In our latest InHerShoes, Lindsay Peoples Wagner sits down with justsanaa to talk about everything from embracing natural hair to being one of the only Black women to save the world in Hollywood films
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LINDSAY PEOPLES WAGNER: Welcome to In Her Shoes. I’m Lindsay Peoples Wagner, editor-in-chief of the Cut. On this podcast, we talk to ambitious women about how far they’ve come and where they’re going next. Sanaa Lathan is a New York City–born and –bred actor and director. She started out as a teen guest starring on sitcoms like Family Matters and Moesha before becoming a staple in rom-coms like Love and Basketball, The Best Man, and Brown Sugar.
LPW: Well, I Google twist outs every other night, and then I’m like, This looks wonderful, but I don’t have the time for this.SANAA: So once it got long enough, I just started wearing braids, styles, all different kinds. When I would work I would just braid it down and then wear wigs. It’s actually longer than it’s ever been. Every single day, I fantasize about shaving it off again.SANAA: It’s actually my mother who keeps saying, No, no, no.
That was a really great experience and I thoroughly enjoyed the process. You asked me about about On the Come Up, and this is a really long circuitous way to get there. But this is kind of how it unfolded. Then people started seeing my short and saying, “You should get into directing.” My agents were like, “Would you like me to start submitting you for directing gigs?” And I said, “Sure.” I was thinking in a couple of years I’d do it.
SANAA: Yeah, I love theater, I feel happiest when I’m onstage. For me, it’s so all encompassing, the eight shows a week that it has to be a role that is just undeniable, that I cannot refuse anything less than that, I would rather be on a movie set because you can have a life. But there’s nothing like the exchange of energy between the audience and you as the character and the fact that you get to live the character from beginning to end every night and not out of order.
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