About

Nia Ashley is an award-winning writer, producer, and media artist born and based in Brooklyn. Nia’s work explores how women’s intimate relationships (familial, romantic, platonic) impact and define them. Raised by career educators and multi-hyphenate weirdos in a multi-ethnic Black household, Nia conjures characters experiencing multiple identities at once and replicates the intricacies of mixed cultures in the specificity of her dialogue.

At 18, Nia’s feature, BLACK SWAN RECORDS, the story of the first Black-owned recording company in the United States, garnered a screenplay award at the Tribeca Film Festival. She has written and produced short films, including RIDE, THE BLOOM, I-57, and CUIDATE, which won the National Board of Review Student Grant. Her stage plays debuted at Playwrights Horizons and The Tank.

Nia holds a BA from Barnard College, an MFA in Screenwriting from Brooklyn College, and is a graduate of the 2022 WGI Support Staff Training Program's Script Coordinator track. In 2023, she participated in the Almanack Episodic Lab with her pilot, THICK. Her pastimes include dance, drag, and open-water swimming.