Just like her "Grown-ish" character Zoey, Yara Shahidi is now a college graduate - and their experiences have more in common than viewers of the show, in its fifth season, might think. The actor, 22, graduated from Harvard University in May after majoring in Social Studies and African American Studies with a concentration in Black political thought under a neocolonial landscape. Shahidi started her college journey in 2017.
During the "Grown-ish" virtual panel at the Television Critics Association summer press tour on Aug. 2 - which Popsugar attended - Shahidi talked about how her own undergrad journey has leant to her experience working in Hollywood. "I think to have the beautiful opportunity that prides itself on having difficult conversations allowed a lot of what I was learning to feel applicable," Shahidi told reporters, calling the crossover of her interests "really beautiful."
"It's worked together and been really a hand-in-hand thing that's made me appreciate both acting,...
During the "Grown-ish" virtual panel at the Television Critics Association summer press tour on Aug. 2 - which Popsugar attended - Shahidi talked about how her own undergrad journey has leant to her experience working in Hollywood. "I think to have the beautiful opportunity that prides itself on having difficult conversations allowed a lot of what I was learning to feel applicable," Shahidi told reporters, calling the crossover of her interests "really beautiful."
"It's worked together and been really a hand-in-hand thing that's made me appreciate both acting,...
- 8/3/2022
- by Lindsay Kimble
- Popsugar.com
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