Niecy Nash-Betts

Niecy Nash-Betts

Known for
Acting
Born
February 23, 1970 (age 56)
Birthplace
Palmdale, California, USA

Biography

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

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Filmography

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Pretty/Handsome

Pretty/Handsome

TV · as Regina · 1 ep

2025
All's Fair poster

All's Fair

TV · as Emerald Greene · 17 eps

2025
The Hunting Party poster

The Hunting Party

TV · as Erica Burke · 1 ep

2025
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
Cosmetic Criminals poster

Cosmetic Criminals

Movie · as Agent Boudreaux

2024
Grotesquerie poster

Grotesquerie

TV · as Lois Tryon · 10 eps

2023
Origin poster

Origin

Movie · as Marion Wilkerson

2023
Agent Elvis poster

Agent Elvis

TV · as Bertie (voice) · 10 eps

2023
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
Beauty poster

Beauty

Movie · as Beauty's Mother

2022
Reno 911!: It's a Wonderful Heist poster

Reno 911!: It's a Wonderful Heist

Movie · as Deputy Raineesha Williams

2022
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story poster

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

TV · as Glenda Cleveland · 10 eps

2022
About Last Night poster

About Last Night

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
Reno 911! Defunded poster

Reno 911! Defunded

TV · as Deputy Raineesha Williams · 11 eps

2022
Human Resources poster

Human Resources

TV · as Hope (voice) · 6 eps

2022
Sherri poster

Sherri

TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps

2022
The Rookie: Feds poster

The Rookie: Feds

TV · as Simone Clark · 22 eps

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2022
Don't Forget the Lyrics! poster

Don't Forget the Lyrics!

TV · as Self - Host · 35 eps

2021
Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon poster

Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon

Movie · as Deputy Raineesha Williams

2021
Secret Celebrity Renovation poster

Secret Celebrity Renovation

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Uncorked poster

Uncorked

Movie · as Sylvia

2020
Stolen by My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story poster

Stolen by My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story

Movie · as Gloria Williams

2020
I Can See Your Voice poster

I Can See Your Voice

TV · as Self - Guest Panelist · 2 eps

2020
Mrs. America poster

Mrs. America

TV · as Flo Kennedy · 4 eps

2020
Never Have I Ever poster

Never Have I Ever

TV · as Dr. Jamie Ryan · 16 eps

2020
Reno 911! poster

Reno 911!

TV · as Deputy Raineesha Williams · 25 eps

2020
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's poster

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Behind Her Faith poster

Behind Her Faith

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire poster

Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire

Movie · as Shocktress (voice)

2019
The Masked Singer poster

The Masked Singer

TV · as Self - Panelist, Self - Host · 1 ep

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2019
When They See Us poster

When They See Us

TV · as Deloris Wise · 4 eps

2019
The Tamron Hall Show poster

The Tamron Hall Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2019
Love, Death & Robots poster

Love, Death & Robots

TV · as Massager (voice) · 1 ep

2018
Family Feud poster

Family Feud

Movie · as Foremother

2018
The Rookie poster

The Rookie

TV · as Simone Clark · 4 eps

2018
A.P. Bio poster

A.P. Bio

TV · as Kim · 1 ep

2018
A Million Little Things poster

A Million Little Things

TV · as Gloria · 1 ep

2018
What the Fit poster

What the Fit

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Cook-Off! poster

Cook-Off!

Movie · as Ladybug Briggs

2017
Downsizing poster

Downsizing

Movie · as Leisureland Salesperson

2017
Claws poster

Claws

TV · as Desna · 40 eps

2017
Drop the Mic poster

Drop the Mic

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Steve poster

Steve

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Chelsea poster

Chelsea

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Angie Tribeca poster

Angie Tribeca

TV · as Pandora · 1 ep

2016
The $100,000 Pyramid poster

The $100,000 Pyramid

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Match Game poster

Match Game

TV · as Self - Panelist · 10 eps

2016
Speechless poster

Speechless

TV · as Kiki · 1 ep

2015
Scream Queens poster

Scream Queens

TV · as Denise Hemphill · 15 eps

2015
Taraji's White Hot Holidays poster

Taraji's White Hot Holidays

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Celebrity Family Feud poster

Celebrity Family Feud

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2015
Fresh Off the Boat poster

Fresh Off the Boat

TV · as Wilhelmina · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2014
Walk of Shame poster

Walk of Shame

Movie · as Bus Driver

2014
Selma poster

Selma

Movie · as Richie Jean Jackson

2014
Bad Teacher poster

Bad Teacher

TV · as Carla · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2013
Nurse 3-D poster

