Life has changed drastically for
P-Valley star Brandee Evans over the past year. Of course, there’s the paycheck and the heightened profile that comes with being the lead actress of a hit TV show. But for Evans, the most important impact becoming an actress has had on her life is allowing her to take better care of her mother.
“The show has afforded me an opportunity to be able to do more for her as her caregiver, which is a complete blessing,” Evans tells ESSENCE. “Truly, my biggest thing is to be able to (take) care of my mom and just live my dreams. I’m really doing what I want to do with my life and I’m so thankful to Katori Hall and Starz.”
Leon Bennett/Getty Images Check yourself, and hold yourself accountable, says Reed, who is the first Black woman to win an Emmy as a casting director and will be honored with the Hoyt Bowers Award at the 36th annual Artios Awards on April 15.
Robi Reed wants to help tell stories that represent what the world truly looks like. And with more than 30 years and 70 films as a casting director, that’s what she’s dedicated her career to. Her credits include
School Daze, Poetic Justice, Malcolm X, and 125 episodes of
In Living Color. She’s helped hire actors who would go on to have expansive careers of their own in some of their early roles including Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Halle Berr and Rosie Perez and she cast the directorial debuts for Denzel Washington, Eddie Murphy and Regina King.
Tory Burch, Ruth E. Carter, Katie Porter and More on What They ve Learned From Their Mentors The starting point is never having to prove yourself. The significance of what you have to say or what you’ve experienced is never in question.
, women with professional guides are five times more likely to advance in their workplaces, but the benefits go both ways: Female mentors report better job satisfaction and performance for themselves too. That’s why this Women s History Month,
Harper’s BAZAAR approached leaders in style, art, science, and politics to share the lessons they’ve learned from their own mentors some famous, some family along with the advice they impart on the next generation of powerful women preparing to lead. (And, yes, that includes you.)
Living Single, about a group of girlfriends). In
Set It Off, her breakout lead role as Cleopatra Sims Cleo, for short Latifah seized her moment in the final act.
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Surrounded by police aiming their guns at her 1962 Impala, Cleo opts for driving into a stream of bullets and a tragic death instead of surrendering. The scene became instantly black cinema canon.
But in a sit-down interview that year, talk-show host Rolonda Watts questioned Latifah’s decision to star as a gangsta lesbian (more the lesbian part than the gangsta thing). “A lotta people are going to say, ‘Queen Latifah is ruining her career playing a lesbian on the movie screen,’ ” Watts said. “Are we ready for that?”
The Oscar-winning filmmaker talked about the late Chadwick Boseman with Ryan Coogler, touched on his legacy with Jodie Foster and received tributes from Rosie Perez, Angela Bassett and the cast of Da 5 Bloods.