Biography
California born and bred, multitalented actress Nia Peeples made the most of the versatility afforded by her exotic beauty and contrasting girl-next-door wholesomeness, and racked up an impressive number of television credits throughout her career. After guest roles on series including "Hardcastle & McCormick". "T.J. Hooker" and "Tales of the Gold Monkey" (all ABC, 1982) and a recurring role on the network's daytime drama "General Hospital", …
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Career Milestones
2002 | Cast in the action feature "Half Past Dead" | |
| Was a regular on CBS' popular police drama "Walker, Texas Ranger", playing undercover officer Sydney Cook | ||
| Hosted the PAX TV series "It's a Miracle" | ||
1998 | Featured in the sequel "Blues Brothers 2000" | |
1997 | Starred in the Disney production "Tower of Terror", aired on ABC | |
1997 | Was a regular on the short-lived medical series "Crisis Center" | |
1996 | Starred in the Sci-Fi Channel premiere movie "Mr Stitch" and the USA Network's "Bloodhounds II" | |
1995 | Had a regular role as a dedicated public defender on the short-lived CBS series "Courthouse" | |
1994 | Guest starred on the CBS series "Touched By an Angel" | |
1994 | Appeared in the independent thriller "Improper Conduct" | |
1993 | Had a featured role in the TV miniseries sequel "Return to Lonesome Dove" | |
1992 | Starred opposite Jason Alexander in the feature "I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore", playing a psychology student who is interested in a man as a research subject while he is interested in her romantically | |
1991 | Hosted the late night music series "The Party Machine with Nia Peeples" | |
| Had a recurring role on the NBC police series "Nasty Boys", playing the wife of Benjamin Bratt's character | ||
1989 | Guest starred in an episode of "Matlock" as a beauty pageant winner charged with murdering a fellow contestant | |
1989 | Appeared in the sci-fi horror feature "DeepStar Six" | |
1989 | Featured in the NBC TV-movie "Swimsuit" | |
| Hosted "MTV's Friday Night Street Party" | ||
| Hosted CBS' broadcast of the long running British pop music series "Top of the Pops" | ||
1987 | Made feature film debut with a starring role in "North Shore", portraying a Hawaiian native who falls in love with an Arizona surfer visiting the island to brave its waves | |
1984 | Starred as Nicole Chapman on the syndicated "Fame" | |
1983 | Took a recurring role on the ABC daytime drama "General Hospital" as a high school track star with a leg injury | |
1982 | Made guest apearances on episodes of "Hardcastle & McCormick", "T.J. Hooker" and "Tales of the Gold Monkey" (all ABC) | |
1981 | Landed a role as a young upstart singer on the series "Music Shoppe", aired only in Europe | |
| Left UCLA to focus on pursuing a performing career | ||
1980 | Performed with Liberace as part of 'The Young Americans' on his cable-aired Christmas special | |
| After graduating high school, toured Japan and Korea as part of the performing troupe 'The Young Americans' | ||
| Played Bloody Mary in a junior high school production of "South Pacific" | ||
1973 | Returned to West Covina, California (date approximate) | |
1972 | Moved with family to Waco, Texas for one year at age ten (date approximate) | |
1969 | Began performing at age seven (date approximate) | |
| Raised in West Covina, California | ||