Alexandra Grey: Transparent Breakout Star

LGBTQ&A

Jeffrey Masters

Society & Culture

4.7 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Alexandra Grey talks about her role on Transparent, acting with Phylicia Rashad on When We Rise, and does celebrity impressions of Viola Davis and Wendy Williams. She also discusses spending her last $87 on a bus ride to Los Angeles, staying at the LA LGBT Center, and how seeing a trans person on America’s Next Top Model changed her life. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1 You can recommend a guest or let us know what you think about the show on Twitter or by emailing [email protected] More information: www.LGBTQpodcast.com

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0:00.0	Hey, this is LGBTQ and A, where we get to know different members of the LGBTQ community.
0:05.8	I'm Jeffrey Masters, and I'm here today with Alexandra Gray.
0:08.9	Alexander's an actress from things like Transparent in the upcoming miniseries When We Rise.
0:13.2	Stay tuned. Hey, Alexandra.
0:28.1	Hey, Alexandra.
0:29.0	Hey, welcome to our show.
0:30.1	Thank you.
0:31.0	Yeah, I'm so excited to talk.
0:32.6	Me too.
0:33.1	Thanks for having me here.
0:33.9	This is like my first, you know, sit down, interview type. Oh, my God.
0:40.0	I'll be nice on you. Be easy. Maybe. Don't be bringing up no secrets. My papers just fill
0:45.7	just secrets. We're going to go one by one. No, you had such a big year last year. Last year was so
0:51.2	amazing. Like, it was such a blessing. Yeah. It's like one of those classic stories where it looked to me, somebody from Raw,
0:58.3	where it looks like an overnight success.
1:00.1	And I hate that because I kind of discounts in my mind like years of hard work that no one sees.
1:04.5	Right.
1:05.3	It's like people almost forget that.
1:06.8	I've been in L.A. for like five years, really trying to, you know, be an actress and a singer and try to do everything.
1:13.9	So last year it all came full circle for me.
1:16.4	Yeah.
1:16.7	Did you expect to get so much recognition from Transparent?
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