Nia Long

four-time NAACP Award winner, known for The Best Man franchise, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Empire, upcoming memoir and starring in Michael Jackson biopic

  • She will next star in Michael Jackson biopic MICHAEL as matriarch ‘Katherine Jackson’, shooting now for an April 18th, 2025 global theatrical release. Her upcoming memoir will focus on her career, motherhood, and activism (will be published By Gallery Books Imprint 13a)
  • Recently reprised her role as ‘Jordan Armstrong’ in Peacock's limited series THE BEST MAN: THE FINAL CHAPTERS (December 2022). It marked Peacock’s biggest ever series debut and first original project to make it onto Nielsen’s Top 10 streaming rankings. She received a NAACP Image Award for her performance. Starred as ‘Lisa Wilkes’ in THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR and has since starred in #BLACKAF, DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, and voiced ‘Roberta’ in season 1 of Fox’s THE CLEVELAND SHOW
  • Starred in THE BANKER for which she received a NAACP Image Award nomination and is known for roles in BIG MOMMA’S HOUSE, LEMON, ROXANNE ROXANNE, THE SINGLE MOMS CLUB, BOYZ N THE HOOD, FRIDAY and LOVE JONES. Recently starred in Netflix comedy YOU PEOPLE directed by Kenya Barris (January 2023), SEARCHING sequel MISSING (January 2023), and Netflix’s LOOK BOTH WAYS (August 2022), and produced and starred in Netflix smash hit thriller FATAL AFFAIR that debuted at #1 on the platform (July 202)
  • She lives in Los Angeles with her two children
  • She will next star in Michael Jackson biopic MICHAEL as matriarch ‘Katherine Jackson’, shooting now for an April 18th, 2025 global theatrical release. Her upcoming memoir will focus on her career, motherhood, and activism (will be published By Gallery Books Imprint 13a)
  • Recently reprised her role as ‘Jordan Armstrong’ in Peacock's limited series THE BEST MAN: THE FINAL CHAPTERS (December 2022). It marked Peacock’s biggest ever series debut and first original project to make it onto Nielsen’s Top 10 streaming rankings. She received a NAACP Image Award for her performance. Starred as ‘Lisa Wilkes’ in THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR and has since starred in #BLACKAF, DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, and voiced ‘Roberta’ in season 1 of Fox’s THE CLEVELAND SHOW
  • Starred in THE BANKER for which she received a NAACP Image Award nomination and is known for roles in BIG MOMMA’S HOUSE, LEMON, ROXANNE ROXANNE, THE SINGLE MOMS CLUB, BOYZ N THE HOOD, FRIDAY and LOVE JONES. Recently starred in Netflix comedy YOU PEOPLE directed by Kenya Barris (January 2023), SEARCHING sequel MISSING (January 2023), and Netflix’s LOOK BOTH WAYS (August 2022), and produced and starred in Netflix smash hit thriller FATAL AFFAIR that debuted at #1 on the platform (July 202)
  • She lives in Los Angeles with her two children
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Nia Long is widely known for her iconic work and legendary roles across both film and television.

Long can most recently be seen in the worldwide hit Netflix comedy YOU PEOPLE from Kenya Barris, starring opposite Eddie Murphy, Jonah Hill and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. In its first week, the film debuted at number one on the Netflix Top 10 list, being streamed for more than 55 million hours in the U.S., and The Hollywood Reporter said of her performance, “Nia Long is formidable as Amira’s mother, Fatima.”

Long also recently reprised her role in THE BEST MAN franchise alongside the original cast for the limited series THE BEST MAN: THE FINAL CHAPTERS for Peacock, for which her performance earned her a 2023 NAACP Award. She also headlined Sony’s follow-up to the hugely successful and critically acclaimed box office hit SEARCHING, entitled MISSING, along with Storm Reid.

Nia previously produced and starred in the Netflix smash hit thriller FATAL AFFAIR which debuted at #1 on the platform. She also starred with Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Mackie in the Apple TV+ feature film THE BANKER.

A four-time NAACP Award winner, Long has starred in BOYZ N THE HOOD, FRIDAY, LOVE JONES, THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR, THIRD WATCH, Tyler Perry’s THE SINGLE MOMS CLUB, PREMONITION, ARE WE THERE YET, MADE IN AMERICA, NCIS: LOS ANGELES and EMPIRE, as well as the Sundance Film LEMON, Netflix’s ROXANNE ROXANNE opposite Chanté Adams and Mahershala Ali, Kenya Barris’ #BLACKAF, and Justin Simien’s DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, among others.

Long is a longtime supporter of Nothing But Nets, a global campaign focused on fighting the spread of Malaria in African countries. Long currently resides in Los Angeles with her two sons Massai and Kez.

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