Alisha Wainwright, the big name of the brand new Netflix sequence 'Raising Dion,' looks like she could be Alicia Keys's sister. Are the 2 related? Here's what we realized about Alisha.
Over the weekend, Netflix dropped Raising Dion, a new sequence about a younger widow and her young son who has superpowers (assume X-Men meets Matilda). In the show, Alisha Wainwright plays Nicole, a mom whose global revolves round Dion, her son. Nicole's husband (performed by means of Michael B. Jordan) dies, and Dion is all Nicole has left. She someday discovers Dion has powers when he disappears in front of a automobile that almost hits him — and reappears in her fingers.
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People are loving the display, and they are loving Alisha. Her acting is extra special, and she additionally seems tremendous... familiar.
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In truth, people are wondering if Alisha Wainwright is related to Alicia Keys.
One take a look at Alisha, and you could suppose, "Is that Alicia Keys's sister?" Both have the similar kind eyes and smile, and each have the same identify. So...are the ladies related? Are they...the same person?
Why Alicia keys in “Raising Dion”
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This mother on Raising Dion looks like Alicia Keys’ fraternal twin
— AJ (@ParentlAdvisory) October 6, 2019While the 2 girls look a LOT alike, they're undoubtedly not related.. BET advised Alisha in an interview that she looks like "a cross between singer Alicia Keys and actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw." Alisha replied with, "That's the nicest compliment, thank you!"
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Who is Alisha Wainright?
The 30-year-old Raising Dion famous person has been in a lot of tasks throughout the years, although Raising Dion is her biggest to date. According to IMDb, Alisha played Maia Roberts in Shadowhunters, was briefly within the TV series Rosewood, played a nurse in two episodes of General Hospital, seemed in an episode of Criminal Minds, among different smaller roles. She was to begin with came upon in 2012 at the YouTube channel Smosh when she appeared in a comedy comic strip.
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The actress is from Florida and her circle of relatives is Jamaican and Haitian. According to an interview with W, Alisha studied botany at the University of Florida, and lived in Panama to do research for her PhD. Uninspired by how aggressive the sector was, she went into performing.
We know that Alisha was once raised through a unmarried mom, so she related to her Raising Dion personality.
Alisha advised W, "I feel like there aren’t a lot of great positive shows that put a young mother at the forefront and still make her fun and complex. I was raised by a single mother so I know that there’s a lot of drama in that life, and there is a lot to pull from."
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Alisha is a talented actress, but she additionally needs to try generating TV herself. She advised W that she worked on a pilot pitch of her personal, and that she could see herself, "moving towards producing, and bringing creative minds together to make something."
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OK, however does Alisha have a huge weigh down on Michael B. Jordan or what?
*Somebody* had to ask, and we are glad BET did it. Alisha spoke back by announcing,
"Well, you know what's funny, my frame of reference for Michael is as a producer. He is one of the most kind and generous people on our producing team, along with Charles King, and all the people at MACRO, and all the folks at Netflix, so for me having his collaborative aspect on the team was really great. I feel like that primarily shaped the way I thought about him, and think about him — as a creative person — but obviously his creative mind is attached to his body [laughter], which people tend to focus on."So that's like...a perhaps. Right? Alisha added that while he's a "beautiful person," she in truth sees him extra as a job style than a "heartthrob."
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Raising Dion is streaming on Netflix now!
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