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Woman Crush Wednesday
Somehow, here we are, already in the very last week of February! With March just around the corner, Spring is increasingly in our sights, but luckily, you won’t have to wait until late March to get a good dose of warmth and newness. Instead, you can bask in those same Springtime feelings now by reading up on a brand new Woman Crush Wednesday. This week, we’re celebrating a wonderful woman who can do everything from acting, to stand-up comedy, to singing and dancing (what can’t she do, honestly). She’s been killing it on screens big and small for over three decades now, and continues to raise the bar with every new year and project. So, without further ado, give it up for your WCW, the glorious Gabrielle Dennis!
WHO’S THAT GAL: Gabrielle Dennis
WHY WE’RE CRUSHING: Dennis plays Laura in the upcoming Netflix Original title Tyler Perry’s A Madea Homecoming, which premieres on the platform this Friday, February 25th. In this brand new comedy film, classic and beloved Tyler Perry character Mabel “Madea” Simmons is back, and she’s getting ready to welcome her relatives who are all in town for her great-grandson’s college graduation. Everything comes to a head, however, when family drama erupts amongst the celebration, exposing secrets that threaten to ruin the joyous familial gathering. Starring Perry, Dennis, Cassi Davis-Patton, Tamela J. Mann, David Mann, Brandon Black, Isha Blakker, and Brendan O’Carroll, A Madea Homecoming is a must-watch for anyone looking for big laughs and a ton of fun in their streaming shenanigans this week. Check out Dennis and the rest of the cast’s amazing work in this latest chapter of the hilarious Simmons family saga, only on Netflix!
WHERE YOU’VE SEEN HER BEFORE: Dennis’s professional onscreen career began in 1990 when she was only 12 years-old, with a role in fantasy family-comedy TV movie A Mom for Christmas, and then jump-started again in the late ’90s, when she hosted the BET youth talk show, Teen Summit, from 1998 to 2000. It was just a few years later in 2004, however, that Dennis fully burst onto the scene as a full-fledged actress, with roles in titles like feature-length comedy He Can Get It and Discovery Channel series The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science. From there, she steadily accumulated an impressive list of credits, with work in shows like The Underground, Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, Wizards of Waverly Place, My Name Is Earl, Southland, Franklin & Bash, Justified, Baby Daddy, and Bones, as well as in films like 2008 fantasy-thriller Drifter, 2009 musical comedy-drama The Marc Pease Experience, 2009 sports-comedy Bring It On: Fight to the Finish, 2011 romantic-comedy Politics of Love, 2012 fantasy romantic-comedy Holly’s Holiday, and 2014 romantic-comedy Black Coffee.
Throughout the last several years, Dennis has continued to dominate, with appearances in shows like Lady Dynamite, Insecure, Hell’s Kitchen, Rel, and American Soul, and in movies like 2015 romantic-drama My First Love, 2017 action crime-drama Call Me King, and 2017 adventure comedy-drama Girls Trip. Dennis is perhaps best known, however, for her recurring or main roles over the years in TV series like The Game, Blue Mountain State, Rosewood, Luke Cage, The Bobby Brown Story, and S.W.A.T., and most recently, for her performances as a main cast member in HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show and Netflix sitcom The Upshaws.
As you can see, Dennis is a multi-talented and extremely versatile actress with the diverse filmography and impressive, hard-earned accumulated acting experience and skill to back it up. We can’t wait to see all that she does in the future, and look forward to the many projects and successes she’ll collect in the years to come!
WHERE YOU’LL SEE HER AGAIN: If you’re hoping to see more of Dennis then you’re in luck, since the actress already has two different TV projects lined up. Look out for Dennis to star in Apple TV+ comedy The Big Door Prize alongside Chris O’Dowd, as well as in NBC comedy series Somewhere Out There, within the next year or two.
For even more from Dennis in the meantime, be sure to follow her on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook so that you can stay up-to-date with the latest from your rockstar of a WCW.
