Niecy Nash, Jessica Betts, and the Great Queer Love Story of 2021
Claws, When They See Us, Scream Queens, and Reno 911!, Carol Denise Nash (“Niecy” is short for Denise) made her film debut in 1995’s Boys on the Side and then spent the last 25 years working to reach this pivotal moment in her career.She was finally in high demand in Hollywood, starring in multiple series, with her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and her own daytime talk show about to launch. Personally, at the time, Nash was a twice-married (and recently divorced) woman of deep faith — a former pastor’s wife with three children (she’d kept her first husband Don Nash’s last name instead of reverting back to her birth name, Ensley).Even as Nash became a big star, family remained key to her.
