Nia Reneé Hill on How To Rediscover Yourself
Naked Beauty
The Naked Beauty Podcast
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🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Nia Reneé Hill is an accomplished actress, entertainment executive, producer, and master of reinvention. Like many of us, her earliest attempts at reinvention happened after she started a new school in LA. She was immediately introduced to a new set of beauty and style expectations that were different from what was allowed at her prim and mandatory-uniform Catholic School. Growing up traveling between parents and cities, Los Angeles and Atlanta, provided her with the foundation to assess and adapt to new surroundings quickly. While her mother was stricter in how she allowed Nia to self-express, her father, a well-known comedy agent, was more lenient. Her early exposure to the entertainment business, coupled with music video inspiration on BET, Nia quickly carved out her own path personally and professionally.
During our conversation, Nia shared that while she studied acting in college, her father dissuaded her from pursuing a career in acting. The Harlem Renaissance inspired her to move to New York during the early 2000s. After interning at the famous Apollo Theater, she embarked on a career as an executive and landed roles at Comedy Central, The Chappelle Show, and even MTV. Despite a successful career and blossoming relationship with her now-husband, Bill Burr, she was unfulfilled. She transitioned to a full-time stay-at-home mother, but still felt called towards creative work. Nia decided to invest fully in herself and her interests, only to find that she was the career of her dreams. Her current role, as a purveyor of the best in Black fine dining, is created in her image; truly original, funny, and endlessly entertaining.
Tune in as we discuss:
(5:40) Why Nia Isn't Pursuing A Professional Comedy Career
(6:30) Why She Didn’t Feel Beautiful Growing Up
(8:45) Growing Up Between Atlanta & LA
(9:08) Her Nepo Baby Experience
(10:30) How Summer School In LA Helped Reshape Her Identity
(11:15) Finding Style Inspo On BET
(11:45) Her Experience In Y2K Harlem
(12:10) How The Harlem Renaissance Inspired Her Move
(12:40) A Mild Diddy Run-In
(13:05) What Early 2000s Braid Shops Were Like
(14:10) Defining Her Second Wind Career
(15:00) From Acting & To Media Exec
(16:16) Recovering From Corporate Unhappiness
(17:50) Why She Felt Unfulfilled As A SAHM
(19:08) The True Cost Of Investing In Herself
(21:00) Why Vanity Inspired Her Public Rebrand
(25:08) Building Her Team With Personal Connections
(26:28) The Day-To-Day Stylist Rundown
(31:45) How People Responded To Her Evolution
(38:52) Invest In Yourself, Even If It’s Small
(39:59) Beginning Her Fine Dining Journey
(44:40) Why She Chooses To Highlight Black Chefs
(47:55) LA Food Lightning Round
(54:41) Nia's Advice For People Who Feel Stuck
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello, this is Brooke DeVard and you're listening to The Naked Beauty Podcast. |
| 0:11.4 | And if you were hanging out with us here on YouTube, you are watching The Naked Beauty |
| 0:14.9 | podcast. I am so excited for today's guest, Nia Renee Hill. Let's get into her bio. |
| 0:20.0 | She is a writer, an actor, a producer, |
| 0:22.8 | and a creator whose work spans comedy, television, and digital media. She's appeared on shows |
| 0:28.1 | like Santa Clarita Diet, and she had a fun Real Housewives of Beverly Hills appearance. |
| 0:32.6 | She's produced multiple projects behind the scenes and became a fan favorite through her |
| 0:36.8 | candid, funny, sharp |
| 0:38.4 | appearances on the Monday morning podcast with comedian Bill Burr. More recently, Nia has stepped |
| 0:43.8 | into a dynamic new chapter building a growing food and lifestyle brand and whole content |
| 0:50.2 | series with her show at the table with Nia Renee Hill, championing black chefs in the world |
| 0:56.5 | of fine dining. Today, I'm so excited to talk to her about her own personal transformation into a |
| 1:03.1 | more visible, even more fabulous, even more stylish version of herself. We're going to talk about |
| 1:09.0 | reinvention, self-expression, and the second act of |
| 1:13.1 | womanhood. Nea, welcome to naked beauty. Thank you. I'm so excited to be here. This has been a long |
| 1:19.2 | time in the making. This has been a long time coming. When did you first reach out to me about |
| 1:24.4 | doing this podcast? It was a long time ago. It was in 2016. Yeah. Yeah. I think |
| 1:31.8 | 2017, actually. Yeah. You emailed me. And I, it wasn't until after we became friends and |
| 1:38.7 | corresponding that I went to look back. But yes, you emailed me in February, I think, of 2017. I had my daughter in January. |
| 1:46.0 | So I was not in any place. I don't think I looked at emails for like a year. |
| 1:50.9 | Okay. It's taken nine years that you're here. But we're here. But you're finally made it. I finally got you on the podcast. |
| 1:57.3 | I love it. Thank you so much for having me. I am like, honestly, I mean, |
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