How The First Lady Star Jayme Lawson Figured Out Michelle Obama

What do the highest office in Gotham City and the White House have in common? Jayme Lawson, the actress whose Bella Reál runs the fictional city in this year’s The Batman and who plays a young Michelle Obama in Showtime’s new series The First Lady. For the Juilliard graduate, the link between the characters she portrays—which will soon include Myrlie Evers in the upcoming film Till and a role in director Gina Prince-Blythewood’s historical epic The Woman King—is that they’re people whose voices she hopes to help amplify. Jayme Lawson plays a young Michelle Obama in the new Showtime series… Read Full Article