There are parallels between Shahidi and Zilber. Zilber describes Lauren as a “good and loyal friend,” and says viewers will think they have her figured out until she makes some surprising choices later in the season. On “grown-ish,” Zilber plays Lauren, a devout Christian student at the fictional California University depicted in the series, with “black-ish” star Marcus Scribner now enrolled, after his older sister Zoey (Yara Shahidi) has graduated. My determination and hard work are character traits that I’ve come to love so deeply. I tell anyone who asks my motto is, ‘Leave nothing to chance’ and if there’s an opportunity that I really want, I quite literally leave absolutely nothing to chance. “I was like, ‘I’m going big or I’m going home.’ I was concerned that on some level I wouldn’t be taken seriously coming from the content world. By December she had enrolled in acting classes five to six days a week, 12 hours a week.
When Zilber heard that, she said it was the push she needed.
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The psychic said her daughter was “going to be a big movie star and she’s going to book a role as recurring guest star on an already existing hit television show. And I'm really grateful that we're both so open and receptive towards each other's needs.Zilber had no prior acting experience to “grown-ish.” In fact, one year ago, she was mulling over whether to give it a try when her mom had a phone session with a psychic. We've figured out a way that works for us.
We make sure to prioritize each other in our lives when we are available. We communicate often when we're not with each other. We really make sure that the time we spend together is meaningful and not surface level. But in the times that we're not traveling, we spend a lot of really good quality time together. I just can't guarantee that it will be right away, as my focus is on my job right now.Į!: With such busy schedules, how do you and Blake make time to see each other?ĪZ: We both travel a lot. I think that the stigma around college degrees-and needing them or else you aren't intelligent, successful or worthy of a successful occupation-is dissipating. I see myself graduating, getting my degree and doing it at my own time and at my own pace. It's been difficult finding the adventure that merges both.
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I have been really going back and forth trying to figure out how to make my educational path merge with my creative and occupational journey. "It really gave me the space to become self-aware and dig deep into who I am."Į!: How have you been able to balance your career with your education?ĪZ: I'm on a gap at the moment from Georgetown University. "It gave me the space to be creative and not feel like I'm constantly performing the way that all people do on social media," she said.
And this past fall, she joined the cast of Grown-ish to expand her artistic experiences. In November 2022, Forbes placed Amelie on its 30 Under 30 Social Media list. Her work certainly hasn't gone unnoticed. There isn't one way that a woman has to present herself on the internet, especially when the internet becomes your identity." "Specifically, women can be both-engaged in fashion and culture and simultaneously be intellectual and curious and passionate about the world. "One person doesn't singularly need to own one niche," she told E! News in an exclusive interview. But instead of simply focusing on beauty and fashion, Amelie decided to share a socially conscious message on her platform in hopes of making a difference. Amelie Zilber has a platform and she's not afraid to use it.Īt just 20 years old, the activist has nearly 10 million followers across TikTok and Instagram eagerly waiting for her next post.
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