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Celia Rose Gooding is a actor who is best well known for their role as Nyota Uhura in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and for their Tony Award-nominated role in Jagged Little Pill.

Background[]

Celia is the daughter of Broadway actress LaChanze, and securities trader Calvin Gooding who died in Celia's early childhood in the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. Celia began involvement in the development of the rock musical Jagged Little Pill when she was still in high school, and when the show later appeared on Broadway, Celia won a Grammy and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical for her co-starring role, becoming one of the youngest nominees in the category at age 20.[2]

Celia currently appears as a young Nyota Uhura in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

Critical Role Productions[]

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Other works[]

For a complete list of their credits, see their listing on IMDb.

Trivia[]

  • Celia's sister, Zaya, introduced her to Dungeons & Dragons, and the actress honored her through her character Nia, whose strongest bond was the one she had with her own sister, Liana.[3]

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Art:

  1. Photograph of Celia Rose Gooding, by Paramount Plus (source). This file is a copyrighted work. Its use in this article is asserted to qualify as fair use of the material under United States copyright law.