Whoopi Goldberg says pioneering actress Nichelle Nichols inspired her to appear in ‘Star Trek’
Whoopi Goldberg says pioneering actress Nichelle Nichols inspired her to appear in ‘Star Trek’. The comic, 66, added her late friend, who died at the weekend aged 89 and played lieutenant Nyota Uhura on the bridge of the show’s starship, showed her black people could make it “to the future”. Whoopi said on Monday’s (01.08.22) episode of The View: “Nichelle Nichols was a trailblazer, a heroine, and an extraordinary woman – somebody who inspired millions and millions of people, but who inspired me because I explained when I went to get my gig at ‘Star Trek’ that Nichelle was the first black pers...