The famous Nia Talita Long is an American actress. Long rose to prominence after starring in the film Boyz n the Hood and playing the role of Beullah Lisa Wilkes on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. She then starred in Friday and the 1997 films Love Jones and Soul Food.
Long appears in the video for Kanye West’s Touch the Sky. She directed Yolanda Adams’s music video for This Too Shall Pass. She won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series in 2004 for her performance on Third Watch. Long co-directed and appeared in Ashanti’s music video, Baby. She also made a guest appearance on the sitcom Living Single during its first season. She originally voiced Roberta Tubbs on The Cleveland Show before being replaced by Reagan Gomez-Preston.
She appeared in the 2013 film The Best Man Holiday, reprising her role from the original 1999 film. Unlike the original film, however, her character is in an interracial relationship with a white man. Long was revealed to be pursuing an interracial relationship in the film and explained: “We’re living in a modern world where it happens and it’s OK and it’s no disrespect to any black man. I love black men, but the reality is the sistahs are marrying white men and the brothas are marrying white women and that’s the world that we live in and it’s not to be judged, and if it works for you then embrace it.
In July 2020, Long starred in the Netflix psychological thriller Fatal Affair.
Nia Long’s parents: Doughtry Long, Talita Long
Nia Talita Long’s parents are Doughtry Long. Doughtry Long was a Trenton poet, author, and teacher. This is the cover of one of his books, Black Love, Black Hope, which was originally published in 1971.3 and Talita Long.
Books: Song for Nia: A Poetic Essay in Three Parts, Black love, Black hope, Rules for Cool
