American - Actress | December 4, 1989 -
I prefer running on the track because, for me, the treadmill can get a little boring.
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I switch up between going to the gym or exercising outside to run around a track and the stairs of a stadium.
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To come and turn the TV on and see Black Lightning trying to make a change and being a leader and stepping up, I hope that it inspires people within their own communities to try to make a change and to walk in their own superhero.
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I graduated with all honors, and I was about to take the LSATs, and I was working at a law firm, and I hated it.
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Sometimes you don't know what is it you want to do until you try it.
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I tried to take advantage of what I could in Philly. But when it was time to move on, I moved on to New York. There, I booked a series regular role on 'One Life To Live.' I played a character named Deanna Forbes. She was my first big job. It was on daytime TV. And it was a great opportunity until that show got canceled.
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I am African-American, and I am a proud African-American. I just don't like to put myself in a box and say, 'I'm an African-American actress.' I am an American actress, and I can do any kind of role.
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I think I have proven that I can play any type of character.
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Debbie Allen and Regina King inspire me.
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Most superheroes are young or in their 20s, and as you can see with Black Lightning, he's in his mid-40s and he has a family, so that affects you a bit differently as opposed to being a young, single superhero.
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I believe that young lesbian women need to see themselves on TV. They need to see the representation, especially young black lesbians.
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Beyonce's 'Freedom' - I listen to that when I am suiting up and getting into superhero mode.
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