• Name: Nia Long
  
• Birth Name: Nitara Carlynn Long
  
• Height: 5' 2"
  
• Sex: F
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: October 30, 1970
  
• Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA
  
• Profession: actress
  
• Education: Westchester High School in Los Angeles, California
  
•   : Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California
  
• Husband/Wife: Massai Z. Dorsey (married in June 2001)
  
• Relationship: Chris Webber (NBA Player; born on March 1, 1973), Peter Thomas (restaurant owner; born in 1961)
  
• Father: Doughtry Long (high school teacher; divorced in 1974)
  
• Mother: Talita Long (art teacher, bus driver)
  
• Half Sister: Djamila Long
  
• Claim to fame: as Jordan Armstrong in Malcolm D. Lee's The Best Man (1999)
  

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• "I get annoyed because [show] business is so full of shit sometimes. But for the most part, I'm very happy with the pace I'm taking to get where I'm going. I think, in a couple of years, everyone will know who Nia Long is. Put it like that."
• "...for the most part, I'm very happy with the pace I'm taking to get where I'm going. I think, in a couple of years, everyone will know who Nia Long is."

• NAACP's Image award: best dramatic actress, THIRD WATCH (2004)
• Black Reel Awards: Theatrical - Best Actress, THE BEST MAN (2000)
• Image Award: Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, THE BEST MAN (2000)
• Black Star Award Star of the Year (2000)

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