Nia Long
Acting
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 years old, and she and her mother moved to Iowa City, Iowa. They subsequently moved to a South Los…
Filmography
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Don't Stop Til' You Get Enough: The Making of Michael
2026
Michael
2026
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
You People
2023
Missing
2023
The Best Man: The Final Chapters
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Look Both Ways
2022
Life in a Year
2020
Fatal Affair
2020
#blackAF
2020
The Banker
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
47 Meters Down: Uncaged
2019
Steve
2017
Dear White People
2017
Roxanne Roxanne
2017
Lemon
2017
Beaches
2017
Uncle Buck
2016
Keanu
2016
Empire
2015
The Divide
2014
The Single Moms Club
2014
The Best Man Holiday
2013
House of Lies
2012
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
2011
Mooz-lum
2011
Good Hair
2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
The Cleveland Show
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
‘Friday’ Straight Up
2009
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
Gospel Hill
2008
Big Shots
2007
Are We Done Yet?
2007
Premonition
2007
Big Momma's House 2
2006
Are We There Yet?
2005
Alfie
2004
Boston Legal
2004
The Tony Danza Show
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Baadasssss!
2004
America Beyond the Color Line
2004
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
2003
Sightings: Heartland Ghost
2002
Everwood
2002
106 & Park
2000
Big Momma's House
2000
If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000
Boiler Room
2000
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
2000
The Secret Laughter of Women
1999
The Best Man
1999
Held Up
1999
Third Watch
1999
Judging Amy
1999
Stigmata
1999
In Too Deep
1999
Butter
1998
Soul Food
1997
Hav Plenty
1997
Love Jones
1997
The Daily Show
1996
Moesha
1996
Live Shot
1995
Friday
1995
ER
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Living Single
1993
Made in America
1993
Boyz n the Hood
1991
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
Buried Alive
1989
The B.R.A.T. Patrol
1986
People's Choice Awards
1975
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Don't Ever Wonder
Don't Ever Wonder