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Nia Peeples
American singer, actress, and television host From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Virenia "Nia" Peeples (born December 10, 1961) is an American R&B and dance music singer and actress. Peeples is known for playing Nicole Chapman on the TV series Fame; Pam Fields on the drama Pretty Little Liars; Karen Taylor Winters on The Young and the Restless; Sydney Cooke on Walker, Texas Ranger; and as Grace's mom, Susan, on The Fosters.
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Early life
Peeples was born December 10, 1961, in Hollywood, California,[1] the daughter of Elizabeth Joan (née Rubic), a flamenco dancer, and Robert Eugene Peeples.[2] She was raised in West Covina. Her maternal grandparents were immigrants from the Philippines.[2] Her father, who was originally from Mississippi, was of Scottish, English, and Irish ancestry.[2] Peeples attended UCLA during which time[when?] she performed as Liberace's opening act in Las Vegas on weekends.[citation needed]
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Personal life
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Peeples used to live in Topanga Canyon and Malibu, California, and has one son, Christopher (b. 1989 with ex-husband Howard Hewett), and one daughter, Sienna (b. 1998), with her former husband, Lauro Chartrand.[citation needed]
She operates an internet based organization called Elements of Life, which promotes fitness, inspiration, healthy lifestyle changes and emotional well-being. She worked with business coach Amy Applebaum on its development.[3]
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Career
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Music
Peeples started her career as part of the performance group The Young Americans. In 1988 she hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with "Trouble",[4] which climbed to #35 on the Billboard Hot 100.[5] Her most successful pop single is "Street Of Dreams", which hit #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1991.[5] She made a music video in 1986 for "All You Can Dream", directed by Alan Bloom and conceptualized by Keith Williams, for the purposes of promoting the values of UCLA. On February 4, 2009, Peeples presented Debbie Allen with a Lifetime Achievement Award at The Carnival: Choreographer's Ball tenth anniversary show. Peeples also attends and performs at the annual live Fame Reunion concerts overseas.[6]
Acting
Notably, Peeples portrayed performing arts student Nicole Chapman on the hit TV series Fame. In 1987, she was in the movie North Shore as Kiani. She also hosted the short-lived American version of Top of the Pops in 1987, a weeknight dance music program called The Party Machine with Nia Peeples (1991), and portrayed Texas Ranger Sydney Cooke in the CBS hit series Walker, Texas Ranger from 1999 to 2001. In 2004, she appeared in the Andromeda episode "The Spider's Stratagem", as arms smuggler and love-interest Rox Nava. Peeples joined the cast of The Young and the Restless in 2007, playing the role of Karen Taylor, and was released from the role in the spring of 2009. In 2010, she was cast in ABC Family's TV series Pretty Little Liars, based on the book series by Sara Shepard.[7] Peeples was featured on the July 7, 2013 episode of Celebrity Wife Swap, in which she traded places with singer Tiffany.[8]
Discography
Albums
- Nothin' But Trouble (1988) – US #97[9]
- Nia Peeples (1991)
- Songs of the Cinema (2007)
Singles
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Filmography
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Television
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