Meet Solea Pfeiffer, the Star Taking Over Broadway as Penny Lane in 'Almost Famous'
glamour.comBy Solea Pfeiffer says she's used to the question: “What are you?” As a mixed woman who describes herself as racially ambiguous, she knows all too well how it feels to have her identity questioned.
It's why she related so much to her character in Tyler Perry's new , A Jazzman's Blues. Pfeiffer stars as Leanne, a Black woman passing as white in the South during the 1940s.
While the concept of passing is a deep part of American history, it's often overlooked in pop culture.“People watching the movie get very angry at my character and with good reason,” Pfeiffer tells Glamour. “But you have to think of her as a survivor.
She has no other options. She had no room for error when it came to the character she was playing. I was excited to specifically be and see myself in a historical context like this.”This content can also be viewed on the site it from.While this is Pfeiffer's first movie, the actor has been owning the theater stage for a while as Eliza in Hamilton's Angelica Company national tour.
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