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Essence
Atkins
K E E P I N G H E R C R E AT I V E
F I R E S T O K E D
She's passionate. She's creative. She's stoked. Model and actress, Essence Atkins
shares what fuels her creativity and what has guided her inner wisdom over the years.
MADE We’re huge fans of you and
have been following your career quite
some time. How did your new role as
Amara on OWN's new television show
Ambitions transpire and how do you
decide on your next role?
ESSENCE IThe first thing that I
have to look at is if I can do the role and
the story if I can be of service because
ultimately the story should be the star
and I should be able to feel as if I can
contribute in a way that’s productive
and in line and within the same vision as
the writer had intended, so I have to be
honest with myself. You have to do a lot
of self-effacement and figure out if you
have something that you connect to to
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