My superpower is speaking my dreams, the things I want, into existence. I believe there’s power in what we speak, so I’ve trained myself to speak of only the things I desire to have and encourage others to do the same.
Nafessa Williams, Rolling Out Magazine (April 2018)
Nafessa Williams is an American actress from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
She is most known for her role as Nicole Gordon in the Meek Mill film Streets, her role as Deanna Forbes on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, and her role as Dr. Charlotte Piel on the CBS drama Code Black. Williams has also played Jade on the Showtime series Twin Peaks, and Toya in the Netflix movie Burning Sands. Nafessa can currently be seen playing the role of Anissa Pierce/Thunder on the CW series Black Lightning.
“This Black Lightning experience means everything to me. I’m honored to be a part of history. I didn’t have a black female superhero to look up to as a kid, so to be that representation for little black girls is a responsibility that I don’t take lightly. We’ve also never seen a black lesbian superhero until now so again I’m honored to be the first and hopefully make way for more lesbian superheroes.” – Nafessa Williams for Glitter Magazine
Nafessa Williams deserves a lot more love and respect for her role as Anissa Pierce than she’s getting.
Don’t think we don’t see the racism within the queer community with your demands for representation, representation that only seems to matter when it’s wrapped up in a skinny white skinned package surrounded by a sea of more whiteness.
Send her some tweets. Leave comments on IG. We can do better than this.
Her Instagram story (is that what it’s called? i dunno i can only operate like two or three social media sites with any fluency)… Anyway, there’s a nice video at the end where she reflects on her experience at CC and how she’s grateful to have a chance to meet fans, particularly lesbian ones, who let her know how much of an impact BL is having. It’s a far cry from some of the usual treatment queer fans get and something we should definitely encourage if we want to keep seeing more of that and less of “here’s your scraps now go away.”
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