
While she was modelling for catalogues and print advertisements, she was also auditioning for soaps, and landed a role in the short-lived TV series Living Dolls. The obligatory period as a ‘resting’ actor (she didn’t work for six months) almost led her to throw in the towel. Then came her breakthrough role in the gritty Spike Lee film Jungle Fever.
Ironically, she almost didn’t get the part of a crack cocaine addict because she was too attractive.
Determined to succeed, she decided to make herself look as plain as possible. “I didn’t shave my legs, bathe or brush my teeth for days,” she says. “I was pretty gross.”

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