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Main Movie Roles 2009 - Good Hair 2008 - Gospel Hill 2007 - Are We Done Yet? 2006 - Big Momma's House 2 2005 - Are We There Yet? 2004 - Alfie 2003 - How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass 2001 - The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy 2000 - Boiler Room 2000 - Big Momma's House 1999 - The Best Man 1999 - Stigmata 1999 - In Too Deep 1999 - Held Up 1997 - Love Jones 1997 - Soul Food 1995 - Friday 1993 - Made in America 1991 - Boyz n the Hood 1990 - Buried Alive

BIOGRAPHY:

Nia Long was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Doc and Talita Long. Nia's parents divorced when she was a little over two years old. She moved with her mother to Iowa City, Iowa, where her mother studied fine arts, and then to a lower-middle-class South Central Los Angeles neighborhood when Nia was seven. She attended Catholic school for a while and studied ballet, tap, jazz, gymnastics, guitar and acting. Due to the lack of employment opportunities in the Arts in Los Angeles when Nia and Talita first arrived there, Talita took various low-paying jobs, in spite of being equipped with two master's degrees, that resulted in financial straits for the mother and daughter. Nia's motivation to be successful was driven by her desire to help ease her mother's financial burden.


TRIVIA:

• Was a registered Girl Scout.
• She and Massai Z. Dorsey were to wed in June 2001, but ended their relationship before getting married to each other.
• Career got started by 'Betty A. Bridges' (qv), mother of actor 'Todd Bridges' (qv). Betty was her acting coach for 15 years.
• She beat out Jada Pinkett (Will Smith's future wife) for the role of Lisa on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air".
• (2000) Took Third Place by the readers of Black Men Magazine for "The 10 Sexiest Women of the Year."
• Half-sister of comedian Sommore.
• Nia is of Trinidadian descent.
• Voted one of the 50 most beautiful people in the World 2000 by People Magazine