Mings in motion.
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Mings’ Mission.
My mission as an actress is to be a vessel for the young black community. I commit to being as vulnerable and unshielded as possible in order for black youth to experience all of me and thus experiencing all of themselves. I do work that represents, celebrates, and uplifts black culture. Work that forces old, stereotypical, Hollywood ideals out of the picture and doing so with excellence and grace. I do work that makes my young black girls run up to their TV screens and say “that’s me!” Whilst making others uncomfortable.
How we Got Here
I’m an actress/creative from Brooklyn, New York. Growing up in Brooklyn, I was always involved in the performing arts. I knew early on that performing was my super power. I spent most of my childhood dancing my heart out after school and in the summers. One day in the middle of dance class, a woman walked in to watch us. I didn’t know who she was or why she was there but I was giving my all. My teacher chose me to come off stage and speak with the lady. She was looking for dancers to put in her new play. I said yes, of course, no questions asked.
It was a whole new world to me. While in rehearsals for the play I was constantly leaving the other dancers to watch the actors rehearse. I was absolutely fascinated. I stayed during my lunch hour and left later than I was supposed to just to watch them. It lit me on fire. While in rehearsal one day, the same woman, Nelly, walked in and told me that the young actress that was in a smaller scene in the beginning was no longer able to be in the production and she wanted to know if I could do it. My brain exploded. I literally had 3 lines. The character was her childhood best friend ( as this play was based on her life ) and the scene was the moment she told her best friend that her father had been molesting her for the first time. I couldn’t believe Nelly trusted me enough to tell such a pivotal moment in her real life. At that moment I realized what theatre did for people, what giving voice to people's stories can do, and I wanted to do that for the rest of my life.
“Though she be but little she is fierce”
I pursued acting at Brooklyn High School of the arts and then immediately dove into training at the Atlantic Acting Conservatory. I soon realized the incredible lack of diversity in the acting world. I grew up doing arts with and for black people, so this had become a huge culture shock to me. It infuriated me. It fires me up and reminds me I’m not just doing it for myself, I’m doing it so the rooms of acting classes look different, so the lead protagonist in a movie looks different, so that acting looks different ! Acting is where I have found a place to use all my super powers for transformative good. It’s where I can touch people I’d probably be too shy to get close to. I have committed my life to being that voice for the people around me. I’ve grown up surrounded by beautiful, complex, talented black human beings and I am dedicated to celebrating them/us not only with my art but in my every day life.
