Virenia 'Nia' Peeples is an American R&B dancer, singer, and actress best known for Fame, Half Past Dead, and Walker, Texas Ranger.
She was married to actor Guy Ecker, actor/singer Howard Hewett, actor/stuntman Lauro David Chartrand Del Valle, and writer/actor Sam George, and has two children, one with Hewett and one with Delvalle.
Film Roles
- North Shore as Kiani
- DeepStar Six as Scarpelli
- Swimsuit as Maria Detney
- Nasty Boys as Serena Cruz
- Perry Mason The Case Of The Silenced Singer as Cathy Redding (TV Movie)
- I Dont Buy Kisses Anymore as Theresa Garabaldi
- My Name Is Kate as Annie
- Improper Conduct as Bernie
- XX Xs And OO Os as Sasha Townes
- Deadlocked Escape From Zone 14 as Allie Thompson
- Mr. Stitch as Dr. Elizabeth English
- Terminal 1996 as Janet Reardon
- Bloodhounds II as Nikki Cruise
- Blues Brothers 2000 as Lt. Elizondo
- Poodle Springs as Angel
- Alone With A Stranger as Beth
- The Riff as Heather Anderson
- Half Past Dead as 49er Six
- The Chang Family Saves The World as Pearl Empress
- Inside Out 2005 as Maria
- Sub Zero as Kelli Paris
- Connors War as Amanda (also producer)
- House Broken as Ms. Hawkhauser
- The Outside as Joanne Blakey
- Citizen Jane as Evelyn
- Battle Of Los Angeles as Capt. Karla Smith
- Werewolf: The Beast Among Us as Vadoma
- Dark Desire as Marta
- Twenty Three Minutes To Sunrise as Rachel
- Dantes Hell as Beatrice
- Lap Dance as Kelly
- Lavalantula as Olivia West
- Alaska Is A Drag as Lucy
- Mnemosyne as Claudia
- Mistrust as Kristen Rhodes
- The Untold Story 2019 as Catarina
- Dying For A Baby as Blanche
Television Roles
- Tales of the Gold Monkey as Zita Henriques (1 episode)
- Hardcastle and McCormick as Waitress (1 episode)
- General Hospital as Carlo Escobar (1983, 5 episodes)
- Fame as Nicole Chapman/Mariana Gimblestein/Girlfriend (58 episodes)
- T.J. Hooker as Maria Dominguez (1 episode)
- Matlock as Morgan Gerard (1 episode)
- Nasty Boys as Serena Cruz (7 episodes)
- The New WKRP in Cincinnati as Sierra Smith (2 episodes)
- Return To Lonesome Dove as Agostina Vega
- Highlander as Nefertiri (1 episode)
- Touched by an Angel as Angela Evans (1 episode)
- Marker as Lisa (2 episodes)
- Courthouse as Veronica Gilbert
- Early Edition as Sister Mary (1 episode)
- Walker, Texas Ranger as Sydney Cooke (48 episodes)
- Andromeda as Rox Nava (1 episode)
- The Division (2001) as Sandra Prestiss (2 episodes)
- Barbershop as Det. Hahanna (3 episodes)
- The Young and the Restless as Karen Taylor/Winters (2007-2009, 132 episodes)
- Pretty Little Liars as Pam Fields (38 episodes)
- Longmire as Adele Chapman (1 episode)
- The Fosters as Susan (9 episodes)