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Dia Nash steps into the starring role of Lifetime’s upcoming “ripped from the headlines” movie Sister Wife Murder. The daughter of award-winning actress Niecy Nash-Betts has continued to carve out her own place in the industry. Here she stretches her acting chops further as Chloe, who after going to church one Sunday with her mom becomes enamored with the charming pastor Caleb (Matthew Daddario). Things get intimate between the two, even after the twenty-something finds out the leader of the church has not one but two wives. The unorthodox arrangement is cloaked in secrecy with polygamy illegal. Chloe falls deeper in love with Caleb to the point she becomes the third sister wife alongside Anna (Ashley Williams) and Margo (Ashley Dulaney). She moves into the house and quickly starts to see the dark side of Caleb and the dire situation she finds herself in. Here Nash opens up about...

Lifetime announces two new true-crime movies coming in July [Image on Wikimedia Commons]

Lifetime has announced two new, true-crime movies for its Ripped From the Headlines summer fare. Amish Affair is the first, premiering on July 6, followed a week later by Sister Wife Murder.

The two new movies follow the June premieres of The Girl Locked Upstairs: The Tanya Kach Story; Gaslit by My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story; Yoga Teacher Killer: The Kaitlin Armstrong Story; Danger in the Dorm; Devil on Campus: The Larry Ray Story and The Killer Inside, The Ruth Finley Story, making for exciting viewing for the summer.

Amish Affair on Lifetime

Stars: Mackenzie Cardwell and Ryan McPartlin

Premiere date: July 6, 2024, on Lifetime

Plot: Starring Cardwell (Upload) as Hannah, Amish Affair tells the story of a young woman brought into the home of Aaron.

She is there to help care for his ailing wife. However, she feels a...

Luke Macfarlane isn’t the only Amish stud at Lifetime: Ryan McPartlin (Chuck, L.A.’s Finest) will star in and executive-produce the cabler’s Ripped from the Headlines movie Amish Affair, premiering Saturday, July 6 at 8/7c.

In the film, “Hannah (played by Upload’s Mackenize Cardwell) moves in with a charismatic Amish leader, Aaron (McPartlin), to help with his ailing wife,” reads the official synopsis. “Seeking refuge after leaving her Amish community, Hannah is grateful to Aaron and his wife for opening their home to her and giving her work but as she tends to her household chores,...

Lifetime is bolstering its roster of “Ripped From the Headlines” movies for the summer.

The cable network will air a pair of true-crime movies in July: Amish Affair is set to premiere on July 6, and Sister Wife Murder will follow a week later. They join a “Ripped From the Headlines” summer lineup that also includes June premieres for The Girl Locked Upstairs: The Tanya Kach Story; Gaslit by My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story; Yoga Teacher Killer: The Kaitlin Armstrong Story; Danger in the Dorm; Devil on Campus: The Larry Ray Story; and The Killer Inside: The Ruth Finley Story.

Amish Affair stars Mackenzie Cardwell (Upload) as Hannah, a young woman who is brought into the home of Aaron (Ryan McPartlin, Chuck and Lifetime’s The Holiday Fix Up), a charismatic Amish leader, to help care for his ailing wife. She has a spark with Aaron but knows their secret...

A version of this story about “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” first appeared in the Down to the Wire: Drama and Limited Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.

There’s a somber reason Niecy Nash-Betts is happy about her fourth Primetime Emmy nomination. “I feel like it brings more attention to Glenda Cleveland and her story (that was) going unheard, overlooked and underserved,” Nash-Betts said of her character in “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” the first season of a planned Netflix anthology series, “Monster,” from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan.

Though “Dahmer” is ostensibly focused on serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, it

seeks to give a face, voice and story to his victims. One of the indirect victims was

Cleveland, Dahmer’s neighbor, who repeatedly called the police after suspecting that the Milwaukee killer was harming people in his apartment. Despite her pleas, Cleveland was ignored by police.

By now, actress Niecy Nash-Betts has more than proved that she can excel in genres other than comedy. A quick look at her past Emmy nominations say as much, with an Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie nod for “When They See Us,” Ava DuVernay’s poignant limited series about the Central Park Five, listed right next to an Outstanding Television Movie nomination as an executive producer of “Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon.”

Yes, she can perform it all, but what her work on “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” proves is that Nash-Betts has the ability to elevate projects in a way where one could argue they would not work without her. Playing Glenda Cleveland, the titular serial killer’s next-door neighbor who desperately tried to alert authorities to Dahmer’s evildoing, only to be belittled and dismissed.

Despite becoming one of the most watched Netflix series of all time,...

Niecy Nash-Betts’ real daughter Dia Nash reprises her role as Simone’s daughter on ABC’s The Rookie: Feds season one episode 13. “The Remora” will air on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 9pm Et/Pt.

Niecy Nash-Betts stars as Simone Clark, Frankie R. Faison (White Chicks) is Christopher “Cutty” Clark, James Lesure (Las Vegas) is Carter Hope, Britt Robertson (Big Sky) is Laura Stensen, Felix Solis (The International) is Matthew Garza, and Kevin Zegers (Transamerica) is Brendon Acres.

“The Remora” Plot: When Brendon and Antoinette’s first date becomes an undercover operation, they embrace their new roles and make the most of the adventure. Meanwhile, Simone and Laura help Carter boost his dating game, and Simone’s daughter makes a surprise visit with her new boyfriend.

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