Wow! What an honor… It will be a while before I come down from this one. Thank you God! So many people responsible for this moment. Thank y’all for voting for me. To my fellow nominees, you’re brilliant and I’m so moved and inspired by your work. To
@derricknaacp and the whole
@naacpimageawards @naacp organization. Thank you for seeing me and elevating Black Excellence all over the world.
To my Queen
@carolinechikezie for holding me down and reminding me of my value. I Love you. My Mom for her unconditional love and support and her incredible work ethic. To all my family and friends back home in Barbados, the UK and Vancouver.
RIP Mr. James Avery, the OG! Thank you for laying the groundwork and leaving a blueprint for me to follow and step into. To
@willsmith ,
@terence_carter ,
@dboorstein and everyone at
@westbrook . Thank you for believing in me, and trusting me with this assignment. Always been a dream to work with you Will, but I’ll take working for you, for now. lol! To everybody at
@peacock , and
@nbcuniversal . To our show creator and visionary, my dawg Mr. Morgan Cooper,
@cooperfilms . Thank you for your light and your healing spirit bro… You’re our secret sauce. To our incredible writing team led by our NAACP award winning show runner Carla Waddles,
@cmwaddles . To my beautiful cast
@cassiedamsel ,
@jimmyakingbola ,
@ollysho ,
@cocojones ,
@akira_akbar ,
@jordanljones ,
@simonejoyjones , led by our fearless leader
@jabaribanks … I love creating with you guys. To the crew and all departments, who make our show such a well oiled machine. To my incredible team, everyone at
@greenetalent ,
@michaelgreene1111 , and
@playmgmt .,
@trinaallenabt . To my acting coach
#RodMenzies and all my coaches along the way.
Only by Gods grace was I able to overcome a huge obstacle that was put before me in 11/2022. So for that, this is extra special and I thank God for his mercy, his grace, and his healing love and protection over me. I always say ‘he puts the super in our natural’ and that couldn’t be more true. Anything is possible with him. Make discipline, commitment and consistency your distraction… FOCUS. Now… back to work.
#naacp #bestsupportingactor #belair 🙏🏾🏆✨
