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But she maintains a grounded sense of humor decidedly un-Wickie-like.
Goldsbery and herGirls5evacharacter do share an infectious optimism, and a self-determination to forge onward in an unforgiving industry.
(Shes finally almost finished.
It just needs a few more songs.)
Goldsberry has developed the confidence in herself and her career to answer these questions What am I doing?
Did this ship pass me by decades ago?
And Wickie goes for it.
Life did not work out that way.
Every time I added a dependent to my tax profile, some great job happened, she laughs.
), a project Goldsberry can finally confirm since she appears in the recently released trailer.
She cant say much else, except to point out thatGirls5Evapilot director Kat Coiro got her the part.
She texted me, Are you a Marvel fan?
Are you interested in this thing were doing?
And how quickly can you say yes?
How did she do it?
I would slightly rewrite all my lines, and find a motivation that was understandable, she says.
They were a destiny couple, and my character was there to make their couple more interesting.
It was painful for me that women of color would watch and not feel worthy of love.
Its a wonderful thing to be a Black woman, she says.
Its a wonderful thing to be a 50-year-old Black woman!
She earnedheaps of praiseas the glamorous Silvia and wowed a young Lin-Manuel Miranda andHamiltondirector Tommy Kail.
(His father ends up replacing him).
Soon theyre commiserating with fellow parent Liev Schreiber, the emcee for the evening.
In the coming weeks, Goldsberry herself will present at the Tonys and host the Drama Desk Awards.
I keep trying to turn that part of my brain off and jump in.
In full glam, shes made herself into Renee Elise Goldsberry: Star.
She leads the audience in clapping along, and closes to rapturous applause.
