Niesha Butler is a basketball player and actress, often featured in films related to sport.

Early sports career

She was the all time leader for New York high schools in career points scored—for men or women—in basketball. Scored 3,127 points in High School, with a 28 points per game average. She wears the number 11.

She was personally recruited for Georgia Tech by Stephon Marbury

Stephon Marbury

Stephon Xavier Marbury is an American professional basketball player.The , point guard was selected out of the Georgia Institute of Technology by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 4th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft, but was traded shortly thereafter to the Minnesota Timberwolves.He was an NBA...

.

Acting career

She starred opposite Adrian Grenier

Adrian Grenier

Adrian Grenier is an American actor, musician and director. He is best known for his lead role on the HBO original series, Entourage, as Vincent Chase.-Early life:...

 in Noah Buschel

Noah Buschel

Noah Buschel was born May 31, 1978 in Philadelphia and grew up in Greenwich Village.Nominated for Breakthrough Director Gotham Award for The Missing Person .*Writer/Director of Bringing Rain starring Adrian Grenier and Paz de la Huerta...

's Bringing Rain

Bringing Rain

Bringing Rain is a 2003 independent film written and directed by Noah Buschel. It premiered on May 10, 2003 at the Tribeca Film Festival and was released on DVD on September 20, 2005...

. She was also cast in the lead for Spike Lee

Spike Lee

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983....

's 'Love and Basketball', opposite Omar Epps

Omar Epps

Omar Hashim Epps is an American actor, singer, songwriter, and record producer. His film roles include Major League II, Juice, Higher Learning, Scream 2, The Wood, In Too Deep, and Love and Basketball. Epps' television work includes the role of Dr. Dennis Gant on the US medical drama series ER,...

, but not allowed to play the role because of collegiate sports rules.

She also appeared in the first Nike

Nike, Inc.

Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...

-LeBron James

LeBron James

LeBron Raymone James is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association . Nicknamed "King James", he was a three-time "Mr. Basketball" of Ohio in high school, and was highly promoted in the national media as a future NBA superstar while a...

 commercial.

In magazines

She was on the cover of the first annual The Village Voice

The Village Voice

The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...

's Women In Sports. She also posed for King Magazine

King (magazine)

King is a monthly men's magazine geared toward African American and urban audiences. It features articles about hip-Hop and R&B, as well as articles covering sports and fashion. The magazine is published by Harris Publications, and was a spinoff from XXL. It ceased publication on March 31, 2009,...

, Mar/Apr 2004 - Article title: 'WNBA's Next Sexy Shooter.'

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