Lt. Uhura: The Next (or Is It The Previous?) Generation

The leggy lady above is Zoe Saldana. You may, or may not know her from any of her previous roles. She played Anamaria in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (hey- it's more than you or I did over the summer..) but you will know her name quite soon, since she gets to play the Starfleet Academy-era Nyota Uhura in Director J.J. Abrams' 2008 relaunch of the Star Trek movie franchise.

Nichelle Nichols may be know to some these days as Nana on Heroes,
to some of us, she'll always be *the real* Uhura. Not that I think Ms. Saldana won't be up to the movie; she'll just have some big nylons - or, whatever future stockings are made of - among other things to fill.