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<\/a><\/h2>\nBy Eboyne\u2019 Jackson, for Sheen Magazine<\/h2>\n
From obstacles to triumph, setbacks to center stage, we predict that 2018 will be the year of Niecy Nash. From power move, to power player, Mrs. Nash has moves we haven\u2019t even seen. If our predictions serve us right, 2018 will mark the reign of Niecy Nash.<\/p>\n
If there\u2019s one thing that Niecy Nash wants you to know, it\u2019s that she is playing by her own playbook. The hilariously candid actress\u2013notably known for her Style Network show, Clean House, and as the lead of TNT\u2019s hit show, Claws, is not only next-level-winning, but on the brink of reigning. As we follow the progression of her extraordinary life, it\u2019s most evident that Niecy not only continues to evolve as an actress, but as a wife, pioneer, and bonafide businesswoman. Niecy spoke with Sheen about her next shining star\u2013her up coming induction into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the mantra to her success, a second chance at love, and her next throne to conquer.<\/p>\n
How does it feel for you to be in the company of Viola Davis and Kerry Washington as one of the few women of color playing the lead role of a TV show? Was there any pressure and how do you carry such a torch as an actress<\/b>?<\/p>\n
Well, I think the first thing you do as a leading lady is to be someone that people want to follow. You can\u2019t lead in a way that makes people not want to be around you or don\u2019t feel encouraged or supported. So one, you be someone that people want to follow into and two, take folks with you. I\u2019ve never gotten a job or an opportunity without seeing it as a way for somebody else to eat, for somebody else to move their career forward, and for somebody else to get their foot in the game. So you bring folks along with you.<\/p>\n
How will you continue to be fruitful in this way? What do you have to do, obviously being vocal; but what else do you have to do to continue being fruitful and keep getting these roles that you really desire?<\/b><\/p>\n
Number one, the first thing you do is give because the universe responds in kind. First give and that\u2019s how you will get. You don\u2019t give to receive, but give because it\u2019s the right thing to do, and then in turn that\u2019s how you get. Number two, you stay in a prepared place for the work. You have to make sure that you know what you\u2019re doing when you get there. That\u2019s how I purpose to stay the course.<\/p>\n
Wonderful. You are amazing in Claws! So tell me Niecy, what do you love the most about playing your character, Desna Simms?<\/b><\/p>\n
What I love about playing Desna is that she is a black woman of a certain age, and she is completely unapologetic about who she is and how she moves around. You know you don\u2019t really get to see black women being sexual on television. She doesn\u2019t have children, but I love the way she mothers her community. I feel like that\u2019s what she and I have in common. We mother the people we care about\u2013 We want to make sure everybody is good and I love that about her.<\/p>\n
Read the entire article in the January\/February 2018 of Sheen Magazine<\/a>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Makeup by Naima Jamal<\/a><\/p>\n Hair by Ray Christopher<\/a><\/p>\n Styled by Zerina Akers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>