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Persis Khambatta

1948 - 1998

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Persis Khambatta (2 October 1948 – 18 August 1998) was an Indian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder best remembered for playing Lieutenant Ilia in the feature film Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Persis Khambatta has received more than 1,825,039 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Persis Khambatta is the 6,515th most popular actor (down from 5,128th in 2019), the 788th most popular biography from India (down from 593rd in 2019) and the 120th most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Persis Khambatta ranks 6,515 out of 13,578. Before her are Elizabeth Peña, Celia Johnson, Melissa George, Harry Groener, Patrick Warburton, and Gloria Talbott. After her are Songül Öden, Rocky Carroll, Richard Brake, Austin Pendleton, Ann Doran, and Patricia Richardson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Persis Khambatta ranks 604. Before her are Ted Lange, Edward Lachman, John Gray, Viktor Matviyenko, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, and Norair Nurikyan. After her are Eizo Kenmotsu, Kenjiro Shinozuka, Adam Musiał, Jerzy Kaczmarek, Roelof Wunderink, and István Tarlós. Among people deceased in 1998, Persis Khambatta ranks 280. Before her are Tadeusz Ślusarski, Valerio Perentin, Norman Fell, Gennady Yevryuzhikhin, Fred Davis, and Daniel Massey. After her are Louis Hostin, Charles Sibley, René Ferrier, Anna J. Harrison, Duncan White, and Augusto Magli.

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In India

Among people born in India, Persis Khambatta ranks 788 out of 1,861. Before her are Bipin Rawat (1958), Bano Qudsia (1928), Raj Babbar (1952), Narendra Dabholkar (1945), Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896), and Mira Nair (1957). After her are Rabri Devi (1956), Nirupa Roy (1931), Arjun Kapoor (1985), Michael Bates (1920), Asrani (1940), and Amol Palekar (1944).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Persis Khambatta ranks 120. Before her are Shakti Kapoor (1952), Mammootty (1951), Saira Banu (1944), Shriram Lagoo (1927), Raj Babbar (1952), and Mira Nair (1957). After her are Nirupa Roy (1931), Arjun Kapoor (1985), Michael Bates (1920), Asrani (1940), Amol Palekar (1944), and Johnny Lever (1957).

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Television and Movie Roles

Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Lt. Ilia / The Probe
When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command.
Dec 7th 19796.5 / 10
Nighthawks
Shakka
When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.
Mar 17th 19816.4 / 10
MegaForce
Zara
MegaForce is an elite multi-national military unit that does the jobs that individual governments wont. When the peaceful Republic of Sardun in under threat from their more aggressive neighbor, the beautiful Major Zara and General Byrne-White see the help of Ace Hunter and MegaForce.
Jun 25th 19823.928 / 10