Rising to the Challenge

Simone Missick, star and executive producer of OWN's All Rise, reveals how being authentically herself has led to success,

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AS TOLD TO PRINCESS GABBARA

When I heard rumblings that the show! star in, All Rise, would be moving from CBS to OWN, I began having conversations about becoming an executive producer—and I am so happy to say that this dream became a reality.

 I wake up to emails, and I go to bed to emails. During the day, I’m watching auditions, hopping on Zoom and conference calls in between scenes, squeezing in interviews for publicity, doing costume fittings, and sometimes filming two episodes in a day. am busy, but it’s the happiest I have ever been.

 Very few people can say that they star in and executive produce a television show. As a Black woman, it is not lost on me how uniquely special it is to be able to do both on a network owned by Oprah Winfrey, one of the most influential Black women ever. I get to play a character that resonates with many women, at a time in my life where I feel like 1am my most authentic self, and truly walking in my purpose.