8 of The Best Podcast Episodes for Ciera Payton. A collection of podcasts episodes with or about Ciera Payton, often where they are interviewed.
8 of The Best Podcast Episodes for Ciera Payton. A collection of podcasts episodes with or about Ciera Payton, often where they are interviewed.
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On this episode of SHP we sat down with actress, writer, social activist and entrepreneur Ciera Payton. She does it all. She's worked on several Tyler Perry projects like, "Madea A Family Funeral" to the TV series "The Oval" on BET. But her journey wasn't always easy and Ciera shares how she went from waitressing to booking her first major role alongside Steven Seagal, dealing with Hurricane Katrina and how she is a firm believer that roles that are meant for you will find you. This was a great conversation that was empowering, inspirational and something any struggling actor needs to hear.
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Ciera Payton is an accomplished actor, writer, social activist and entrepreneur hailing from the city of New Orleans. After Hurricane Katrina, Ciera and her family relocated to North Carolina where she graduated with a B.F.A. from the University of the North Carolina School of the Arts. While still enrolled in school, Ciera landed the female lead role opposite Steven Seagal in Flight of Fury.
Since her breakout role, she has shared screen time with many talented artists including Viola Davis, Nicholas Cage, Kevin Hart and Josh Brolin. Past credits include USA Network’s Graceland, Bad Teacher on CBS, and Spike Lee’s Oldboy.
As a writer and solo performer, Ciera created and performed her one-woman show, Michael’s Daughter, a piece detailing her compelling journey of growing up in New Orleans to her present success in Los Angeles through a series of letters with her incarcerated father, Michael.
While dedicated to her acting career, Ciera also manages to and time to contribute to her local community. Her dedication to arts education in underserved communities led her to create the non-profit organization The Michael’s Daughter Foundation, which provides an annual theater and media arts summer camp for youth impacted by incarceration. Her contribution was recognized by the City of Los Angeles’ Mayor Garcetti and Councilwoman Nury Martinez, as she was rewarded the 2016 Pioneer Woman Award.
A free-spirit, Ciera enjoys boxing, painting, cooking and most importantly, dancing! She continues to have an unwavering commitment to always be her best, challenge the limits of everything she does, while always remaining true to herself.
Clear backpacks, gator-laden bayous, and an absolutely extraordinary story of Hurricane Katrina come to you this week courtesy of the radiant Ciera Payton (“She’s Gotta Have It”), whose teenaged medical knowledge was of the “Anaconda” variety.
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Edited by Julian Burrell for Maximum Fun.
Let's talk about the true ups and downs of Hollywood. Ciera shares it all and is brutally honest. She also talks on the current diversity push in casting and how it as effected her career. Find Ciera here: http://cierapayton.com/ And of course find 1BA Sam here! www.onebrokeactress.com/
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