Get to Know Jessica Betts – Hollywood Life

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Niecy Nash, 53, has a various performing profession ranging in movie and tv that stretches all the best way again to 1995. The Palmdale, California native made her debut in 1995’s Boys on the Side reverse Drew Barrymore, Whoopi Goldberg, and Mary-Louise Parker.

She’d go on to seem in Reno 911! and host Style Network’s Clean House within the 2000s, earlier than touchdown gigs in HBO’s Getting On, Fox’s Scream Queens, and TV Land’s The Soul Man the next decade. Many others would comply with, and Niecy would reap the rewards — she received a Daytime Emmy Award for Clean House in 2010, and has been nominated for a number of primetime Emmys. On Monday, January 15, she’ll discover out if she’ll take one residence for her nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for DAHMER — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. 

Behind the scenes, Niecy has been married to Jessica Betts since 2020. She was beforehand married to Don Nash for 13 years till their divorce in 2007 and to and Jay Tucker from 2010-2019.

Find out extra about Niecy and Jessica’s marriage and their life collectively beneath.

Jessica is Also an Actress

Jessica appeared on an episode of Niecy’s TNT crime drama Claws in 2018, and the pair seemed to be having a good time in a video clip Niecy shared to Instagram on the time. Per her IMDb web page, Jessica has additionally appeared in Big Momma’s House, P-Valley, Reno 911: It’s a Wonderful Heist, and The Rookie: Feds, together with a few shorts.

She’s a Gifted Musician

Niecy’s spouse is a singer and guitarist, and in accordance with her IMDb bio, she’s headed out on tour with some massive names, together with Okay. Michelle. She received Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott in 2005, and counts Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Tracy Chapman, and Lauryn Hill amongst her influences as a musical artist.

She Married Niecy in 2020

Niecy and Jessica shocked followers with a shock marriage ceremony ann0uncement and pictures from their ceremony in an August 31, 2020 Instagram publish. “Mrs. Carol Denise Betts 💍 @jessicabettsmusic #LoveWins🌈 📸 @robertector,” Niecy captioned the publish, together with a photograph of the newly married couple, with Niecy rocking a beautiful lace mermaid model robe and Jessica sporting a white go well with, sans jacket.

It took a couple of days to get the information out — the couple was really married on August 29, 2020.

Jessica is a Stepparent

When the duo tied the knot, Jessica additionally obtained three bonus youngsters! She’s a stepmom to Niecy’s grownup youngsters Dominic, Donielle, and Dia from her marriage to Don Nash, and the actress as soon as instructed HollywoodLife that her youngsters “love” their stepparent.

“Yeah, I mean, I did not know it was going to go this well, but they really, really like her,” Niecy instructed HL completely in a 2021 interview. “We’ve all traveled on vacation together and they just think that she’s the coolest thing.”