Ishka is a fictional character from the science fiction television
series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9). A female Ferengi, she is the
mother of Quark (Armin Shimerman) and Rom (Max Grodénchik). Ishka
appears in five canon episodes of DS9, and also features in seven
licensed-but-non-canon Star Trek novels.Ishka is a fictional character
from the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
(DS9). A female Ferengi, she is the mother of Quark (Armin Shimerman)
and Rom (Max Grodénchik). Ishka appears in five canon episodes of
DS9, and also features in seven licensed-but-non-canon Star Trek
novels.Conceptualized as a feminist character, Ishka was played by
Andrea Martin once and Cecily Adams four times. Both actresses
suffered under a lot of makeup, prostheses, and costuming. Adams loved
the character, and was stunned by the positive fan reaction to
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ul{display:none}Ishka was conceived as a Ferengi "women's libber" that
Robert Hewitt Wolfe described as transcending the stereotypical
protester. Ishka did not want to end the Ferengi profit-making way of
life, but wanted Ferengi females to be able to take part in it. It was
immediately after Ishka's introduction in "Family Business" the idea
of bringing her together with Grand Nagus Zek came about. René
Auberjonois (Odo) even anticipated the pairing in an interview with
Starlog for their January 1996 issue. Ishka Top Movies & Young Movies