![]() ![]() It was my first time juggling so many roles. “It was a lot of traveling between Atlanta and New York. I shot ‘Wu-Tang,’ ‘Hunters’ and ‘Sistas,’ ” she says. With all of her success, she admits that she has to take a mental break from all the characters she plays. ‘I have to make this work because I don’t have a Plan B.’ ” “I actually didn’t finish going to school because I didn’t have enough money. “The thing about New York City is you have to be a hustler,” she says. Obsidian knows that she’s come quite a long way from her days working as a hostess at Applebee’s in Times Square. She needs a minute to take a step back.” Ebony Obsidian Stefano Giovannini “She’s not happy with her situation, but she doesn’t necessarily know how to change it. “I think a lot of her anger comes from pain and comes from the fact that she’s not where she wants to be in life right now,” she says. Obsidian acknowledges that Karen may be seen as angry. We get the script as we are shooting, so none of the cast knows the full story - which kind of helps because you can grow realistically.” “When you get a script, a lot of times you can anticipate what’s going to happen - but I did not know a lot of what was going to happen with Karen ,” she says. Ebony Obsidian (left) on “Sistas.” Charles Bergmann/BET/Tyler Vision, LLC In addition to her role on “Sistas,” she’s appeared on HBO’s “If Beale Street Could Talk,” Hulu’s “Wu-Tang: An American Saga” and “Hunters” on Amazon (starring Al Pacino). Once she began to pursue acting, Obsidian’s career took off. “And then I did an on-camera class and I am way too emotional to be just a straight-up journalist and look at the camera and be like, ‘People are dead.’ I was interested in it so I just gave it a shot.” “I went to college because I wanted to be a travel journalist. ” Obsidian, who moved to Queens (and now lives in Brooklyn), really wanted to be a journalist, she says. “I was in my early teens, so I went back to school, graduated early and moved to the city and attended The William Esper Studio. “I heard about this audition on the radio like 10 years ago, so I went the next day to try out and find some agents and see if anyone would be interested,” says Obsidian, 25, who’s originally from New Paltz. “Sistas” star Ebony Obsidian, who plays salon owner Karen on Tyler Perry’s BET series, says she got into acting by mistake. ![]() What to watch and stream on New Year's 2022Įight shows and movies to watch on Christmas 2022 'American Gladiators' dark side revealed in ESPN doc: 'Like wartime' 'Barbie' actor Michael Cera almost quit showbiz at 19: 'Fame makes you weird' ![]()
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