counselor Deanna Troi
Star Trek: Insurrection
Movie • 1998
Counselor Deanna Troi
Star Trek: Nemesis
Movie • 2002
Counselor Deanna Troi
Net Games
Movie • 2003
Cindy Fielding
Crash
Movie • 2005
Shereen
The Grudge 3
Movie • 2009
Gretchen
Death Wish 3
Movie • 1985
Maria Gonzalez
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
Movie • 1992
Gloria
Annihilation Earth
Movie • 2009
Paxton
Spectres
Movie • 2004
Laura Lee
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
Movie • 2023
Deanna Troi
Green Street Hooligans 2
Movie • 2009
Veronica Mavis
Fist of the Warrior
Movie • 2007
Mary
One Last Chance
Movie • 1990
Maria
The Bezonians
Movie • 2022
Helen Andinos
Love's Greek to Me
Movie • 2023
Athena
Blind Date
Movie • 1984
Hooker
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Movie • 1994
Self
Grendel
Movie • 2007
Queen Wealhtheow
The Deep Below
Movie • 2007
Sarah
Gadgetman
Movie • 1996
Detective Inspector Walker
A Thousand Little Cuts
Movie • 2022
Dr. Monica Atlas
Star Trek Story
Movie • 1996
Self
31 North 62 East
Movie • 2009
Sarah Webber
Dream Hacker
Movie • 2025
Charlotte
Terminal Error
Movie • 2002
Alex
Finders Keepers
Movie • 2014
Janine
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Movie • 2014
Self - Actress
The Wicked Lady
Movie • 1983
Jackson's Girl
A Dark Reflection
Movie • 2015
Maggie Jaspar
Little Dead Rotting Hood
Movie • 2016
Esmerelda Windield / Grandmother
Butterfly in the Sky
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
My Summer Prince
Movie • 2016
Penelope
Unbelievable!!!!!
Movie • 2020
Award Show Presenter
The Order
Movie • 2016
Katrine
Your Guide to Star Trek: Generations
Movie • 1993
Self
My Christmas Prince
Movie • 2017
Felicia Holst
A Snow White Christmas: Opening Night
Movie • 2012
Wicked Queen
Through the Fire
Movie • 2002
Mary
The Thief of Baghdad
Movie • 1978
Harem Girl (uncredited)
5th Passenger
Movie • 2018
Alana
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
Movie • 2018
Winter
Protagonist
Movie • 2007
Narrator
Once Upon a Winter's Date
Movie • 2017
Gypsy
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
Movie • 2007
Self
Vampire Riderz
Movie • 2013
Jane
Paradise Lost
Movie • 1999
Dr. Christine DuMaurier
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Movie • 1995
Demona (voice)
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
Movie • 1988
Self
Debt Collectors
Movie • 2020
Mal Reese
Max Winslow and The House of Secrets
Movie • 2020
Haven
InAlienable
Movie • 2008
Attorney Barry
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
Movie • 2013
Counselor Deanna Troi (archive footage)
Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation
Movie • 2012
Self
Riley Parra: Better Angels
Movie • 2019
Gail Finney
Castlevania: Hymn of Blood
Movie • 2015
The Moustakas Sisters Mystery
Movie • 2025
Angel Without Wings
Movie • 2010
Narrator
Turn Back
Movie
Temperance
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
Movie • 1996
Self
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
Movie • 2014
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
Movie • 2013
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
Movie • 2013
Counselor Deanna Troi
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
Movie • 2014
Counselor Deanna Troi
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birthright
Movie • 1993
Counselor Deanna Troi
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Descent
Movie • 1993
Counselor Deanna Troi
Threat Matrix
TV • 2003
Dr. Nabila Hassan
Duckman
TV • 1994
Aurora Abromowitz (voice)
Star Trek: Enterprise
TV • 2001
Counselor Deanna Troi
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Counselor Deanna Troi (voice)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV • 1987
Deanna Troi
Star Trek: Voyager
TV • 1995
Counselor Deanna Troi
Gargoyles
TV • 1994
Demona (voice)
Girlfriends
TV • 2000
Gina Richards
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Alexa Soros
Minder
TV • 1979
Stella
Stargate SG-1
TV • 1997
Svetlana Markov
Hunter
TV • 1984
Kate Scanlon
Raffles
TV • 1977
We Bare Bears
TV • 2015
Teacher / Additional Voices (voice)
Three Rivers
TV • 2009
The Cleveland Show
TV • 2009
Call Me Mister
TV • 1986
Make It or Break It
TV • 2009
Doctor Anna Kleister
Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
Mary Ann Eagin
NCIS
TV • 2003
Orli Elbaz
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Marina Sirtis (voice)
The Orville
TV • 2017
Teacher
Young Justice
TV • 2010
L4 (voice)
Young Justice
TV • 2010
Queen Bee (voice)
Young Justice
TV • 2010
Queen Bee / Sandra Stanyon / Mrs. Wheeler (voice)
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Olivia 'Liv' Kohler
Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1984
Lucrezia
Casualty
TV • 1986
Jane Taylor, MP
Titans
TV • 2018
Marie Granger
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Sonya Amin
Scandal
TV • 2012
General Fletcher
Earth: Final Conflict
TV • 1997
Sister Margarette
The Ready Room
TV • 2019
Self
Star Trek: Picard
TV • 2020
Deanna Troi
The Closer
TV • 2005
Layla Moktari
Star Trek: Lower Decks
TV • 2020
Deanna Troi (voice)
The Sunshine Murders
TV • 2025
Alexa Moustakas
Riley Parra
TV • 2017
Gail Finney
Hazell
TV • 1978
Melina Stassinopolus