Persis Khambatta

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1948-10-02 (50 years old)

Deathday

1998-08-18

Place of Birth

Bombay, Maharashtra, India

Persis Khambatta

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Persis Khambatta (2 October 1948 – 18 August 1998) was an Indian model, actress and author. She was best known for her role as Lieutenant Ilia in the 1979 feature film Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The name Persis is Greek meaning Persian woman and can be found in the Bible. Description above from the Wikipedia article Persis Khambatta, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1979

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

as Lt. Ilia / The Probe

1981

Nighthawks

as Shakka

1975

1988

1982

MegaForce

as Zara

1969

Kama Sutra

as Nanda

1988

Deadly Intent

as Francesca Slate

1975

Conduct Unbecoming

as Mrs. Bandanai

1985

First Strike

as Sylvia Kruger

1977

The Man With the Power

as Princess Siri

1990

That's Action

as Colbalt (archive footage) (uncredited)

1986

Shingora

as Roma Sinha

Production

1988

Phoenix the Warrior

as Associate Producer

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