The famous Carol Denise Betts, known professionally as Niecy Nash-Betts, is an American actress, comedian, and television host, best known for her performances on television. Nash hosted the Style Network show Clean House from 2003 to 2010, for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award 2010.
Nash has also played several roles in films and has made many guest appearances on television shows. In 2014, Nash played the role of civil rights activist Richie Jean Jackson in the historical drama film Selma directed by Ava DuVernay. In 2019, she starred as Delores Wise in DuVernay’s miniseries When They See Us, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. In 2018, Nash received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2020, she portrayed feminist leader Florynce Kennedy in Mrs. America. In 2021, she served as a guest host of the show The Masked Singer for five episodes.
In February 1993, Nash’s brother Michael Ensley was shot and killed when he was just 17 years old by a 16-year-old gunman at Reseda High School in California. Ensley’s killer was reportedly sent to a juvenile corrections facility in 2002 and the following year was convicted of attempted first-degree murder and sent to prison. He was released in 2011 and, in 2012, was arrested again for allegedly stabbing and killing his wife, Demetra.
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