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Kathryn A. "Kitty" Swink (born 22 October 1954; age 69) is an American actress who appeared as Minister Rozahn in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine second season episode "Sanctuary" and Luaran in the seventh season episode "Tacking Into the Wind". She also provided the voice of Luaran in the video game Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Fallen. Swink is the wife of Armin Shimerman.

Swink commented, "I grew up watching TOS with my oldest brother, who went on to become a rocket scientist. He was always going to be a scientist, but Trek put his head in the stars." [1]

Swink has guest starred in Babylon 5 (1995, with Bill Mumy, Andreas Katsulas and Tucker Smallwood), The Agency (2001, with David Clennon, Ronny Cox, and Heidi Schultz), Becker (2002, with Terry Farrell), NYPD Blue (2004, with Gordon Clapp), Monk (2007), and Crossing Jordan (2007), and Leverage (2009, with Brent Spiner, Armin Shimerman, and with Jonathan Frakes directing).

She became a SAG Health Plan Trustee along with William Schallert and Barry Gordon. Swink, like Schallert, Gordon and Joseph Ruskin served on the Screen Actors Guild Executive Board of Directors and then became a Trustee at the Screen Actors Guild Pension and Health Plan.

Swink has suffered with pancreatic cancer for several years and raises awareness of the illness.

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