Nia Fairweather kills it on screen in “A New York Christmas Wedding”

Nia Fairweather is an award-winning Afro-Latina actress (The Roe Effect, Paralysis) and writer/producer (OORDEEL, Four Seasons) whose work has been featured at the Cannes Film Festival, American Black Film Festival, UrbanWorld Film Festival, Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival, and BlackStar Film Fest; on HBO, Netflix, Nickelodeon, Cinemax, CBS, AspireTV, BET, Centric and Creative Control, to name a few.

Nia employs awareness, empathy, and vision to write and perform impactful stories that take audiences on poignant journeys through critical social issues; from prostitution in My Thai, childhood abandonment in Mommie Dearest, and homelessness inSparrow.

Nia’s versatility as an actress is also exemplified in her leading role in the new holiday film A New York Christmas Wedding, currently streaming on Netflix. As her Christmas Eve wedding draws near, Jennifer Ortiz (Nia Fairweather) is visited by Azrael, a Yuletide angel, and shown what could have been if she hadn’t denied her true feelings for her childhood best friend, Gabrielle, who died 20 years prior. Glamour Magazine credits the film for showing the evolution of the ‘Cheesy’ Christmas genre.

Nia is now developing New Amsterdam, the feature film adaptation of her viral short film, OORDEEL, the TV series expansion of Four Seasons (which will also be featured in the Diversity in Cannes Film Festival), and sharing discoveries along the way in Fire Spun, an audio short story series.

A firm believer in the importance of giving back and community, Nia is a volunteer and supporter of the Assistance League of Los Angeles, A People’s Concern (formerly LAMP Arts), an art studio and creativity center serving LA’s Skid Row community, GLIDE’s Meal Program, and United Way’s HomeWalk, which works to end homelessness.

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