Niecy Nash-Betts says 2 producers discussed her weight in front of her face during audition: 'Guys, she can hear you'
Even before she was an Emmy-winning actress, Grotesquerie star Niecy Nash-Betts had no problem standing up for herself during auditions.
Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter as part of its drama actress roundtable, Nash-Betts recalled a very uncomfortable moment during an audition years ago when producers started talking about her body as though she wasn't standing right in front of them. "I auditioned for something early in my career, and the two producers looked at each other and said, 'She's got a cute face. You think she can lose weight?' And I was like, 'Guys, she can hear you. She is here. And, no, she can't. Now are y'all going to give me the job?''
Though Nash-Betts didn't reveal the name of the project, she said she did end up landing the role: "I don't even know if I was the best one, but they probably felt so embarrassed." Even better, she did not have to lose any weight to get the part. In fact, Nash-Betts recalled, "I went home and ate a cookie."
The 55-year-old Nash-Betts, who married singer Jessica Betts in 2020, also discussed how surprised she was to be asked to do nude scenes later in her career. "When I turned 45, it was like, 'And now we want you to be naked.' You waited until now? I was fine to play the part, but the days that you have to film intimate scenes, it's stressful."
After winning an Emmy in 2024 for Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Nash-Betts — who broke through in 2003 for her performance as Deputy Raineesha Williams on the comedy Reno 911! — has seen her career go in a more dramatic direction. "I literally just called my team and said, 'I think people forgot I'm funny,'" said the actress, who will next star alongside Naomi Watts and Kim Kardashian in Ryan Murphy's legal drama, All's Fair. "Every role I get, I'm crying. I'm falling out. I'm perturbed. I'm a funny girl too, so I'm out here in the streets trying to remind people."
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