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Nia Peeples
Nia Peeples Height 5' 2" Born December 10 1961 in Hollywood, California, USA
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Nia Peeples:Nia Peeples was born in
Hollywood, California, on December 10, 1961. Her family moved to West Covina,
California, where she and her two sisters, Paula and Cynthia, grew up. At eight
years old she began performing with her family, giving concerts for community
groups and conventions and doing dances of different cultures, Polynesian,
Spanish and Irish. She attended West Covina High School and was an "A" student
and a member of the marching band, involved in cheerleading, tumbling,
volleyball, student government, choral singing and singing for a rock 'n roll
band. She starred in the school production of "South Pacific" as Bloody Mary.
She got her first standing ovation for her performance.
She attended UCLA on a music scholarship, during which time she performed as
Liberace's opening act in Las Vegas on weekends. She took one semester as a
voice major, dropped out of UCLA and took three jobs in order to afford acting
lessons. She studied singing with Gloria Rush and the Sanford Meisner acting
technique at Playhouse West.
She accompanied a friend to a rehearsal one day and was spotted by the
producers, who cast her in the play "Music Shop". This led to guest appearances
in such TV series as "Hardcastle and McCormick" (1983) and "T.J. Hooker" (1982).
Her first starring role came when she played a deaf girl opposite William
Atherton in the HBO film A Single Light (1981) (TV). She auditioned for and won
the part of Nicole Chapman in the series "Fame" (1982). Her hobbies include
hiking, tandem surfing, rollerblading and skiing. She also does a lot of charity
work. She is of Scottish/Filipino descent. Also in "Walker, Texas Ranger"
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