Graceful actress and soon to be new mom Angela Lewis is back for the third season of FX’s hit crime drama Snowfall which returns tonight, July 10 at 9 p.m. Created by the late Academy Award-nominated writer and director John Singleton, the drama series explores the crack cocaine epidemic in 1980s Los Angeles. The cast includes Damson Idris (Netflix’s “Black Mirror”), Emily Rios (IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK) and Isaiah John (DOWNSIZED).
Snowfall was one of legendary filmmaker John Singleton’s last projects before passing away and it will be making its triumphant third season return. In season three, Franklin Saint (Damson Idris) is out of jail and that experience changed him. He’s breaking bad, his mother is accepting of his illegal operation, he expands more into real estate and his close lieutenants are expanding their prospective operations. The show is set in the summer of 1984 as crack cocaine spreads like wildfire through South Central Los Angeles.
Consequently, police are starting to wake up to the growing epidemic, and Sergeant Andre Wright (Marcus Henderson) will set his sights on his next-door neighbor, up-and-coming Kingpin, Franklin Saint, focused on his burgeoning operation. While police are making attempts to douse the proverbial fire, Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson) and the CIA are stymying their efforts, endeavoring to ensure that cocaine keeps coming into the city. Angela returns as ‘Aunt Loui Saint’ a hardened and tough-as-nails drug-addict with ambitious dreams to escape the world of South-Central LA, is set to showcase her dramatic acting chops.
After announcing her pregnancy to the world via Instagram on Easter of this year, Angela and her husband J. Mallory Cree are excited to bring in their new baby girl to the world. The mom-to-be is free to discuss being a first-time mom, her expectations vs reality of being a working mom in the entertainment industry, as well as what it means to be a strong black woman and setting an example for her daughter to follow.
Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Angela credits her drive and success to the city of Detroit and the public-school education she received attending Cass Tech High School where she was active in theater and found a role model in teacher Marilyn McCormick.
At the age of three, she desired to be an actress and soon became the entertainer of the family. Her very supportive family had provided her with saxophone, as well as dance, jazz, and tap lessons, which molded her into a performer. She received a degree in Theater Performing at the University of Michigan, and soon after moved to New York City to pursue her acting career.
She was soon booking lead roles on the stage for Off-Broadway plays “History of the Word” and “Milk like Sugar”, which became the winner of the 2012 Obie Award for Playwriting and 2011 San Diego Critics Circle Craig Noel Award for Outstanding New Play. She landed her first television role on the HBO critically acclaimed drama series “The Big C” as the role of Laura Linney’s nurse. Lewis quickly began working as a voice-over and commercial talent for brands such as Verizon, AT&T Wireless, and McDonald’s, to name a few.
With appearances in many popular hit TV shows, such as TNT’s “The Last Ship,” Nickelodeon’s “iCarly”, CBS’s “Code Black”, and ABC’s Emmy-award winning show “Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin”, Lewis has solidified herself as an in-demand talent.
Lewis currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband and fellow co-actor J. Mallory Cree, and spends her time between her film and TV projects by giving back to The Cancer Society of America, Black & Missing, and Leukemia Lymphoma Society. She spends her time with yoga, weight-lifting, and dance classes. Lewis is vegan, which helps her in making fun food recipes and she loves to dabble in arts and crafts.
