Moses Ingram is an American actress. She is currently starring in the “Obi-Wan Kenobi” series for Disney+.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the actress.
- Moses Ingram is an American actress
- She portrayed Jolene in the Netflix miniseries The Queen’s Gambit (2020)
- For the role she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Ingram grew up in West Baltimore
- She grew up in a blended family of six children
- Her mother worked at childcare and her stepfather worked in city operations
- At age 10, her mother and a teacher at Windsor Hills Elementary enrolled her in an after-school theater program
- She later attended the Baltimore School for the Arts
- She graduated in 2012
- Due to financial limitations, Ingram declined an offer to attend Howard University
- She enrolled in Baltimore City Community College for 2012
- Although Baltimore City did not have a drama program
- She was encouraged by her advisor to continue acting and audition for local plays
- She also took on multiple part-time jobs and scholarships to fund her schooling
- She graduated with an associate degree
- In 2015, she won a regional competition from the National Society of Arts and Letters
- She finished fourth in the nationals
- The winner of that competition, Jonathan Majors, encouraged her to audition to the Yale School of Drama
- She was accepted with scholarship support and enrolled in the fall of 201
- Before starting Yale, she renamed herself Moses
- She received a Princess Grace Award in 2018
- In her final year at Yale, Ingram received rave reviews for her lead performance as Viola in an Afrocentric version of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”
- She graduated with her Master of Fine Arts in June 2019
- A month after commencement, she auditioned in New York City for a role in The Queen’s Gambit
- She landed the role of Jolene, who is Beth’s friend from the orphanage in the series.
- Ingram next appeared in Peter Hedges’ ensemble drama The Same Storm
- She also appeared as Lady Macduff in Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth
- The film premiered at the New York Film Festival in September 2021
- She has been cast in Michael Bay’s Ambulance
- She currently stars in the Disney+ Star Wars spin-off miniseries Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Noting her Emmy nomination and these roles, Variety named her one of ten actors to watch for 2021
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