
Niecy Nash
Acting
Niecy Nash-Betts (born Carol Denise Ensley; born February 23, 1970), is an American actress, comedian and television host, best known for her roles as Agent Simone Clark on The Rookie: Feds, Deputy Raineesha Williams on the Reno 911 franchise, Desna on Claws, Lolli Ballentine on The Soul Man, Glenda Cleveland on the Netflix series Dahmer, Dr. Jamie Ryan on Never Have I Ever, Flo Kennedy on Mrs. America, Deloris Wise on When They See Us, Denise Hemphill on Scream Queens, and Didi Ortley on Getting On. She hosted the reality show Clean House and the game show Don't Forget the Lyrics! as well as guest hosting 5 episodes of The Masked Singer, Season 5. She also appeared multiple times on the new Match Game. Her best known movie roles are as Gloria Williams in Stolen by My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story, Richie Jean Jackson in Selma, Michelle in Not Easily Broken, and Naomi in Guess Who. She also voiced Rosalita in the film G-Force, and Bertie on the series Agent Elvis.
Known For

The Rookie
2018 · tv

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · tv

Family Guy
1999 · tv

Modern Family
2009 · tv

American Dad!
2005 · tv

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · tv

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · tv

Monk
2002 · tv

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013 · tv

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · tv

ER
1994 · tv

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · tv

Golden Globe Awards
1944 · tv

RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · tv

Dancing with the Stars
2005 · tv

Judging Amy
1999 · tv

Conan
2010 · tv

My Name Is Earl
2005 · tv

The View
1997 · tv

Fresh Off the Boat
2015 · tv

Love, Death & Robots
2019 · tv

Reno 911!
2003 · tv

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · tv

Party of Five
1994 · tv

Girlfriends
2000 · tv

The Boondocks
2005 · tv

Sherri
2022 · tv

The Hunting Party
2025 · tv

The Masked Singer
2019 · tv

The Mindy Project
2012 · tv