Draya Michele is enjoying the “challenge” of building her acting career.
Fans first got to know her on Basketball Wives La, but after quitting the reality show in 2015, Michele has been building a name in the acting world, landing roles in recent releases like Til Death Do Us Part starring Taye Diggs, Annie Ilonzeh, and Being Mary Jane’s Steven Bishop, and True to the Game, whose cast included the late Nelsan Ellis.
“I’m always happy to work with seasoned actors. I need it,” Michele tells Et of sharing the screen with 39-year-old Ellis, who died from heart failure in July. “I’m learning and growing every day, and when you get to work with people that are that good, it's amazing.”
Sharing the screen with Ellis pushed Michele to work harder. “He brought some of my best acting out of me,” she says.
Related: Draya Michele on Leaving 'Basketball Wives': 'I'm Owed an Apology'
But working...
Fans first got to know her on Basketball Wives La, but after quitting the reality show in 2015, Michele has been building a name in the acting world, landing roles in recent releases like Til Death Do Us Part starring Taye Diggs, Annie Ilonzeh, and Being Mary Jane’s Steven Bishop, and True to the Game, whose cast included the late Nelsan Ellis.
“I’m always happy to work with seasoned actors. I need it,” Michele tells Et of sharing the screen with 39-year-old Ellis, who died from heart failure in July. “I’m learning and growing every day, and when you get to work with people that are that good, it's amazing.”
Sharing the screen with Ellis pushed Michele to work harder. “He brought some of my best acting out of me,” she says.
Related: Draya Michele on Leaving 'Basketball Wives': 'I'm Owed an Apology'
But working...
- 10/17/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
From the iconic songbook of Johnny Cash comes this unique musical about love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, and home and family. More than two dozen classic hits - including 'I Walk the Line,' 'A Boy Named Sue,' 'Folsom Prison Blues,' and the title tune - performed by a multi-talented cast, paint a musical portrait of The Man in Black that promises to be a foot-stompin', crowd-pleasin' salute to a uniquely American legend Richard Maltby, Jr. created the piece and will also direct The Rep's production. It was originally conceived by William Meade with orchestrations by Steven Bishop and Jeff Lisenby. Malty is re-conceiving his Johnny Cash tribute specifically for a five-member ensemble for The Rep's Stackner Cabaret. The cast features Trenna Barnes, Eddie Clendening, Jason Edwards, David Miles Keenan and Mark W. Winchester, who are all making their Rep debuts. Ring...
- 3/1/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
From the iconic songbook of Johnny Cash comes this unique musical about love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, and home and family. More than two dozen classic hits - including I Walk the Line, A Boy Named Sue, Folsom Prison Blues, and the title tune - performed by a multi-talented cast, paint a musical portrait of The Man in Black that promises to be a foot-stompin', crowd-pleasin' salute to a uniquely American legend Richard Maltby, Jr. created the piece and will also direct The Rep's production. It was originally conceived by William Meade with orchestrations by Steven Bishop and Jeff Lisenby. Malty is re-conceiving his Johnny Cash tribute specifically for a five-member ensemble for The Rep's Stackner Cabaret. The cast features Trenna Barnes, Eddie Clendening, Jason Edwards, David Miles Keenan and Mark W. Winchester, who are all making their Rep debuts. Ring of Fire The Music of...
- 2/21/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Moneyball tells the true tale of the Oakland A’s and their General Manager, who bucked the system and made baseball history. Actor Stephen Bishop plays David Justice in the film and spoke to Movie Fanatic exclusively about the experience of not only working opposite Brad Pitt (Check out our Brad Pitt interview) and Philip Seymour Hoffman, but also portraying one of his good friends and a mentor from his baseball days in David Justice.
Bishop met Justice when he was with the Atlanta Braves organization. In many ways, playing a baseball player was not difficult, but like any good baseball player knows, the challenge is fulfilling your role within the team, like an actor in a film, which is the key to success.
The ballplayer got into acting after leaving baseball and has already compiled an impressive resume. Besides Moneyball (Don't miss our Moneyball review), Bishop has Safe House...
Bishop met Justice when he was with the Atlanta Braves organization. In many ways, playing a baseball player was not difficult, but like any good baseball player knows, the challenge is fulfilling your role within the team, like an actor in a film, which is the key to success.
The ballplayer got into acting after leaving baseball and has already compiled an impressive resume. Besides Moneyball (Don't miss our Moneyball review), Bishop has Safe House...
- 9/29/2011
- by joel.amos@moviefanatic.com (Joel D Amos)
- Reel Movie News
First Footage From Aaron Sorkin’s Moneyball Released
Entertainment Tonight recently released footage of the highly-anticipated film Moneyball, written by The Social Network's Aaron Sorkin and directed by Capote's Bennet Miller. Based on Michael Lewis' bestselling novel Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, the film stars Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Robin Wright, Steven Bishop, Kathryn Morris, Chris Pratt, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
Thanks for reading We Got This Covered...
Entertainment Tonight recently released footage of the highly-anticipated film Moneyball, written by The Social Network's Aaron Sorkin and directed by Capote's Bennet Miller. Based on Michael Lewis' bestselling novel Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, the film stars Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Robin Wright, Steven Bishop, Kathryn Morris, Chris Pratt, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
Thanks for reading We Got This Covered...
- 6/15/2011
- by Kyle Kogan
- We Got This Covered
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment are thrilled to present the fifth and final production of La Mirada Theatre?s 2008-2009 season of shows, the West Coast Premiere of a new and completely revised production of Ring Of Fire, created by Tony Award-winner Richard Maltby, Jr., conceived by William Meade, orchestrations by Steven Bishop and Jeff Lisenby, choreography by Jane Lanier and directed by and starring one of the original cast members from the Broadway production, Jason Edwards.
- 6/1/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
La Mirada Theatre For the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment are thrilled to present the fifth and final production of La Mirada Theatre?s 2008-2009 season of shows, the West Coast Premiere of a new and completely revised production of Ring of Fire, created by Tony Award-winner Richard Maltby, Jr., conceived by William Meade, orchestrations by Steven Bishop and Jeff Lisenby, choreography by Jane Lanier and directed by and starring one of the original cast members from the Broadway production, Jason Edwards. Ring of Fire will begin performances on Friday, June 5 and will run through Sunday, June 21 at La Mirada Theatre For the Performing Arts, 14900 La Mirada Boulevard in La Mirada, near the intersection of Rosecrans Avenue.
- 5/8/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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