Actress

If I can be of inspiration to anyone to go after their goals and their dreams, then I feel like I'll be satisfied with that.

I'm really proud of the Time's Up movement, and I hope it continues and it grows stronger and that it can really be established.

I would love to be producing movies, acting in more movies, and doing projects that are Oscar-worthy... have kids, be married, all that, being a normal human being as well, balancing it all out.

I'm not trying to be famous, I'm not trying to be the next whatever. I'm just trying to be someone that contributes positivity with my talent.

The 'Black Panther' world taught me about the importance of exfoliating.

Netflix is my homepage.

I'm just a young girl trying to fulfill the purpose that's been placed in my heart to do.

I just want to do something meaningful in the world. I want to contribute positively. That means the roles I get to play as well.

Makeup is cool. I mean, you can turn up and feel really good and treat yourself, but it shouldn't be something you hang on to to validate your beauty or something you have to do to make you feel beautiful.

I started doing amateur theatre and played Rosa Parks at the age of 12 or 13. At 16, I decided it was what I wanted to do.

I said, 'Okay, Jesus, I'll try you,' and I haven't looked back since.

We come from Guyana; we don't have an acting industry.

I'm not really wanting to be famous.

I want to do stuff like 'Lady Bird.' I want people to say, 'She told amazing stories.'

What I would love, instead of being a role model, is being someone of inspiration.

I grew up seeing so many stereotypes on TV, and I didn't want to play that as well.

I want people, no matter who they are to be inspired by 'Black Panther.'

As soon as I was obedient to just taking a chance on God, all of these things that you're seeing - 'Black Panther' or 'Humans' or 'The Commuter' or Steven Spielberg - it came right after I took that break.