Zuri Adele Is Teaching, Learning, And Storytelling Through Her Role On 'Good Trouble'

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Zuri Adele’s case, imitation and information go in both directions.On Freeform’s hit show Good Trouble, Adele portrays Malika Williams, a headstrong social justice enthusiast from a scarred childhood.

A spinoff of another hit teen and family program, The Fosters, Good Trouble is a snapshot of the intertwined lives and dramas of millennials from different walks of life converging in downtown Los Angeles.

Each experiencing their own separate fights for liberation, they find solace in each other as a chosen family. Malika, a former foster care kid and current activist, modeled after BLM co-founder Patrice Cullors, mirrors Adele’s own personal passions for Black liberation and sharing stories and perspectives that pay respect to the trials and tribulations our people experience today. “When I read this script for the audition, I was really excited to feel so seen and to use my voice and body to tell this story,” Adele said. “Absolutely this is the only way that I want to be using my gift – a way that makes an impact and a way that feels ancestral.

I will be a storyteller, a griot. I carry that responsibility very seriously, to tell the ancestral truth through my voice and body.”A Spelman grad and former acting instructor at both the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa and UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television, Adele has dedicated her gift to work in service to Black creatives and Black stories.