Niecy Nash
Biography
Niecy Nash-Betts is an American actress who started out in the late 1990s with film roles in Boys on the Side and Cookie's Fortune (1999). Born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in Compton, she gained recognition for playing Deputy Raineesha Williams on Reno 911! and for hosting Clean House, work that brought her a Daytime Emmy Award. She received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for the comedy-drama Getting On and later starred as Desna Simms in Claws from 2017 to 2022, winning a Satellite Award. Her collaborations with director Ava DuVernay include Selma (2014), the miniseries When They See Us, and Origin (2023). In the Netflix anthology Monster, she played Glenda Cleveland, winning a Primetime Emmy for supporting actress. Her other films include G-Force (2009), Uncorked (2020), and Beauty (2022).
56years old
Turns 57 on February 23in 133 days
- Born Palmdale
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Carol Denise Ensley (birth name)Also credited as Carol Denise Nash and Carol Denise Betts
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 24 years1999 to 2023
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First role
Nash's first professional acting job came in the 1995 comedy-drama Boys on the Side, a film that starred Whoopi Goldberg.
Behind the camera
In July 2022, Nash signed a deal with Entertainment One that gives the company a first look at television projects.
Niecy Nash movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Robert Ben Garant directed two of these films. Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Robert Ben Garant
Also three films together1 more actor
- Kerri KenneyReno 911!: It's a Wonderful Heist (2022), Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon (2021) and Reno 911!: Miami (2007)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Niecy Nash's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$751 million
8 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 8 worldwide figure; 3 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 3Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$299M39.7% of the total
- 2$293M39.0% of the total
- 3$103M13.7% of the total
- 4$20M2.7% of the total
- 5$11M1.5% of the total
- 6$11M1.4% of the total
- 7$10M1.4% of the total
- 8$4.5M0.6% of the total
Awards
Three awards and honors from 2019 to 2023, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 2023 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2019 | Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series | When They See Us | Won |
| Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.