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Jul 11, 2022 · Bakari Sellers is joined by actor Dan J. Johnson to discuss his role in the hit Starz show ‘P-Valley’ (2:33), breaking norms of LGBTQ+ representation (10:52), and accurately representing rural ...
- Bakari Sellers
Aug 1, 2022 · At night, her sex-industry authority brings Black and white men to their knees, but, in the daylight, the economy flips, and her turf is threatened. ... (Dan J. Johnson), one of the orchestrators ...
- Brandee Evans as Mercedes Woodbine
- Nicco Annan as Uncle Clifford
- Shannon Thornton as Keyshawn Harris
- Elarica Johnson as Hailey Cotton/Autumn Night
- J. Alphonse Nicholson as Lil’ Murda
- Harriett D. Foy as Patrice Woodbine
- Loretta Devine as Ernestine Sayles
- Parker Sawyers as Andre Watkins
- Tyler Lepley as Diamond
- P-Valley Supporting Cast & Characters
Mercedes Woodbine was initially introduced as a veteran stripper planning to leave The Pynk and open her own dance gym, but the task quickly proves harder than she expected. The character is played by Brandee Evans, who played Michi in the BET Plus movie B-Boy Blues and Sage in the BET series The Family Businesses. She’s also had successful careers...
Uncle Clifford is one of the few characters to have appeared in every episode of P-Valley, as they're the owner and proprietor of The Pynk who is forced to grapple with the business’s impending bankruptcy. They’re played in the P-Valley cast by Nicco Annan, who also appeared in one episode of This Is Us as Mr. Davis and two episodes of the classic ...
Keyshawn is another dancer at The Pynk, though she also makes a living as a popular influencer in the industry. The character spends much of her time on the show grappling with her abusive relationship and the effects it’s having on her children. She’s played in the P-Valley cast by Shannon Thornton, who made her big break as Quinn Phillips in the ...
Hailey Cotton moves to Mississippi from Texas after losing her daughter in a tragic accident, where she vows to start a new life and leave her past behind her, though she struggles to begin her new chapter. Elarica Johnson plays this iconic P-Valley character, following on from her success as Juliette in Sky’s A Discovery of Witches. Johnson also h...
Better known as Lamarques, Lil’ Murda is an aspiring rapper who finds a home at The Pynk and ultimately forms a relationship with Uncle Clifford. Despite not working at the club, he’s an extremely important member of the ensemble and plays a huge role in the show. The character is played in the P-Valley cast by J. Alphonse Nicholson, who also appea...
Not only is Patrice Woodbine the mother of P-Valley’s protagonist, but she’s also the mayor of the fictional town Chucalissa, where The Pynk is located. The character is also a devout Christian, which plays into many of her relationships and subplots. Patrice is played in the P-Valley cast by Harriett D. Foy, who works primarily on Broadway and has...
Ernestine is Uncle Clifford’s grandmother, but she’s more famous around Chucalissa for having owned The Pynk before it was taken over by her grandson and renamed. Under her ownership, it was called Ernestine’s Juke Joint. The character is played by award-winning stage and screen actress Loretta Devine. Her movie and TV roles include Shaniqua in the...
Andre Watkins is a major character in P-Valley as an associate at a commercial investment company who is frequently seen trying to secure the rights to build an expensive casino in the small town of Chucalissa. He’s played by Parker Sawyers, who is best known for portraying a pre-presidential Barack Obama in Southside With You. He also adopted the ...
Diamond is the bouncer at The Pynk, though his subplots in the show often relate to his time when he was fighting in Iraq, which obviously had a noticeable effect on his character. He’s played in the P-Valley cast by Tyler Lepley, who most famously played Curtis in Baggage Claim and Benny Young on the long-running Tyler Perry TV drama The Haves and...
Morocco Omari as Big L - Another employee at The Pynk, and Uncle Clifford’s most trusted advisor and friend. Morocco Omari's other acting credits include Deputy Mott in the movie 21 Bridges and Conrad Fuller on Homeland. Dominic DeVore as Duffy - Roulette's love interest, who used to date Gidget. Before being cast in P-Valley, Dominic DeVore appear...
- Jack Walters
Dec 30, 2014 · Fully aware that past research gave prominence to the supposed advantages of passing as white, when interviewed about her project she affirmed: “I am not interested in what people gained by being white, but rather in what they lost by not being black . . . . by rejecting a black racial identity.”
Jul 25, 1989 · Movies. Landmark ’49 Film About Family Passing for White Recalled. By MARGARET LILLARD. July 25, 1989 12 AM PT. The Associated Press. KEENE, N.H. — For 12 years, Dr. Albert Johnston and his...
Passing for white. James Weldon Johnson, author of the Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. Although anti-miscegenation laws outlawing racial intermarriage existed in the North American Colonies as early as 1664, [1] there were no laws preventing or prosecuting the rape of enslaved girls and women.
Daniel J. Johnson. Music Department: The Last Starfighter. Born and schooled in the San Fernando Valley; aspired early on to a career in athletics while playing football at the high school and small college levels from 1970 to 1983. Beginning in Chatsworth pop warner leagues to Encino Crespi High, to Los Angeles Pierce and Los Angeles Valley Colleges and ending with a last-ditch tryout for ...
