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Nia Peeples
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Nia Peeples

Born 1961 · Hollywood, California, USA · Active 1982–2025

Nia Peeples, born in 1961, is an American actress known for her dynamic roles in television and film. In Lavalantula (2015), she brings her charisma to the screen in a wild tale of giant lava-spewing tarantulas, embodying the campy spirit of the film. Peeples is also recognized for her memorable performances as Pam Fields in Pretty Little Liars and Sydney Cooke in Walker, Texas Ranger. Her versatility in both dramatic and genre roles makes her a fitting addition to the SassyFlix catalog, where cult cinema thrives.

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Lavalantula

Lavalantula

2015 ★ 5.0
as Olivia West

A-List actor Colton West has an argument with Darren the film director, and storms off in his car. An earthquake hits, and Colton sees the Santa Monica Mountains erupt, spewing lava bombs all around him. A fire spitting spider the size of a man comes out of the car in front of him. Colton runs and drives out of the traffic back onto the main road to escape. Colton arrives home, and tells his wife Olivia about the giant spiders and tells her they need to leave. He takes the shotgun from his house and drives off in his car to find his son Wyatt. Meanwhile, Wyatt is out with his friends Jordan, Eli and Travis when they hear an explosion and see much smoke in the distance, and go to investigate. The teenagers find the source of the explosion to be a sink hole. Spiders come out of the hole spitting fire and start attacking people. Terrified, the teenagers flee to a warehouse, but Eli is caught by a spider and killed. Colton’s car is damaged when he hits a lava sink hole. He gets out and finds a tour bus full of people further up the road. He tricks the driver and steals the bus. As he is driving, a spider jumps onto the bus. He brakes heavily and the spider falls off the front of the bus, after which he runs it over. The front of the tour bus starts dissolving because of the spider's blood being acidic. Colton stops the bus and evacuates it just before it blows up. A spider comes down the chimney in Olivia’s house but she shoots it. The army starts moving into the city, and they rescue Olivia from her house. Colton gets a lift from his friend, Pirate Jack, a film stunt man. Jack’s car gets a puncture after hitting a lava vein in the road. Spiders come out of sink holes and chase them into a museum. They meet a scientist in the museum, who is researching the spiders and the volcano. He works out that the spiders were buried in the magma millions of years ago. Because the spiders became active, they are causing the volcanic eruptions, and that the only way to stop them is to kill the Queen spider. A spider gets in through a window in the warehouse where the teenagers are hiding and tries to attack them. Wyatt fights the spider with a fire extinguisher. The girl who was burnt earlier, has a fit and dies. Then loads of baby spiders crawl out of her as she catches fire. The baby spiders then attack Travis, setting him on fire and killing him. Wyatt runs to the roof of the warehouse where he gets a phone signal and texts his location to Colton. The spiders attack the army truck Olivia is in, she hides under a fire blanket as they breathe fire inside the truck. The soldiers all get killed and Olivia kills the spider and drives off in the army truck to try and find Colton. Meanwhile, the spiders break into the museum. Jack is killed, but Colton manages to escape. Olivia finds Colton and they drive off to rescue Wyatt. Wyatt climbs off the roof of the warehouse, and is attacked by a spider. Olivia and Colton arrive and run over the spider with the Army truck. Colton realizes that liquid nitrogen can be used to fight the spiders. They all go to the special effects store, where Colton finds his colleagues from the film set. Colton makes a plan to kill the queen spider with a liquid nitrogen bomb, made using items from the special effects store. He leaves with his film crew, to drop the bombs into the queen’s underground chamber. They plant the bombs around the chamber and detonate them. Many spiders come out of sinkholes to the surface. The film crew shoots them all down. Then, the giant queen spider comes to the surface. Colton uses a jet pack from the film set and flies off a building towards the queen spider. He drops a nitrogen bomb into the spider's mouth, killing it and saving the city.

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Filmography

62 credits
2020s 1 credit
2025
Dante's Inferni as Speaker: Exit
Movie
2010s 14 credits
2019
Badland Wives as Madam Rosie
Movie
2019
The Untold Story as Catarina
Movie ★ 3.2
2018
Mistrust as Kristen Rhodes
Movie ★ 4.1
2015
Lavalantula as Olivia West
Movie ★ 4.9
2014
Lap Dance as Kelly
Movie ★ 4.2
2013
Dante's Hell Animated as Beatrice (voice)
Movie ★ 5.4
2013
Movie ★ 4.7
2013
The Fosters as Susan
TV ★ 7.5
2012
Movie ★ 5.9
2012
Dark Desire as Marta
Movie ★ 4.8
2012
TV ★ 7.7
2011
Movie ★ 3.5
2010
The Outside as Joanne Blakey
Movie ★ 6.7
2010
Pretty Little Liars as Pam Fields
TV ★ 8.0
2000s 10 credits
2009
Citizen Jane as Evelyn
Movie ★ 5.1
2008
Movie
2006
Connors' War as Amanda
Movie ★ 6.0
2005
Subzero as Kelli Paris
Movie ★ 5.0
2005
Inside Out as Maria
Movie ★ 5.4
2005
Barbershop as Det. Hahanna
TV ★ 7.6
2002
Half Past Dead as 49er Six
Movie ★ 5.1
2001
The Division as Sandra Prestiss
TV ★ 7.1
2000
Alone with a Stranger as Beth Jenkins
Movie ★ 4.0
2000
Andromeda as Rox Nava
TV ★ 7.1
1990s 25 credits
1999
Tower of Terror as Jill Perry
Movie ★ 6.3
1999
TV ★ 7.5
1998
Movie ★ 5.5
1998
Blues Brothers 2000 as Lt. Elizondo
Movie ★ 5.3
1997
TV ★ 4.7
1996
Terminal as Janet Reardon
Movie ★ 4.8
1996
Bloodhounds II as Nikki Cruise
Movie ★ 5.5
1996
TV ★ 7.4
1996
Early Edition as Sister Mary
TV ★ 7.4
1995
Movie ★ 9.5
1995
Mr. Stitch as Doctor Elizabeth English
Movie ★ 4.8
1995
Courthouse as Veronica Gilbert
TV ★ 8.0
1995
Marker as Lisa
TV ★ 5.5
1994
XXX's & OOO's as Sasha Townes
Movie ★ 7.0
1994
Movie ★ 4.1
1994
Movie ★ 6.4
1994
Touched by an Angel as Angela Evans
TV ★ 7.2
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger as Sydney Cooke
TV ★ 7.0
1993
Return to Lonesome Dove as Agostina Vega
TV ★ 7.0
1992
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore as Theresa Garabaldi
Movie ★ 5.0
1992
TV ★ 7.4
1990
Movie ★ 7.6
1990
Nasty Boys as Serena Cruz
TV ★ 6.4
1980s 11 credits
1989
DeepStar Six as Scarpelli
Movie ★ 5.5
1989
Nasty Boys as Serena Cruz
Movie ★ 7.3
1989
Swimsuit as Maria
Movie ★ 5.0
1987
North Shore as Kiani
Movie ★ 5.9
1987
Movie ★ 6.0
1986
Movie ★ 7.0
1986
Matlock as Morgan Gerard
TV ★ 7.1
1982
T. J. Hooker as Maria Dominguez
TV ★ 6.5
1982
Fame as Nicole Chapman
TV ★ 6.8
s 1 credit
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