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I come from an interracial family: My father is from Nigeria, and so he is African-American, and my mother is American and white, so I rarely see skin color. It's never an issue for me.
I feel like decades ago it was either you're black, white, Asian or Hispanic, or whatever, but today we see more of an acceptance for people with multi-nationalities.
I have always wanted to do something high octane. I've wanted to tackle an action role where I play a tomboy but empower myself as a woman.
I know stories of Pac, but I was really, really young when he passed. The fact that he was such a thespian, and so passionate about his craft, was shocking to me in a way.
I think Pac is one of those artists that generations on generations know who this guy is, as an artist, as an activist, as an actor - entertainer across the board. I think the new generations of entertainers and artists can be influenced by him just as much as people in the '90s.
I want to touch the world through my performances on screen but also off screen.
I was a manicurist in another life.
I'm a super tomboy.
I'm not going to have beautiful curves or Kim Kardashian's body. I just have to accept that.
I'm proud - or really more thankful than anything - for all the work that I've gotten.
I've been introduced to some huge designers that I could never afford. It's really cool.
My dad's Nigerian, and I remember going to Nigeria, and all of these kids and adults and everyone in-between knew who TuPac was. They had TuPac t-shirts, TuPac posters, TuPac cassettes... everyone knew TuPac, and sometimes that was the only English that they spoke, was TuPac lyrics.
To know that someone decades later is still just as impactful as they were when they were alive, we need pioneers like that.
You can go as far as you want to go.
Your legacy makes a difference.

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Annie Ilonzeh
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23 August, 1983
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