and attending the premiere. She played the character Tara in the film."It was such an eye-opening and educational experience," she says.
With international acting gigs, the projects usually require you to do a UK or US accent, so she had a UK accent prepared, just in case.One Piece There were other SA actors working on the show, too, like Grant Ross and Aiden Scott. Umeala also mentioned the diversity of the show's main cast and how much she appreciated that."What I love about the show is that they were intentional about making it as diverse as possible."
In the show, her character has a complicated relationship with her sister."This was quite interesting for me to tap into because I have three sisters. The more, the merrier. But because of that, you are not always close with every single family member." She explored her own relationship with her sisters to apply it to her character.