Virenia Gwendolyn "Nia" Peeples (born December 10, 1961) is an American R&B and dance music singer and actress. Peeples is also famously known as Pam Fields, the mother of Emily Fields on hit TV drama, Pretty Little Liars, as Karen Taylor Winters on The Young and the Restless, and as Sydney Cooke on Walker, Texas Ranger. Her most recent role is Grace's mom, Susan, on The Fosters.

Filmography

• 2025Dante's Inferni — Speaker: Exit
• 2019Badland Wives — Madam Rosie
• 2019The Untold Story — Catarina
• 2018Mistrust — Kristen Rhodes
• 2015Lavalantula — Olivia West
• 2014Lap Dance — Kelly
• 201323 Minutes to Sunrise — Rachel
• 2013Dante's Hell Animated — Beatrice (voice)
• The Fosters — Susan
• 2012Dark Desire — Marta
• Longmire
• 2012Werewolf: The Beast Among Us — Vadoma
• 2011Battle of Los Angeles — Karla
• Pretty Little Liars — Pam Fields
• 2010The Outside — Joanne Blakey
• 2009Citizen Jane — Evelyn
• 2006Connors' War — Amanda
• Barbershop — Det. Hahanna
• 2005Inside Out — Maria
• 2005Subzero — Kelli Paris
• 2002Half Past Dead — 49er Six
• The Division — Sandra Prestiss
• 2000Alone with a Stranger — Beth Jenkins
• Andromeda — Rox Nava
• 1998Blues Brothers 2000 — Lt. Elizondo
• 1998Poodle Springs — Angel
• Crisis Center
• 1997Tower of Terror — Jill Perry
• 1996Bloodhounds II — Nikki Cruise
• Early Edition — Sister Mary
• 1996Terminal — Janet Reardon
• Courthouse — Veronica Gilbert
• 1995Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14 — Allie Thompson
• Marker — Lisa
• 1995Mr. Stitch — Doctor Elizabeth English
• 1994Improper Conduct — Bernie
• 1994My Name Is Kate — Annie
• Touched by an Angel — Angela Evans
• 1994XXX's & OOO's — Sasha Townes
• Return to Lonesome Dove — Agostina Vega
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Sydney Cooke
• Highlander: The Series — Nefertiri
• 1992I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore — Theresa Garabaldi
• The New WKRP in Cincinnati
• The Party Machine With Nia Peeples
• Nasty Boys — Serena Cruz
• 1990Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer — Cathy Redding
• 1989DeepStar Six — Scarpelli
• 1989Nasty Boys — Serena Cruz
• 1989Swimsuit — Maria Detney
• 1987North Shore — Kiani
• 1986All You Can Dream
• Matlock — Morgan Gerard
• Hardcastle and McCormick
• Fame — Nicole Chapman
• T. J. Hooker — Maria Dominguez
• Tales of the Gold Monkey

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 2008Bring Back... Fame — Self
• Where Are They Now? — Self
• 1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood — Self
• Tennis: The Inner Game — Self