‘Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story’ Cements Niecy Nash-Betts as a Drama Star

TheWrap magazine: Following her nomination, the actress talks about spotlighting the “overlooked and underserved” Glenda Cleveland with Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series

Nigel Gibbs and Niecy Nash as Glenda Cleveland in "Dahmer. Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" (Photo Credit: Netflix)
Nigel Gibbs and Niecy Nash as Glenda Cleveland in "Dahmer. Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" (Photo Credit: Netflix)

A version of this story about “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” first appeared in the Down to the Wire: Drama and Limited Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.

There’s a somber reason Niecy Nash-Betts is happy about her fourth Primetime Emmy nomination. “I feel like it brings more attention to Glenda Cleveland and her story (that was) going unheard, overlooked and underserved,” Nash-Betts said of her character in “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” the first season of a planned Netflix anthology series, “Monster,” from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan.

Though “Dahmer” is ostensibly focused on serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, it
seeks to give a face, voice and story to his victims.

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