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NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Williams says it's a great time to be an actress of color, and applauds Netflix for leading the way in promoting diversity. Williams, who cut her teeth as a correspondent ...
Jessica Williams has every right (as does every other woman, including those of color) to say no to what someone else thinks she should want.
Jessica Williams Talks Diversity in Film and Her “Incredible” Starring Turn "I was really excited to play a woman who wasn't like, ... “Oftentimes as women and women of color, ...
‘Daily Show’s’ Jessica Williams says it’s a ‘good time to be a person of color’ September 11, 2015 Actress Jessica Williams of “The Daily Show” and the film “People Places Things ...
In response, Williams asked them to consider the space in which women of color and transgender women carry this narrative, and quite frankly don’t often have a choice in how they’re perceived.
Williams joined The Daily Show when she was 22. She says, "I was younger and I was black and I was a woman, so ... I'm like, I have something to prove." She now stars in The Incredible Jessica James.
There is a little bit of Williams in every role she plays, from 2017’s The Incredible Jessica James to Beasts’ Lally Hicks. “Jessica’s sense of humor permeates that character.
Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams use their hit podcast to elevate people of color, women, and the LGBTQ community. Now they're bringing that inclusivity to HBO. Meet The Woman Working To Make ...
Jessica Williams Shines Brightly In Netflix’s ‘The Incredible Jessica James ... skin color, unmentioned. (The jokes spring from their personalities, not ’90s stand-up cliches.) ...
Jessica Williams Is More Than Incredible With The Incredible Jessica James, the Daily Show alum is ready to be a movie star. By ... [In older rom-coms], there weren’t people of color.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Williams says it’s a great time to be an actress of color, and applauds Netflix for leading the way in promoting diversity. Williams, who cut her teeth as a ...