Tottenham was a dope place to grow up because it's so community-based. It's a melting pot of cultures. I'll always be a north London girl.
I'm not perfect. As a Christian, you're not perfect, you know, but you're walking every day and trying to stay connected.
I wish I watched movies like 'Hidden Figures' when I was a kid, and maybe I would've taken science classes super seriously, because I saw myself.
In my country where I was born, Guyana, we push more for education. It's more being a lawyer, doctor, teacher, or scientist.
I have to also get into producing if I want to see these stories being made... Let's venture out and do projects with people of different ethnicities: not just black but also Asian actors and Asian superhero films. Just an equality across the board.
I gave my life to Christ, and I thought that would be it for me, and He was, like, 'No, you're not finished with acting; acting is not finished with you. This is your talent. Go back into it, but you're going back into it with a heart that's not obsessive over it.'
Where I go, where He takes me, that's where I need to spread the love of God. Because people's souls are dying. My soul was dying. And He saved me.
That's something I would love to do - play leading roles and really hold it on my own in those leading roles.
With 'Black Panther,' it was like stepping up to the plate, working crazy hours, and still bringing your best to the table every time.
I didn't see a lot of role models or women who looked like me on screen when I was growing up. For me, one thing that changed all of that was seeing Keke Palmer in 'Akeelah and The Bee.' That film made me realize that I wasn't an alien.
I don't really consider myself religious. I view it more as a relationship. And if anyone thinks that's weird, then okay.
So many young black women love science, technology, engineering, and maths. But that's not the widely held image of the kind of person who likes those things.