My Life In Characters

Niecy Nash Is the Hardest Working Woman in Hollywood

The prolific actress reminisces about the roles that have fired up her career

Niecy Nash attends the 2020 13th Annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on February 06, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. Photo: Rich Polk/Getty Images

Niecy Nash got into comedy in order to heal her mother. It wasn’t until her brother was killed in a school shooting in 1993 that she made it her daily ritual to make her mother laugh…