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story of how Moses Ingram went from attending Baltimore's public arts high school and the local community college to acing the role of Joleen in "Queens Gambit."
washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/…
story of how Moses Ingram went from attending Baltimore's public arts high school and the local community college to acing the role of Joleen in "Queens Gambit."
washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/…
Correction: Jolene.
“I think about all of the days I worked hard, up at 4 a.m. on buses, standing out in the cold waiting for a train with my mom, trying to get to an audition. I feel really blessed to be bearing some fruit from it now.”
"When I saw her, I said, ‘She’s got it.’ She has that independent vibration you need to survive as an artist. She was actually tough. Not a hard woman or a strong Black woman, she was just tough. Period. I could see that in her work. Because if you have that, you will make it."
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