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116 User reviews. 29 Critic reviews. Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy.
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- 2020-03-20
- Biography, Drama, History
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Mar 20, 2020 · For Black women, hair can bring forth feelings of both sweet nostalgia and shame. Netflix’s “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker” explores the life of the woman who made it her life’s mission to appreciate and care for the array of beauty portrayed by Black women and their hair. The four-part limited series brings the ...
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- Octavia Spencer as Madam C.J. Walker
- Tiffany Haddish as Lelia
- Carmen Ejogo as Addie Monroe
- Kevin Carroll as Ransom
- Blair Underwood as C.J. Walker
- Garrett Morris as Cleophus & J. Alphonse Nicholson as John Robinson
Octavia Spencer takes the lead in Self Made. An Academy Award winner for her role in The Help, Spencer has also been nominated for her work in The Shape of Water and Hidden Figures. Recently, she gained a cult following for playing the title role in the horror film Ma. She's also been seen in Luce, Fruitvale Station, and Snowpiercer. Spencer is fei...
Playing Lelia, Madam Walker's daughter, is Tiffany Haddish. An "it" girl if ever there was one, Haddish started as a standup comedian before landing a breakout role in Girls Trip. Since then she's been seemingly everywhere, with a long list of roles on both TV and in the movies. She starred alongside Kevin Hart in Night School in theaters, and with...
Self Made's villain Addie is played with zealous fun by Carmen Ajogo. The British singer and actor started in the entertainment industry hosting a children's show in the UK, but American audiences will recognize her from roles in movies such as Selma, Alien: Covenant, and the Fantastic Beasts series. She also appeared alongside Mahershala Ali in HB...
Ransom is Madam Walker's attorney in Self Made. Kevin Carroll plays this cool and collected character. The actor is best known for his TV roles, including HBO's The Leftovers and the FOX/Netflix series Lucifer, in which he played Sinnerman in season 3. In Self Made, Ransom is a stoic and reliable individual. he runs the business operations for Mada...
Blair Underwood is C.J. Walker, Madam Walker's husband in Self Made. Underwood has a long acting resume. He first rose to fame on TV's legal drama L.A. Law. Since then, audiences have seen him in many other shows, such as Quantico, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Dear White People. He has a Grammy Award for spoken word for his work on An Inconvenient T...
Rounding out the expansive Self Madecast are Garrett Morris and J. Alphonse Nicholson. Photographs for their real-life counterparts were not available. Garrett Morris is Cleophus, C.J. Walker's father. Morris is probably best known as one of the original "Not Ready For Primetime Players" from Saturday Night Live's earliest years. He's also been see...
StephenPaul C The greatest 4 fact-based television mini-series!!!!! Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/29/23 Full Review LIZ B I totally enjoyed watching Octavia Spenser play the role ...
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- March 20, 2020
- Octavia Spencer
- Eleanor Bley Griffiths
- Octavia Spencer plays Sarah Breedlove – aka Madam CJ Walker. Who is Sarah Breedlove? Also known as Madam C.J. Walker after her marriage, Sarah Breedlove was an African-American entrepreneur and activist who built a business around hair care products and cosmetics for black women in the early 20th century.
- Blair Underwood plays CJ Walker. Who is CJ? Sarah Breedlove married Charles Joseph Walker in 1906. CJ was a newspaper advertising salesman. More like this.
- Tiffany Haddish plays Lelia. Who is Lelia? Sarah's daughter, also known as A'Lelia. Sarah had married her first husband Moses when she was just 14 in order to escape an abusive home, and she gave birth to Lelia in 1885; Moses died when their child was two.
- Carmen Ejogo plays Addie Munroe. Who is Addie Munroe? In the Netflix drama, she's the main antagonist: a former 'friend' of Sarah Breedlove, turned business rival.
Mar 20, 2020 · Self Made, despite its incredible cast and incredible source material, feels too trapped within the "greatest hits biopic film" template, content to rush through every plot point of Walker's life ...
Mar 19, 2020 · Blair Underwood and Octavia Spencer in “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker,” debuting Friday on Netflix. Amanda Matlovich/Netflix. By Mike Hale. March 19, 2020. The title of ...
