内容摘要：, and now they have nowhere else to go,” he told The Associated Press.

, and now they have nowhere else to go,” he told The Associated Press.

“I don’t know too much about LA culture. I know the stigmas around it, but I don’t know LA culture, and coming here and falling in love with the true LA culture was so amazing,” she said.Simone began acting around age 9 and remains the only actor in her family. She has a twin sister, Yuri, a musician who goes by Reiyo The Giant. Simone’s original dream was to be like Selena, Miley, Keke and Zendaya.

“I really wanted to be the girl on Disney Channel with the neon wand, tracing out the logo,” Simone said, adding that as she got older, she felt a pull to more serious stories.Her first big opportunity was the role of rebellious teen Zora on” about the family behind a popular megachurch. After the first season as a recurring character, Simone was bumped up to series regular.

“That was college for me. It was four years with all of these ‘GOATS’ like Oprah Winfrey, Lynn Whitfield, Keith David, Lamman Rucker.“I learned how to react with a sense of grounded-ness. I really want to always fool myself. I know that we are acting for audiences, but I work to fool myself, to make myself believe that I exited myself and a new person came in.”

The experience also raised the bar for Simone’s career goals going forward.

“Now I can have a bit more discernment with my future projects because I’ve worked with all of these living legends,” she said.Kim Kardashian attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Kim Kardashian attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Coco Jones attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Coco Jones attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Madonna attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)