Regina King spotted on the Ohio set of Shirley in FIRST sighting since her son Ian committed suicide
dailymail.co.ukIn the first public sighting since the tragic death of her son Ian Alexander Jr., Regina King was hard at work filming John Ridley's biopic Shirley in her Cincinnati hometown on Monday.The 50-year-old Oscar winner channeled her grief to portray the first African-American congresswoman and presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm - who passed away, age 80, in 2005.Regina - who's also a producer - was wearing a 1972-era white floral blazer dress with black PVC high-heeled boots selected by costume designer Megan Coates.
Back to work: In the first public sighting since the tragic death of her son Ian Alexander Jr., Regina King was hard at work filming John Ridley's biopic Shirley in her Cincinnati hometown on Monday Groundbreaker: The 50-year-old Oscar winner channeled her grief to portray the first African-American congresswoman and presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm - who passed away, age 80, in 2005King wore Shirley's signature glasses, dental prosthetics designed by Gary Archer, and a short wavy wig was coiffed by hair department head Nakoya Yancey.Oscar nominee Terrence Howard (Triumph) was also on set dressed in a blue three-piece suit to better inhabit the New York native's husband, private investigator Conrad Chisholm.
Oscar nominee Lucas Hedges (French Exit) was also suited up to play a character that was likely the manager of the 'unbought and unbossed' Democratic politician's $300K presidential campaign.The talented trio were shooting a scene where a knife-wielding man tried to assassinate Shirley as it's been reported there were three attempts on her life during her political career.
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