Nurse 3-D

Movie · as Regina

2013
Trust Me poster

Trust Me

Movie · as Angie

2013
Getting On poster

Getting On

TV · as Didi Ortley · 18 eps

2013
Masters of Sex poster

Masters of Sex

TV · as Louise Bell · 5 eps

2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine poster

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

TV · as Debbie · 1 ep

2013
Hollywood Game Night poster

Hollywood Game Night

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
The Soul Man poster

The Soul Man

TV · as Lolli Ballentine · 54 eps

2012
The Mindy Project poster

The Mindy Project

TV · as Dr. Jean Fishman · 4 eps

2012
Leave It to Niecy

Leave It to Niecy

TV · 1 ep

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
The Talk poster

The Talk

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy poster

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Movie · as Self

2009
G-Force poster

G-Force

Movie · as Rosalita

2009
The Proposal poster

The Proposal

Movie · as Stewardess (uncredited)

2009
Not Easily Broken poster

Not Easily Broken

Movie · as Michelle

2009
The Cleveland Show poster

The Cleveland Show

TV · 2 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2009
Modern Family poster

Modern Family

TV · as Joan · 1 ep

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race poster

RuPaul's Drag Race

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2008
Horton Hears a Who! poster

Horton Hears a Who!

Movie · as Miss Yelp (voice)

2008
Pretty/Handsome poster

Pretty/Handsome

Movie · as Regina

2008
Do Not Disturb poster

Do Not Disturb

TV · as Rhonda · 6 eps

2008
Gary Unmarried poster

Gary Unmarried

TV · as Charleen · 1 ep

2008
Match Game poster

Match Game

TV · as Panelist · 1 ep

2007
Reno 911!: Miami poster

Reno 911!: Miami

Movie · as Deputy Raineesha Williams

2007
Code Name: The Cleaner poster

Code Name: The Cleaner

Movie · as Jacuzzi

2007
Reno 911! Reno's Most Wanted Uncensored poster

Reno 911! Reno's Most Wanted Uncensored

Movie

2005
Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie poster

Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie

Movie · as Mama Robin (voice)

2005
Guess Who poster

Guess Who

Movie · as Naomi

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Patty LaBelle (voice), Angel (voice), Lorraine (voice) · 1 ep

2005
The Boondocks poster

The Boondocks

TV · as Cookie Freeman (voice) · 1 ep

2005
Minoriteam poster

Minoriteam

TV · 1 ep

2005
Dancing with the Stars poster

Dancing with the Stars

TV · as Self - Contestant, Self - Judge · 15 eps

2005
My Name Is Earl poster

My Name Is Earl

TV · as Rhonda Gibbs · 1 ep

2004
Hair Show poster

Hair Show

Movie · as Debra

2003
Malibu's Most Wanted poster

Malibu's Most Wanted

Movie · as Gladys

2003
Reno 911! poster

Reno 911!

TV · as Deputy Raineesha Williams · 88 eps

2003
Kid Notorious poster

Kid Notorious

TV · as Tollie Mae (voice) · 9 eps

2003
Clean House poster

Clean House

TV · 189 eps

2003
That's So Raven poster

That's So Raven

TV · as Shirley · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2002
Presidio Med poster

Presidio Med

TV · as Nurse · 1 ep

2002
Half & Half poster

Half & Half

TV · as Carla · 1 ep

2002
Monk poster

Monk

TV · as Varla Davis · 1 ep

2001
Reba poster

Reba

TV · as Maya · 1 ep

2001
One on One poster

One on One

TV · as Darla · 1 ep

2001
The Bernie Mac Show poster

The Bernie Mac Show

TV · as Benita · 3 eps

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Snuff Film Processor · 1 ep

2000
Girlfriends poster

Girlfriends

TV · as LaShelle · 1 ep

1999
The Bachelor poster

The Bachelor

Movie · as African-American Bride

1999
Cookie's Fortune poster

Cookie's Fortune

Movie · as Wanda Carter

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Sheila (voice) · 4 eps

1999
Judging Amy poster

Judging Amy

TV · as Officer Letitia Sitz · 1 ep

1999
Popular poster

Popular

TV · as Teacher · 1 ep

1999
Time of Your Life poster

Time of Your Life

TV · 1 ep

1998
Rude Awakening poster

Rude Awakening

TV · as Gaynielle, Caller · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1995
Boys on the Side poster

Boys on the Side

Movie · as Woman at Diner

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Judith Anderson · 1 ep

1994
Party of Five poster

Party of Five

TV · as Nurse · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

1981
Entertainment Tonight poster

Entertainment Tonight

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1975
People's Choice Awards poster

People's Choice Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1974
American Music Awards poster

American Music Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1949
The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 ep