After the breakout season last year, Heroes has been on a roll casting more and more to there already stellar lineup for Season 2. The show seems to be on the path of expansion and it continued today with the addition of Nichelle Nichols a former Star Trek star among many other former Star Trek cast members. Here is what TVSquad.com had to say about the latest Heroes casting.

To boldly go where other Star Trek actors have gone before: Heroes! A few days ago, TrekMovie.com revealed that Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura in the original Star Trek series, was cast in a recurring role on NBC’s hit show Heroes. The actress joins George Takei, Sulu from the original Trek, and Dominic Keating, Malcolm Reed from Enterprise, who are already on Heroes‘ pay roll (Keating was cast in a recurring role earlier this summer). To add to the Star Trek-Heroes links, Zachary Quinto, who plays Sylar, was cast as Spock in the upcoming movie.

TrekMovie.com also revealed that the actress would appear in five or six episodes of the series. TV Guide found out that Nichelle Nichols will play “Nana, the New Orleans-based grandmother of Monica (the new hero being played by The Nine’s Dana Davis).”