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This is Fresh Air, I'm Tanya Mosley, and my guest today, Oscar-nominated actor

Anginue Ellis Taylor, is known for her emotionally resonant and nuanced performances.

She chooses characters that personally connect with her, that allow her to communicate elements

of herself and where she comes from. In 2023 for example, she

starred as Pollitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson and Ava Duvernay's film

Origin. She was so passionate about this role that when the movie came out,

she stood outside of a movie theater in LA in front of a big poster with her face on it, passing

out flyers to get people to see the film.

Origin is based on Wilkerson's book, Cast,

where she explores the concept of cast systems,

drawing parallels to India, Nazi Germany, and the United States.

Angenu Ellis Taylor says,

she chose her latest role in the new movie, The Supremes,

at Earl's All You Can Eat,

because it felt like a rebellion against the lack of curiosity

Hollywood has had for stories about the lives of black women. In the film

Ellis Taylor plays Odette, the fearless and outspoken ringleader among three women whose friendship

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