Tanisha Long

Tanisha Long

Acting
1984-09-28
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Tanisha Long is a West Philadelphia born actress, writer, and comedian. She can be seen leading the BET+ comedy series Bigger as Layne Roberts. Her previous credits include MTV's Girl Code, HBO's High Maintenance, The CW's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and the Emmy nominated Warner Brothers digital series I Love Bekka and Lucy.

Known For & Full Filmography10 Titles

#1Workaholics

Drama Series - 2011, 16 episodes as Big Bad Mama Jo

7.4 / 10
Comedy

The misadventures of three recent college dropouts, roommates, and co-workers at a telemarketing company and their drug dealer.

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#2Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

Movie - 2016, 2h 15m as Café Tanisha

6.0 / 10
Comedy

Mike and Dave are young, adventurous, fun-loving brothers who tend to get out of control at family gatherings. When their sister Jeanie reveals her Hawaiian wedding plans, the rest of the Stangles insist that the brothers bring respectable dates. After placing an ad on Craigslist, the siblings decide to pick Tatiana and Alice, two charming and seemingly normal women. Once they arrive on the island, however, Mike and Dave realize that their companions are ready to get wild and party.

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#3Admission

Movie - 2013, 2h 15m as Quest Student

5.6 / 10
ComedyDramaRomance

Straitlaced Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former classmate, the freewheeling John Pressman. Pressman has surmised that Jeremiah, his gifted yet very unconventional student, might well be the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption many years ago.

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#4Bigger

Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes as Layne Roberts

7.4 / 10
ComedyDrama

In the East Atlanta neighborhood, Little Five Points, a single-black-woman is dealing with the threat of marriage to a boring-in-bed boyfriend and the sudden, random death of a college acquaintance. The tragedy drives her ambitious group of friends to take a deeper look at their stagnant lives, asking themselves— is there something bigger and better in life.

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#5I Love Bekka & Lucy

Drama Series - 2017, 16 episodes as Lucy

8.8 / 10

Bekka and Lucy are best friends who are each other's favorite people. They live together in Eagle Rock, in Los Angeles, on an abandoned block where they enjoy keeping to themselves with their roaming backyard chickens and getting to the town pool early enough to avoid interacting with other people. All is well on their secluded block until a new neighbor moves in next door and Lucy's boyfriend unexpectedly proposes.

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#6Girls Getaway Gone Wrong

Movie - 2021, 2h 15m as Bailey

4.8 / 10
ThrillerTV Movie

A girls’ trip goes horribly wrong when a trio of friends wake up to discover a woman has fallen to her death with all evidence pointing to them.

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#7Quinta vs. Everything

Drama Series - 2017, 16 episodes as Jia

8.8 / 10
Comedy

Quinta Brunson steps into the metaphorical ring with her issues, taking every roadblock in her life - from self-care to family life - as head-to-head combat. There's no telling how things will go.

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#8That's What She Said

Movie - 2012, 2h 15m as Opening Credits Woman

5.1 / 10
Comedy

Longtime best friends Bebe and DeeDee are both wrestling with love. Bebe has met someone new and is in the exuberant phase of a budding romance. DeeDee is trying to move on from someone she can’t forget – mostly in destructive ways. As Bebe waits for the perpetually late DeeDee at their favorite coffee shop, she meets Clementine, a distraught young woman with love problems of her own. With Clementine in tow, Bebe and DeeDee soon embark on the kind of outrageous misadventure that only New York City can offer.

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#9Fallen For You

Movie - 2017, 2h 15m as Satan

8.8 / 10
ComedyFantasy

Ashley Bailey hits rock bottom when her memoir is stolen, forcing her to lose her job. With no hope and a bottle of vodka taped to her hand, her guardian angel Todd steps in-- literally. Except nobody tells Ashley you're not supposed to hook up with your guardian angel. Todd loses his wings and gets marooned on Earth, where together he and Ashley will discover the secret underbelly of fallen angels and hidden demons.

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#10Girls Getaway Gone Wrong 2

Movie - 2022, 2h 15m as Bailey

8.2 / 10
DramaMysteryThriller

While at New York Fashion Week with her best friends, Parker finds trouble following her again when a designer goes missing – and she’s the prime suspect.

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