Niecy Nash Reveals Her 2025 Goal — to Become 'a Movie Star': 'Mother's Mastered the Small Screen' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Niecy Nash-Betts in December 2024.Photo:Stefanie Keenan/Getty

Stefanie Keenan/Getty

Niecy Nash-Bettshas big goals for 2025!During the star’s holiday party to benefit theChildren’s Hospital Los Angeles, which she co-hosted withAdrienne Maloof, Nash-Betts, 54, revealed what she hopes to accomplish in the new year.“Becoming a movie star. Mother’s mastered the small screen,” the actress — who has starred in popular television series includingScream Queens,Claws,GrotesquerieandReno: 911!— told PEOPLE on Dec. 21.When asked what she would look like as a bona fide movie star, Nash-Betts said, “You gotta watch and see. Buy a ticket to my movie, honey!“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Niecy Nash in ‘Reno 911!,’ ‘Grotesquerie’ and ‘Claws.'.Alamy; Prashant Gupta/FX; TNTAccording to Nash-Betts, she is “very, very grateful that I lived a life that The Most High [God] stamped on the canvas of my imagination.““I knew that the call on my life was to entertain, and I get up every morning and I live in gratitude that I get to do it every day. I really do,” she continued.The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!For Nash-Betts, making sure that she pays forward all that she has worked for and achieved in her life and career is very important.“When I get a job, I make sure others eat from that blessing, because I never want to be selfish. I never want my blessing to just be for me,” she explained. “Because, you know, it just means so much to me that every day, I am entrusted with this responsibility to make people feel, you know what I mean? And I don’t want to be selfish with that.“Niecy Nash in December 2024.Michael Tullberg/GettyLooking ahead, Nash-Betts also told PEOPLE that she wouldn’t be opposed to someday putting on a one woman show.“I’ve attempted to play with it a couple of times, but life sometimes is life-ing and it didn’t manifest in that time,” she said. “But I’m a big believer in timing. So I know that when the time is right, it will manifest. It’ll happen when the time is right.”

Niecy Nash-Bettshas big goals for 2025!

During the star’s holiday party to benefit theChildren’s Hospital Los Angeles, which she co-hosted withAdrienne Maloof, Nash-Betts, 54, revealed what she hopes to accomplish in the new year.

“Becoming a movie star. Mother’s mastered the small screen,” the actress — who has starred in popular television series includingScream Queens,Claws,GrotesquerieandReno: 911!— told PEOPLE on Dec. 21.

When asked what she would look like as a bona fide movie star, Nash-Betts said, “You gotta watch and see. Buy a ticket to my movie, honey!”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Niecy Nash in ‘Reno 911!,’ ‘Grotesquerie’ and ‘Claws.'.Alamy; Prashant Gupta/FX; TNT

Alamy; Prashant Gupta/FX; TNT

According to Nash-Betts, she is “very, very grateful that I lived a life that The Most High [God] stamped on the canvas of my imagination.”

“I knew that the call on my life was to entertain, and I get up every morning and I live in gratitude that I get to do it every day. I really do,” she continued.

The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!

For Nash-Betts, making sure that she pays forward all that she has worked for and achieved in her life and career is very important.

“When I get a job, I make sure others eat from that blessing, because I never want to be selfish. I never want my blessing to just be for me,” she explained. “Because, you know, it just means so much to me that every day, I am entrusted with this responsibility to make people feel, you know what I mean? And I don’t want to be selfish with that.”

Niecy Nash in December 2024.Michael Tullberg/Getty

Michael Tullberg/Getty

Looking ahead, Nash-Betts also told PEOPLE that she wouldn’t be opposed to someday putting on a one woman show.

“I’ve attempted to play with it a couple of times, but life sometimes is life-ing and it didn’t manifest in that time,” she said. “But I’m a big believer in timing. So I know that when the time is right, it will manifest. It’ll happen when the time is right.”

source: people.com