<P> Nancy Hower grew up in Wyckoff, New Jersey, and is one of nine children . She appeared onstage for the first time as a senior in high school . Upon graduating from high school, Nancy continued her studies at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City where she majored in drama . During her years at Juilliard, she appeared in such productions as King Lear, And A Nightingale Sang, Macbeth, The Fifth of July, and The Would - Be Gentleman . She also later appeared in two stage productions at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts . </P> <P> Nancy began her professional acting career playing the role of Andrea in The Years at the Manhattan Theatre Club in 1993 . Nancy has also been in several on and off - Broadway stage productions throughout her distinguished career . In 1994, she made her film debut with a supporting role in the comedy film Insomnia . In 1998, she appeared in the 1998 airline disaster film Blackout Effect . Her other film work includes a role in the short independent film Tunnel Vision also in 1998 . In 1999, she was cast as FBI Agent Green in the sci - fi movie The Last Man On Planet Earth . Also that year, Nancy also had a role in Standing On Fishes, and although her name appears in the end credits of this movie, her role was cut from the final version of the film . She has also had guest - starring roles on such popular television series as Suddenly Susan and The Sentinel . </P> <P> Nancy had a recurring role as Ensign Samantha Wildman on the popular sci - fi series Star Trek: Voyager . She appeared in eight episodes spanning the series' seven - year run . Her character in the series was named after a real life 7 - year - old girl who died in an accident . The little girl's parents decided to donate their daughter's organs . The ailing wife of one of Voyager's writers received one of the girl's kidneys . The writer, Jimmy Diggs, decided to honor the child's memory by naming Nancy's Voyager persona after the little girl . Because the real Samantha Wildman had been fond of animals, Jimmy Diggs thus made Ensign Wildman head of Voyager's xenobiology department . Ensign Samantha Wildman had the distinction of being the first of two crew members with a child aboard Voyager (The other was Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres in the final episode of the series, "Endgame II"). </P> <P> Nancy's Voyager appearances are (in order): </P>

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