Nia Long reminded her social media timeline that she’s only getting better with time as she celebrated her 50th birthday with a sexy photo and few words of wisdom.
On Friday, Oct. 30, the “Love Jones” star took to her Instagram account of about 3.5 million followers and shared a stunning photo of herself looking up as she appeared to be posing from a tree. The actress rocked a sexy black one-piece swimsuit draped with gold ring accents on the front, and a cheetah print cord strung throughout the gold loops. She completed the birthday look with gold jewelry and a straw hat. “This is 50‼️” Nia captioned the snap. She added, “Still climbing, still learning. Life is sweeter. Know thy self, take no shit and love deeply. 🥳.” The photo received over 152,000 likes and over 6,400 comments from fans wishing the actress a happy birthday.
Meanwhile, other supporters were swooning over her ageless beauty, including one person who wrote, “Cmon cmon cmon !!! This is 50! Happy Birthday to the beauty of all beauties!!!!!!!!!!” They added, “Heres to rockin our the next 50 together in this crazy world! This is my fav photo ever!”
Media personality Bevy Smith was also spotted in the comments section showing Nia some love. “Wait one minute my ♏️ sister you’re getting them ready, letting them know our season is fully TITillating!😭,” the host wrote. She added, “Happy birthday my love & welcome to the club❤️.”
A third person commented, “My fav forever😊 happy birthday! Y’all 50 year olds this year are showing us 40 year olds this year how it’s done!💯❤️.” “You’ve no right to look like that at 50 queen 👑 dayuuuummmmm 😍😍😍😍😍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥,” a fourth person wrote.
Nia followed up her post with another photo, this time, a full-length shot of her standing on a tree with one hand holding on to the tree branch.
During the summer, when promoting her most recent Netflix film, “Fatal Affair,” in which she starred alongside actor Omar Epps, folks were curious about how the actress kept her youthful looks. While responding to a fan on Twitter, Nia replied, “Lol! Water, sex and vitamins :).”