NIKIVA DIONNE

Hey guys, I have a special announcement today, watch the below video My Trailer Yes my trailer is better than my apartment lol Getting ready to be a nurse :-) Nursing hours are so long :-p    I was so tempted to edit this video before I uploaded it today but, I decided not to. Since I began acting 5 years ago, I've been nothing but honest about this journey and I always will be. I'm not perfect. My teeth are crooked, my allergy eyes are consistent but my heart is pure, my work ethic is undeniable and my God is able to do exceedingly, abundantly far above what I can ask or even imagine and HE is doing just that. I'm on assignment and in this season I'm learning how imperative it is to be in alignment. Thank you for being apart of my journey and for your continued support and prayers. "The proof is in the sacrifice"         Nikiva Dionne

   For months I labored over where I went wrong; with a particular incident. I was so confused w/ God for months. I mean night after night, I was like "Jesus what's up? I listened. I was obedient, what in the entire world is this foolery about?" I think I got it.   I stopped making good decisions and I started making decisions that other people wanted me to make. I knew who I was, so I didn't think making a decision someone else needed me to make, would actually be a bad decision. It was and as a result I was out of alignment.  It's the 'please place your oxygen mask on first before you try to assist someone else with their oxygen mask' principle.    I got prideful. I have a tendency to think I'm placed in every one's life to 'save them'. I'm not God. I'm a good person, but I'm not God. I have to remind myself that it's not my job to be someones saving grace. That I'll never be able to fix someones problems. I'm...

   I wish I knew what percentage of the population were pursuing their CALL, their dream, their personal legend. It would probably explain why it’s so darn hard! Today I celebrate my 5 th year of being a FULL TIME ACTOR/MODEL! I left my job 5 years ago to pursue my purpose. I’m not going to profess to know all the answers, nor will I say it’s plausible for everyone. But I can speak solely for Nikiva when I say it requires FAITH, UNPARALLELED WORK ETHIC, FAITH, MY MOTHER, FAITH, REDICULOUS WORK ETHIC, FAVOR, PATIENCE, FAITH, UNCOMPROMISING STANDARDS, FILTER, GIVING and Knowing my WHY! FAITH- when you seek God with all your heart you will find Him.   I fast, I prayed, I ignored Him, I became a Christian who wanted to know HIM intimately and I did. Once you KNOW him you must ANSWER His call. I did! There comes a point when HE isn’t an option. UNPARALLELD WORK ETHIC- I’m a person who has had a job since 6 th grade, who received at least two promotions on ever...

     I love when movies, books, tv shows actually chose to say THE END at the conclusion of the piece. It's as if it forces me to immediately asses what I just ingested. Sometimes when I finish reading I insert my own ‘The End’   lol. I also do it in other areas of life. I think sometimes people wind up hurting others because they don’t know when to say ‘The End’ of an argument, ‘The End’ of these negative emotions, ‘The End’ of this relationship etc. Yesterday I scrolled a friends timeline and said ‘dag was she talking about me? That wasn’t nice. I wouldn’t do that to her. ‘ Later that day I received confirmation from someone else that that OTHER ‘thing’ I thought stunk, really was just as funky if not more funky, than I thought.   And I said ‘dag, I wouldn’t have ever done that to him.’     Now after both of these situations, what I realized first is what came naturally, what I was prepared to say would identify me with the person I was...

  I’ve been starting my day with gratitude for the past few weeks. It was in a devotional I read and I tried it one day and realized how much it effected my day so now I do it each morning. It makes me realize how many things I take for granted. While I stayed home in my mothers bed on vocal rest. I watched Criminal Minds, Forensic files and other procedural shows with my nieces and expressed how much I’d like to play a detective on one of these shows. Now, I’m not from one of the best neighborhoods but every neighborhood just as every family has it’s own particular brand of ‘crazy’. What’s normal to your family/neighborhood isn’t so normal to other families/neighborhoods.  For instance, after a crime has occurred there is always a neighbor interviewed who says “I can’t believe this happened here” and it pisses me off. Because, the world is NO LONGER the community it was in the 60’s. You don’t know everyone in your neighborhood. You didn’t grow up with your future husband. Pe...

Hey Guys, I'm so excited to share this headshot shoot with you all. I've needed 'curly hair' head shots for so long and I finally found the perfect photog to capture the specific 'commercial look' I was seeking.  Introducing SHAUN NIX PHOTOGRAPHY About the shoot: Super quick- a little over an hour for 5 LOOKS Photog is really easy to shoot w/. In studio session w/ tightly cropped, crisp clear images The pictures were beautiful before retouching but after Shaun retouch them,  they were perfect! Not overly retouched. For ex: I have bad allergy eyes and he retouched my eyes without removing all of the texture. So I still look like myself which means I look like my new head shots :-) Color- I typically have issues w/ my complexion in pictures. I rarely feel like I look as pale, in person, as I do in pictures. M y skin tone in these shots look even and realistic.    Selection process is very user friendly and professional through his website, no ar...

    I've started 4 different blog entries and haven't finished one. I haven't finished a complete thought or come to a conclusion about any of it. So I know I NEED to write. It's a release and I just know it will help someone, somewhere, somehow. uughhhhh A few years back I finally got a tattoo and it says FAITH. I don't want anymore, It was a reminder to myself. I asked God one night while driving, to tell me what I needed to succeed. He said FAITH. Ever since, I've warn it as a badge of honor. I've fought for it. I've told others to get it. I've prayed for faith. I've actually developed faith in some crazy areas of my life. Yall, I've only survived somethings by FAITH! If you only knew what I meant when I said that. Anyway, here I am through every test, every trial developing this blind FAITH. I think I knew, I would have to apply faith in different ways. But yall when your loss goes from material possessions to losing your health to...