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  1. www.eonline.com › news › 1240943Andra Day Recalls Her Extreme Diet To Transform Into Billie ...

    Feb 23, 2021 · Andra Day Recalls Losing 40 Pounds and Starving Herself on Set to Transform Into Billie Holiday. In a recent interview, Andra Day revealed the measures she went through to become jazz...

  2. www.eatthis.com › news-andra-day-weight-lossAndra Day Shares How She Lost 40 Pounds to Play Billie Holiday

    • Day Went from 163 to 124 Pounds For The role.
    • Day Says That She Didn't Want Her Body to Look Too Fit For The Part.
    • She Says Feeling Weak from The Weight Loss Helped Inform Her Acting.
    • Day Says That She Even Took Up Some of Holiday's Vices to Better Portray her.

    To properly embody Holiday, Day lost 39 pounds. "At first, I started by just shrinking my caloric intake, of course, and then exercising as well," Day told W magazine. "But honestly, I did kind of starve myself a bit when I was on set."6254a4d1642c605c54bf1cab17d50f1e Sign up for our newsletter to get daily recipes and food news in your inbox!

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    While Day wanted to slim down to look more like Holiday, she knew that getting extremely toned wouldn't suit the period context of the film. "I didn't want my body to look like a gym body of 2020. It had to look like loose skin and parts. That, for me, was important: having a body true to that period." If you want to shed extra pounds in a healthy ...

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    Day says that, while her weight loss for the part may not have been entirely healthy, it actually made embodying Holiday, who struggled with substance abuse, easier. "It made me very weak on set and slowed me down in a way that really helped with the scenes," says Day. For the average person, this is certainly not a tip to follow. 30 Best Foods Tha...

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    While Day didn't smoke or drink prior to landing the part of Billie Holiday, she admitted to doing both in an effort to more authentically connect with the role. "I started smoking cigarettes, which I don't do…It makes me feel like her; it slows me down. I'm very fast, and she's like molasses," Day explained to W. Day added, "I did drink a lotof gi...

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  4. edition.cnn.com › 2021/05/12 › entertainmentAndra Day lost 40 pounds to play Billie Holiday – but she ...

    May 12, 2021 · Takashi Seida/Hulu. CNN —. Golden Globe-winner Andra Day has revealed that she lost 40 pounds to play jazz legend Billie Holiday – but it didn’t make her feel any prettier. The star, who...

  5. people.com › health › andra-day-didnt-feel-prettierAndra Day Didn't Feel Prettier Losing Weight to Play Billie ...

    May 11, 2021 · Lifestyle. Health. Andra Day Didn't 'Feel Prettier' After Losing 40 Lbs. to Play Billie Holiday: 'I Liked Being Juicy' Andra Day dropped weight for her Oscar-nominated role as...

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  7. people.com › health › andra-day-lost-39-poundsAndra Day Lost 39 Lbs. to Play Billie Holiday in Biopic

    Jan 25, 2021 · Health. Andra Day Says She Lost 39 Lbs. to Play Billie Holiday in Hulu Biopic: 'I Put Myself Through It' Andra Day plays jazz legend Billie Holiday in Hulu's The United States vs....

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  8. www.hola.com › us › celebritiesAndra Day reveals why she lost 39 pounds and started smoking

    Jan 25, 2021 · Always in character. Andra Day dropped 39 pounds, started smoking and drinking to portray Billie Holiday in Hulu’s new biopic. The Grammy-nominated singer did everything it took to resemble...

  9. people.com › health › andra-day-had-to-starveAndra Day Had to 'Starve' Herself to Play Billie Holiday ...

    Aug 9, 2021 · Published on August 9, 2021 04:03PM EDT. Andra Day. Photo: PHOTOGRAPHED BY AB+DM. Andra Day has a word of advice for anyone who wants to lose weight the way she did to play Billie...