Nia Long is an American dancer and actress, Nia Talita Long was born on October 30, 1970, in Brooklyn, New York. Talita (née Gillman), her mother, was a teacher and printmaker, and Doughtry Long, her father, was a high school teacher and poet. Long has an elder half-sister, Sommore (born Lori Ann Rambough), who is a comedian as well as an actor. Long’s parents split when she was two years old. She then went to Iowa City, Iowa, with her mother before settling in South Los Angeles. Trenton, New Jersey, was where her father lived. She attended the Roman Catholic all-girls high school St. Mary’s Academy in Inglewood, California, and graduated from Westchester High School in Los Angeles in 1989.
Long’s first professional acting job was with Sean Astin, Tim Thomerson, and Brian Keith in the Disney Channel television film “The B.R.A.T. Patrol” (1986). From 1991 to 1994, she was cast in a three-year contract role as Kathryn “Kat” Speakes on the long-running popular soap opera “Guiding Light.” This was her first significant part, and it helped her acquire further recognition. Long got the role of Brandi in the film “Boyz n the Hood” during her first year on “Guiding Light” (1991). Following her departure from “Guiding Light,” Long appeared on the television show “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” from 1994 to 1995 as Beulah “Lisa” Wilkes, Will Smith’s character’s girlfriend (and later fiancée).
In addition to her television work, Long has also enjoyed a successful film career. After her appearance in “Boyz n the Hood” (1991), she went on to appear in films like “Made in America” (1993), “Friday” (1995), “Love Jones” (1997), “Hav Plenty” (1997), “Soul Food” (1997), “Butter” (1998), “The Best Man” (1999), “In Too Deep” (1999), “Stigmata” (1999), “Boiler Room” (2000), “Big Momma’s House” (2000), “Alfie” (2004), “Are We There Yet?” (2005), “Big Momma’s House 2” (2006), “Gospel Hill” (2008), “The Best Man Holiday” (2013), “Keanu” (2016), “Lemon” (2017), and “47 Meters Down: Uncaged” (2019), among others.
Nia Long has an estimated net worth of $6 Million
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