Niecy Nash
Oct 15, 2021
1 minute
H. Alan Scott
FEW ACTORS ARE ABLE TO BOUNCE BETWEEN COMEDY AND DRAMA AS WELL as Niecy Nash. Whether she’s playing Desna on a nail artist and leader of a criminal empire; or Deputy Raineesha Williams on the role that made her famous, that Nash was able to be seen in a more dramatic light. She earned two Emmy nominations for her performance, and it led to her collaboration with Ava DuVernay in and which earned Nash her third Emmy nomination. Now with the fourth and final season of Nash is able to “stand in the gap for Black women” on many fronts. “I love being in a place where I can represent women over 40, thick women, natural hair women, childless women, the list goes on.”
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