Nia Long Joins "NCIS: LA"

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Nia Long Joins "NCIS: Los Angeles" as a Series Regular in Season 9
by Michael Ausiello
July 31, 2017


Nia Long has joined "NCIS: LA's" 9th Season as a series regular, TV Line has learned.

She will play Shay Mosely, a former Secret Service agent and the team’s new executive assistant director. Mosely is an experienced Washington insider who brings an east coast style and demeanor to the west coast team.



Exec producer R. Scott Gemmill says “the character was created specifically for Nia to capitalize on her strengths and personality,” adding, “We are excited about the new opportunities and dynamics she brings to the show.”

Long will make her first appearance in the season premiere on Sunday, Oct. 1 at 9:30/8:30c.

http://tvline.com/2017/07/31/nia-lon...season-9-cast/

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Get a First Look at "NCIS: LA's" New Executive Assistant Director
by Lynette Rice
August 29, 2017


EW has obtained an exclusive first look of Nia Long as Mosley, the new executive assistant director in the Los Angeles office of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.

Since the NCIS: Los Angeles team is still dealing with the loss of Assistant Director Owen Granger (played by Miguel Ferrer, who died in January), Mosley is someone “different from what our team has dealt with in the past,” explains executive producer R. Scott Gemmill.

“Nia fits perfectly as a strong woman with a distinctive point of view,” says Gemmill. “We play her as a Washington insider who thinks our team, as good as they are, can do better. She’s here to see them reach their full potential… whether they want to or not.”




Mosley isn’t coming alone. She’s bringing along Special Agent Harley Hidoko (Andrea Bordeaux), an assistant who is ex-military and a “very staunch supporter of her boss who’s a bit aloof. It takes the guys time to break through that military bearing,” adds Gemmill.

"NCIS: LA" returns for a ninth season on Sunday, Oct. 1, at 9:30pm on CBS.

http://ew.com/tv/2017/08/29/ncis-la-nia-long-photos/