Her casting marked the first time a disabled actress portrayed the character. For her performance, she received several nominations as part of the film's ensemble cast at the 31st SAG Awards, she became the first ever wheelchair user to garner a nomination in any category at the SAG Awards.

She shared her excitement for the role & for being able to represent disabled WOC: "To be that representation for not only the disabled but disabled POC is so exciting & so surreal". She praised the accessibility of the Wicked set, finding it to have been designed with a wheelchair user in mind.

In 2022 it was announced she would play Nessarose, Elphaba's sister & the Wicked Witch of the East, in the Wicked film adaptations, making her feature film debut. She made history for being the first wheelchair user to play the character, who also uses a wheelchair.

She was born in Mazomanie, Wisconsin to a White father & a Black mother. 🏴🏳️ At the age of 11, on the way to practice for a theater production, she became paralyzed following a car crash & has since relied on a wheelchair for mobility. ♿️

#DYK they formed a singing group in the early 90s called Voices? They debuted their first single, "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!", in 1992 & it charted at No. 72 on the Billboard Hot 100! 🎤

They were born in Gelnhausen, Germany 🇩🇪

Tia is 2 minutes younger than Tamera. Tamera was born at 4:30pm, Tia at 4:32pm.👯‍♀️

Tia voiced Sasha in the animated series Bratz, starred as Melanie Barnett in the comedy-drama series The Game, Stephanie Phillips in the sitcom Instant Mom & Cocoa McKellan in the sitcom Family Reunion. She had starring roles in The Hot Chick, The Mistle-Tones, Baggage Claim & Indivisible.

Separately, Tamera is also a tv personality. She starred in the medical drama Strong Medicine as Dr. Kayla Thornton, was one of the co-hosts of the daytime talk show The Real originally alongside Adrienne Bailon, Tamar Braxton, Loni Love & Jeannie Mai & starred on the Hallmark Channels lost & found.

They gained recognition for their starring roles as Tia Landry & Tamera Campbell in the sitcom Sister, Sister. They then starred together in Seventeen Again, voiced the LaBelle sisters in the series Detention, starred in Disney Channels Twitches & Twitches Too & their own reality show, Tia & Tamera.

can we talk about the micro aggressions in this cardi b trial??? what is the relevance for asking what her real hair looks like????

Which Cardi B are you today?

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