Nia Long
Birthday
1970/10/30 (54 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
ნია ლონგი, ניה לונג, Ніа Лонг, نیا لانگ
Biography
Nia Long (born October 30, 1970) is an American actress and occasional music video director. She is best known for her roles in the television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Third Watch, and the films Soul Food, Love Jones, The Best Man, Big Momma's House, and Are We There Yet? Long was born in Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Her family is of Afro-Trinidadian descent. Her name, Nia, is one of the seven days of Kwanzaa, which means purpose in Swahili. Long's parents divorced when she was two...Read more
Acting
(1991) Boyz n the Hood
as Brandi
(2007) Are We Done Yet?
as Suzanne Persons
(1999) Stigmata
as Donna Chadway
(1995) Friday
as Debbie
(2008) Gospel Hill
as Mrs. Palmer
(2009) Good Hair
as Self
(1989) Buried Alive
as Fingers
(2006) Big Momma's House 2
as Sherri
(1999) In Too Deep
as Myra
(2000) The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
as Leslie
(2005) Are We There Yet?
as Suzanne Kingston
(1993) Made in America
as Zora Mathews
(2004) Alfie
as Lonette
(2000) Big Momma's House
as Sherry Pierce
(2007) Premonition
as Annie
(1997) Love Jones
as Nina Mosley
(2000) If These Walls Could Talk 2
as Karen
(2004) Baadasssss!
as Sandra
(2000) Boiler Room
as Abbie Halpert
(1986) The B.R.A.T. Patrol
as Darla Perkins
(1997) Soul Food
as Robin (Bird)
(1999) The Best Man
as Jordan Armstrong
(2011) Mooz-lum
as Safiyah
(1999) Held Up
as Rae
(2023) You People
as Fatima
(1998) Butter
as Carmen Jones
(2013) The Best Man Holiday
as Jordan Armstrong
(2002) Sightings: Heartland Ghost
as Lou
(1999) The Secret Laughter of Women
as Nimi Da Silva
(2014) The Single Moms Club
as May Miller
(2025) Michael
as Katherine Jackson
(2016) Keanu
as Hannah
(2017) Roxanne Roxanne
as Ms. Peggy
(2017) Beaches
as Hillary Whitney
(2017) Lemon
as Cleo
(2020) Life in a Year
as Catherine
(1997) Hav Plenty
as Trudy
(2019) 47 Meters Down: Uncaged
as Jennifer
(2003) Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
as Self
(2011) The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
as Self
(2020) The Banker
as Eunice Garrett
(2020) Fatal Affair
as Ellie
(2023) Missing
as Grace
(2022) Look Both Ways
as Lucy Galloway
(2009) ‘Friday’ Straight Up
as Self
(1999) Third Watch
as Sasha Monroe
(2004) The Tony Danza Show
as Self
(1999) Judging Amy
as Andrea Solomon
(1990) The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Lisa Wilkes
(2002) Everwood
as Cassie
(2000) 106 & Park
as ---
(2007) Big Shots
as Katie Graham
(1996) Moesha
as ---
(1993) Living Single
as ---
(1993) Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
(1994) ER
as Christy Wilson
(2004) Boston Legal
as Vanessa Walker
(1995) Live Shot
as Ramona Greer
(2008) The Wendy Williams Show
as ---
(2014) The Divide
as Billie Page
(2012) House of Lies
as Tamara
(2016) Uncle Buck
as Cindy Russell
(2004) America Beyond the Color Line
as Self
(2009) NCIS: Los Angeles
as Shay Mosley
(2019) The Kelly Clarkson Show
as ---
(2013) The Goldbergs
as Lucy Somers
(2009) Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
(2022) The Best Man: The Final Chapters
as Jordan Armstrong
(2017) Dear White People
as Neika Hobbs
(2020) #blackAF
as Lavette
(2009) The Cleveland Show
as Roberta Tubbs (voice)
(2009) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
(1996) The Daily Show
as Self
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as Darla Perkins
(2025) Number One on the Call Sheet
as Self