Iman

Iman is a Somali model and actress who played Martia in .
She was born in Mogadishu, Somalia as Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid, but her first name was later changed to "Iman", meaning "faith" in Arabic. Her father was a diplomat, who served as the Somalian ambassador to Saudi Arabia at one point. Iman attended boarding school in Egypt and briefly studied political science at the University of Nairobi in Kenya, where she was discovered by a photographer.
She gained prominence as a supermodel in the late 1970s, and became the muse of several leading fashion designers, including , , and .
As an actress, she appeared, among others, in (1985, with Michael Gough), (1987, with Leon Russom, Nicholas Worth, David Paymer, Darryl Henriques, John Hostetter, and Danny Nero), (1991, with Patrick Stewart, Tommy Hinkley, Aaron Lustig, Time Winters, and Robert Picardo), (1991, with James Avery), and (1994, with Stephanie Niznik, Deborah Lacey, Rosemary Forsyth, Lena Banks, and Keegan de Lancie).
She also appeared in episodes of The Cosby Show, Miami Vice (with Lori Petty), and In the Heat of the Night, as well as several music videos.
From 1992 to 2016, Iman was married to the late musician / rock star , with whom she has one daughter. She also has another daughter from a previous marriage to former basketball player .
She is the last actress to kiss William Shatner in a Star Trek production.
== External links ==
* 
* 
de:Iman
es:Iman
Iman
Iman