The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel. If Black Twitter had any say in the matter Ellis would not only land her second Emmy nomination for her portrayal as the mother and choral director, but snag it during September’s award show. “I never wanted to be an actor,” she said during the Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast. “Where I was from, I didn’t have permission to imagine something like that.”Growing up, the emphasis was on survival, which meant going to college, graduating and getting a good “practical job” so that her family wouldn’t have to be responsible for an adult.
The NYU Tisch alum told host Scott Feinberg that you didn’t “have the luxury, the privilege of being an artist.” When asked about how well The Help stands up.
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