Ada Maris is a Mexican-American actress. She was born Ada Morentes and has been married to actor Tony Plana since 1988. They have two children. The ethnonym Mexican American is the usual term of self description for people with strong ties to both the United States of America and Mexico. ... Tony Plana publicity photo Tony Plana is a Cuban American actor, born in 1954. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Career
Maris made a big splash on an episode of the Cosby Show playing the girlfriend of a community center director played by Tony Orlando. This was supposed to be a pilot for a series centered on Maris and Orlando, but it was never picked up by the network. She then went on to play Nurse Gina Cuevas on Nurses for its entire three season run. Most recently Maris became known for playing Captain Erika Hernandez on Star Trek: Enterprise. Her husband had appeared in the earlier Star Trekspin-off, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. She also played Mrs. Garcia in The Brothers Garcia. Photo of the entire cast of The Cosby Show. ... Tony Orlando (born April 4, 1944, New York) is an American singer, of Greek and Puerto Rican ancestry, best known for his time with the group Dawn in the early 1970s. ... Nurses is a television sitcom that ran on NBC from 1991 to 1994. ... Captain Erika Hernandez is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe, introduced in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode, Home. She is portrayed by Ada Maris. ... The starship Enterprise (NX-01) Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. ... Star Trek collectively refers to an American science-fiction franchise spanning six unique television series (which comprise 726 episodes) and ten feature films, in addition to hundreds of novels, computer and video games, fan stories, and other works of fiction â all of which are set within the same fictional universe... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... Space station Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (ST:DS9 or STDS9 or DS9 for short) is a science fiction television series produced by Paramount and set in the Star Trek universe. ...