Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThree years ago Jasmine Cephas Jones originated the character of Ashley in the feature “Blindspotting,” written by Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs.
It was a breakout screen role after she already took the stage by storm as Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton.” Now, after equally memorable work in everything from “Mrs.
Fletcher” to “#Freerayshawn,” for which she won an Emmy last year, as well as releasing an EP, she is bringing Ashley back in the Starz continuation series of “Blindspotting,” bowing June 13.
In the series, her boyfriend, Miles, has been incarcerated after events in the film, and she and her son move in with Miles’ mother and sister.Rafael and [Daveed].
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