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• Studied at a performing arts school in Cincinnati.
• Former participant of CBS's Drama Diversity Casting Initiative.
• Moved to Los Angeles in 2018 after being cast in If Beale Street Could Talk (2018).
• Her first movie role in If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) earned her multiple nominations and awards, including two Image Awards (NAACP) nominations, a Black Reel Award and a Women Film Critics Circle Award.
• In 2019, modeled for an advertising campaign for fashion brand Kate Spade New York.
• Worked with weapons for the first time as part of her training for The Old Guard (2020), which also included boxing, military practical training and gym.
• Worked with the Avengers: Endgame (2019) fight coordinator Danny Hernandez to prepare for her role in The Old Guard (2020).
• Her first scene on the set of The Old Guard (2020) was the airplane fight scene with Charlize Theron.