Dabo girl at Quark's bar who dated a teenage Jake Sisko and helped his father see Jake's talent as a writer.
Mardah is a dabo girl working at Quark's bar in The Abandoned. She is several years older than Jake Sisko, and their relationship worries Benjamin Sisko, who invites her to dinner intending to end it.
The evening changes his mind. Through Mardah, Sisko learns that Jake writes poetry and has a creative side he had not shared with his father, and he realizes it must be allowed to grow. Jill Sayre played the role.