Shoniqua Shandai On The One Aspect Of 'Harlem' That Almost Made Her Pass On Auditioning
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essence.comThe Little Mermaid and What’s Love Got To Do With It? The two films are certainly on the opposite side of the spectrum. But for a little Black girl yearning to see herself represented on screen, Shandai had to take what she could get.
Angela Bassett as Tina Turner gave the future actress a powerful, fierce and fashionable portrayal of a brown-skinned woman even in the midst of her struggles.
Watching her on screen, Shandai recalled saying to herself, “I want to do that. I want to be that woman.” Bolstered by a multi-talented grandmother and a nurturing mother, Shandai, a Virginia native who stars as Angie in the new Prime Video series Harlem, eventually got there.
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