Canadian actor stars in new series based on James Patterson’s wildly popular thrillers
, a new series from Amazon’s Prime Video based on James Patterson’s wildly popular thrillers about the Washington detective Alex Cross.
But she was pleased to discover Elle was one of a number of women in family man Cross’s life and work who exist as their own entities – and that she was written in a relatable way. “The complexities of being a woman, first, and then a Black woman in society – navigating that is always turbulent,” Walkes says, of what she felt she had in common with the character.
“My hope as Samantha, as an artist and as an activist myself, is that we continue the conversation,” Walkes says. “You bring it to the dinner table, and you continue to have these kinds of conversations that help us expand our knowledge of them – and, sometimes, not make it so heady and intellectual.”
Walkes began singing at church, too, and later went to Westmount Secondary School where she performed in high-school musicals. She was playing Maria in a community theatre production ofThe Sound of Music, While Walkes has mixed feelings about that show, it was part of the impetus for her to study at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in L.A. and New York. A career primarily in theatre followed – with stints everywhere from the Shaw Festival to Halifax’s Neptune Theatre
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