BY VERONICA WELLS · UPDATED SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
“I think I just get attracted to roles where I walk away better,” Vann explains. “That’s exciting for me because I see a window in but I also see a window into a new, larger, bigger, more robust me. And if that does it for me, I’m excited to hopefully inspire another woman to feel that way.”
LAST UPDATED JANUARY 24, 2023, 1:39 PM
As the open-hearted matriarch Hattie Mae in Tyler Perry’s 2022 film A Jazzman’s Blues, Amirah Vann demonstrates a great tenderness and fierce love to both of her onscreen sons, regardless of the emotional cost.
By Ronda Racha Penrice | September 27, 2022
“If you've seen her do anything from Underground to How To Get Away with Murder, she's incredible,” he shared. “She is Hattie Mae.”
- Tyler Perry
Among the cast, the wonderful Amirah Vann stands out as Hattie Mae, Bayou's astute mother with a privileged voice...
Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times