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France Nuyen (born France Nguyễn Vân Nga on 31 July 1939) is a French-American actress, model, and psychological counselor. She is known to film audiences for playing romantic leads in South Pacific (1958), Satan Never Sleeps (1962), and A Girl Named Tamiko (also 1962), and for playing Ying-Ying St. Clair in The Joy Luck Club (1993).
France Nuyen is a French-born actress who appeared in South Pacific, The Joy Luck Club and Battle for the Planet of the Apes. She also played Elaan, a Vulcan ambassador, in one episode of Star Trek in 1968.
- January 1, 1
- 1.65 m
- Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
France Nuyen plays Elaan, a princess who must marry an enemy leader to end a war, in the Star Trek episode Elaan of Troyius. Kirk falls in love with her due to a chemical effect, while Spock investigates a sabotage plot.
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- John Meredyth Lucas
- 1968-12-20
Jul 30, 2015 · France Nuyen, who played Elaan in "Elaan of Troyius", talks about her role, her career and her fans in an interview with StarTrek.com. She also reveals some funny stories about her costumes, her wig and her co-star William Shatner.
France Nuyen (born 31 July 1939; age 84) is the actress who played Elaan in the Star Trek: The Original Series third season episode "Elaan of Troyius". She filmed her scenes between Monday 3 June 1968 and Monday 10 June 1968 at Desilu Stage 9.
Jul 31, 2023 · Nuyen was born in Marseille and grew up in France. She came to the US in 1956 and was living in New York when director Josh Logan, who, she notes in a 2021 interview, spoke French, hired her after one meeting for South Pacific. This was her film debut, in 1958.
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Oct 8, 2019 · Known to Star Trek fans as Elaan, the obnoxious princess Capt. Kirk attempts to tame in the third season episode “Elaan of Troyius,” France Nuyen’s role on the 1960s classic.
