Power Universe tells the origin story of season one villain Kanan Stark, but just minutes into episode one of Power Book III: Raising Kanan, it’s obvious his mother, drug queen pin Raquel “Raq” Thomas, is really at the center of his world. “She’s a boss, first and foremost,” says Patina Miller who plays the lead role. “She’s a loving mother.
She’s very driven. She’s very passionate. She doesn’t take anybody’s shit. She says what she thinks, and she has no fear. She’s ballsy and she has a lot of guts.”Those same adjectives could describe Miller, a Music Theater grad with a Tony Award on her mantle for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as the lead player in the 2013 revival of Pippin.
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