Biography
Who is Nia Long?
Early life
Nia Talita Long was born on October 30, 1970, in Brooklyn, United States. Her parents are Talita Long, a teacher and printmaker, and Doughtry Long, a high school teacher and poet. When she was two years old, her parents divorced. She moved with her mother to Iowa City and later to South Los Angeles. Her father resided in Trenton, New Jersey. She has an older half-sister named Sommore.
She attended Paseo Del Rey Elementary School and St. Mary's Academy in Inglewood, California. Alongside her academic classes, she studied ballet, tap, jazz, gymnastics, guitar, and acting. She graduated from Westchester High School in Los Angeles in 1989.
Television and film career
Nia Long became well known after starring in the film Boyz n the Hood in 1991. That same year, she began portraying Beulah Lisa Wilkes on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, continuing the role until 1995. She also played Kathryn Speakes on the soap opera Guiding Light from 1991 to 1994.
Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, she appeared in several well-known films including Friday, Love Jones, Soul Food, The Best Man, and Big Momma's House. On television, she portrayed NYPD officer Sasha Monroe on the crime drama series Third Watch from 2003 to 2005. She later appeared on the Fox drama series Empire and the CBS action series NCIS: Los Angeles.
Personal life
Nia Long contributes her time to the Sterling Children's Home in Barbados as a motivational speaker. In 2010, she started dating basketball player Ime Udoka. They have a son together who was born in 2011. She also has an older son born in 2000 from a previous relationship. She and Udoka became engaged in 2015 before splitting up in December 2022.
Birthday and age
Nia Long was born on October 30, 1970, which makes Nia 55 years old today. That birthday falls under the Scorpio sign. Nia shares the date with 21 other famous people.
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