There is an infectious joy to DeWanda Wise's voice that can't be resisted, especially when chatting over the phone while thousands of miles apart. For two years the 35-year-old actress made Netflix subscribers fall in love with her, first as Nola Darling in the recently canceled, Spike Lee-directed series based on his 1986 film She's Gotta Have It, and then as Erin Kennedy in Someone Great, the romantic comedy that had everyone singing Lizzo's "Truth Hurts" with relish. Though the two have a few differences between them, each one has a thread of Wise that is impossible to miss: a bright vivaciousness that you can't help but be drawn by.
While promoting her new venture Project Purple Light With Barefoot Wine, which celebrates the self-expression of black women as art, Wise spoke with Popsugar about how her work in She's Gotta Have It gave her a new awareness...
While promoting her new venture Project Purple Light With Barefoot Wine, which celebrates the self-expression of black women as art, Wise spoke with Popsugar about how her work in She's Gotta Have It gave her a new awareness...
- 8/12/2019
- by Mekishana Pierre
- Popsugar.com
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