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      *Actress Niecy Nash has made a move from “Reno” to the “suite” life.  

      The star has her own TV show premiering tonight on Fox called “Do Not Disturb.”  

      The show is being described as an "upstairs/downstairs comedy" that takes place at one of New York's hottest and hippest hotels called The Inn.   

      Nash stars as Rhonda, the “brash, fabulous, and brutally honest” head of human resources.  

      And as described by the network, the hotel's top-notch reputation and sophisticated look is due in large part to Neal, the hotel’s egotistical, womanizing general manager, played by Jerry O'Connell.

      “It’s about a fancy, hip hotel,” Nash described. “I play the Director of Human Resources. Her name is Rhonda. I describe her as an educated, ghetto-fabulous, truth-telling Mary Poppins. She has a few flaws, but she is very, very fun to play. And the thorn in my flesh is the hotel manager, played by Jerry O’Connell.”

Niecy Nash , Jerry O'Connell (black suit) and the rest of the cast of 'Do Not Disturb'

      Nash told EUR’s Lee Bailey that her character has more depth than what many might expect.

      “She is that woman who would like to think she has it all together,” she continued, “but they definitely want you to see her flawed side. I’m glad they wrote her like that. It makes her a little more well-rounded.”

      Not unlike Nash herself, her character is confident and charismatic. It was those traits that more than likely led the show’s creator to create the “Do Not Disturb” specifically as a vehicle for Nash. As it turns out, Nash was working on a different show when “Do Not Disturb” writer and executive producer Abraham Higginbotham ("Arrested Development") became very impressed with her.

      “I took a meeting with the show’s creator,” she said of meeting Higginbotham. “I had a completely different project that I was working on. I went to talk to him about it. He said, ‘I don’t like that project, but I love you. And I want to create something for you to do.’ So he married my personality with his background of working in a hotel. After we went and sold it, we built the rest of the cast around it.”

      Modestly, Nash mentioned how grateful and flattered she was for the opportunity.

      “I’m grateful,” she said. “I am the only black woman that got a pilot pickup as the lead of a series.”

      “Do Not Disturb” premieres tonight, September 10 at 9:30 E/P. To check out more about Niecy Nash and the rest of the cast of “Do Not Disturb,” go to www.fox.com/donotdisturb.

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