Nia Long is an American actress who rose to prominence after starring in the film Boyz n the Hood. She is also known for starring in the Fox drama series Empire, and the CBS action series NCIS: Los Angeles.
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Nia Long was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to Talita Long and Doughtry Long. Her father, Doughtry, is a high school teacher and poet. Her mother, on the other hand, is of Trinidadian descent and is a teacher and printmaker.
She has an older half-sister from her father’s side named Lori Ann Rambough known popularly known as Sommore.
Sommore is known as the “Diva of Contemporary Comedy,”. She rose to fame as the first female host of the long-running Black Entertainment Television (BET) stand-up showcase ComicView.
She is also an actress who has appeared in the films Friday After Next, Soul Plane, and Dirty Laundry. For her success in comedy, she has received the Richard Pryor Award for Comic of the Year.
