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Niecy Nash-Betts Talks ‘The Holdovers’ and ‘Scandal’ Auditions, Becoming a Queer Role Model and Why She Thinks ‘Origin’ Deserves More Awards Recognition
Niecy Nash Betts weighs in on the lack of awards recognition for 'Origin.' Plus, she recalls auditioning for 'Scandal.'
“They was showing the clips from ‘Scandal,’ and it was funny, I looked around and I saw all the actresses in there mouthing the monologue because everybody went in for it, but we still all gave her a standing ovation, but it’s like, ‘Girl, we know them lines, too,’” Nash-Betts says. Nash-Betts is up for an Emmy on Monday for her work in “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” She can currently be seen in “ Origin,” writer-director Ava DuVernay ’s film adaptation of “Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents,” the nonfiction bestseller by Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson about caste systems around the world and how they have contributed to racism and oppression throughout history. DuVernay recently took to Instagram to vent her frustration of not seeing Ellis-Taylor receive awards recognition for her work.
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