Who would’ve thought that this little girl in the ghetto in Philly would be playing the first black lesbian superhero on network TV? Nafessa Williams Read Quote
I believe what makes Black Lightning different from other superhero shows and other superheroes is that he’s really, really family-oriented. You get to see his entire family as well as his daughters being superheroes and diving into that universe. Nafessa Williams Read Quote
All my life, I call myself wanting to be a lawyer because of Clair Huxtable. But the real dream was to be an actress. Nafessa Williams Read Quote
I cannot get away from ‘Streets,’ like, no matter what I do! That was my very first professional job. Nafessa Williams Read Quote
I did not know much about ‘Black Lightning’ beforehand, but I always wanted to play a superhero. After getting the part, I went back and read the comic books. Nafessa Williams Read Quote
Ultimately, my goal is to inspire little brown girls that look like me, that are sitting on the porch wearing cornrows. Nafessa Williams Read Quote
Most superheroes are young or in their 20s, and as you can see with Black Lightning, he’s in his mid-40s and he has a family, so that affects you a bit differently as opposed to being a young, single superhero. Nafessa Williams Read Quote
I think that’s when life began for me: when I started to follow my dreams. Nafessa Williams Read Quote
I graduated with all honors, and I was about to take the LSATs, and I was working at a law firm, and I hated it. Nafessa Williams Read Quote
