Biography

Msaada Nia is known for A Wrinkle in Time (2018), Would You Rather (2012) and Harambee!!!.

Speaks three languages: English, Spanish and French.

Was a contestant on the television game show "Shop Till You Drop."

M'saada was a contestant on Pyramid in January, 2003. The celebrity panel included Gary Valentine (from King of Queens) and Lisa Ann Walter (from Breaking News). She won the first game and earned $400 in the winners' circle. Host Donny Osmond commented that he really liked her name, which she explained is a Swahili word meaning "help".

Is an accomplished tap dancer, having studied with Alfred Desio (creator of "Zapped Taps" and co-founder of L.A. Choreographers and Dancers) Leonard Reed (creator of the tap national anthem the "Shim Sham") Fayard Nicholas of the famed Nicholas Brothers and Savion Glover.

If no one's dead, it's not grave.