The writers patterned the role after her. Nia stayed with the show 2 1/2 years from 1984 - 1987.

Along the way she was getting featured in local and national magazines, including the ever

popular teen magazines. "Fame" was a series that enabled Nia to develope and showcase all

her talents: singing, dancing, and acting. Nia left the series because she'd gotten film offers, but the producers wouldn't allow her time off to do other projects, while at the same time her character wasn't being developed into her 3rd season on the show. The producers not only let her out of her contract, but went a step further and had her character killed off in a drunk driving accident. After "Fame", Nia made her 1st feature film, the surfing movie "North Shore". She returned to TV as host of an american

version of the long running british music show "Top Of The Pops". While hosting the show, she recorded her first album for "Mercury", "Nothin But Trouble". Her 1st single, "Trouble", became a #1 hit on the dance charts. She appeared

on a Disney special showcasing new talent, and even appeared on the ledgendary "Soul Train". She played before 150,000 in Germany with Phil Collins and Roxette. Thruout these live appearances, she was joined by her sister, Cynthia dancing and singing backup. Nia also had a song on a movie soundtrack for a film very much like "Fame"

called "Sing". A second feature film soon followed, a science fiction film "Deep Star Six". Nia also made several appearances as a guest VJ on MTV. Those lead to a regular role as host of "MTV's Friday Night Street Party". Nia's acting rolls continued with TV guest spots and she played a model in the TV movie "Swimsuit". A recurring role as a cops wife followed on the series "Nasty Boys". She was married in 1989 and had a son, Christopher, but the marriage

only lasted 4 years. In 1990 she was picked by Arsenio Hall to host a late nignt dance music show "The Party Machine With Nia Peeples", to follow his popular talk show. Initial ratings were strong, but the show only lasted 6 months. That experience gave her more national exposure and feature articles in "People" magazine

and "USA Today". Once again, while taping the show, she spent weekdays recording her 2nd
album for "Charisma". The self titled album was released in 1992. Nia's talents also extended
to song writing and she had one of her songs recorded by "Pepsi & Shirlie". Her music also
appeared in the films "Licence To Kill", "The Cutting Edge", and in two popular TV series
"Melrose Place", and "One Life To Live" Nia also recieved "Billboard" and "Cashbox"
awards including"Best New Single", and "Best Choregraphy". In 1992 she also

appeared in her 3rd feature film "I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore" with the popular "Seinfeld" star Jason Alexander. Nia also had a major role in the TV mini-series "Return To Lonesome Dove". In recent years Nia Has focused on acting, making TV guest shots, including a popular

appearance on the series "Highlander". She has made several TV movies and pilots. two of
those pilots resulted in short lived series: "Courthouse" in 1995, and "Crises Center" in 1997.

In 1997 she did a "Disney" TV movie "Tower Of Terror". She also expanded her talents by producing and directing a short film "Treading Water", and writing a TV pilot "Educating Annie". Nia also had a role in the long awaited sequel film "Blues Brothers 2000". In November 1997, Nia married Lauro

Chartrand, a stuntman. The couple met on the set of "Bloodhounds 2". In 1998 Nia made a TV pilot for Arron Spelling. November 1998 brought the birth of Her 2nd child, a girl, Sienna Noel. Through the end of 1998 and the begining of 1999, Nia co-hosted the PAX TV series "It's A Miracle" with Richard Thomas. 1999 started on the last 2 seasons as an Sydney Cooke on the hit CBS series "Walker ,Texas Ranger". The film "Half Past Dead" with Steven Segall soon followed. After "Walker" Nia has made TV series

series pilots and guest appearances and filmed 2 films and voice work on her first animated film, all soon to be released. She is currently co- hosting the make over series "Pulled Over" on the Style network.

Nia Peeples is truly a multi-talented performer.

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