La Femme Nikita

Overview

Nikita is a drug-addicted juvenile delinquent who was accused of killing a police officer in cold blood during an attempted robbery of a pharmacy. She is later arrested and sentenced to death by lethal injection, upon which she was secretly drugged by the government, faking her death. Nikita is then "recruited" by a secret government organization and transformed into a highly skilled assassin who cannot be traced.

Series details

First air date

1997

Last air date

2001

Status

Ended

Seasons

5

Episodes

96

Episode runtime

44 min

Genres

Action & Adventure, Drama

Original language

EN

Origin country

US, CA

Networks

USA Network

Created by

Joel Surnow, Robert Cochran

Cast

Peta Wilson

Nikita

Roy Dupuis

Michael

Matthew Ferguson

Seymour Birkoff

Eugene Robert Glazer

Operations

Don Francks

Walter

Alberta Watson

Madeline / Madeline A.I.