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Last updated on December 18, 2024.
Bresha Webb is an American actress. She starred as Imunique Jefferson in the TV One comedy series Love That Girl! from 2010 to 2014. She later has appeared in films Meet the Blacks (2016), Acrimony (2018), Night School (2018), Sextuplets (2019) and A Fall from Grace (2020).
When I go to Atlanta, I'm famous. I can get on a flight, anything. Because they're watching every show, and if you're black, you famous.
I was very vocal about what I wanted to do at a very young age. I wanted to be inside of the television set. I didn't know being on TV was being an actor.
Tracy Ullman, I grew up watching her shows and standup and improv and specials. Bette Midler and Whoopi Goldberg. They inspire me to do it all. I always wanted to do it all; I never wanted to be put in a box.
Shows in the '70s and '80s were a lot more provocative. Shows that are coming out now - like 'Black-Ish,' 'The Carmichael Show' - are showcasing people of color in a new way. It's not stereotypical.
My whole thing as a performer is to affect people, whether I make you cry or I make you laugh. I would love to make you think.
Jamie Foxx. He's been very much a mentor and friend, and we've worked together several times. He's just been such an influence in my career. There's nothing that man can't do, and that's something I would like to reflect in my career.
A little bit about my family: We didn't really come from much, and we didn't take family trips to California, so my first trip to California was actually my first day of school.
I started off in drama, and there are so many women that I admire. Women in this industry are gladiators. Cicely Tyson, Viola Davis, Taraji Henson, Regina Hall, Regina King.
I like doing roles that stretch me.
I went to Baltimore School of the Arts, which is known for discovering Tupac and Jada Pinkett-Smith.
When I played Imunique on 'Love That Girl,' that was on the other side of comedy - loud and out there.
I remember watching television when I was younger, and I felt like there were things TV tackled first, and then it would happen to me in real life, and I felt prepared.
It's just been a lot of hard work and lot of auditions. A lot of ups and downs, but a lot of ups, and I'm really happy for my downs, too. I'm really thankful.
That's my mission: to make you feel something.
I love '80s rock music. I was fascinated with Stevie Nicks when I was growing up.
If you really want to be an actress, go to school. I think it's great what people are doing on YouTube, but don't forget to go to class. Have a vision for yourself, but don't forget to do the work.
I'm just a regular Baltimore chick who believed in God enough to follow her dreams.