SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “The Underground Railroad,” streaming now on Amazon Prime Video.
In November 2018 South African actor Thuso Mbedu had her first U.S. audition. She went into it with the goal of giving the best possible performance, if only to get herself “into the archives” so that she could be thought of for the next audition, even if she didn’t book this one.
As it turned out, though, she did book that one, landing the lead role in Barry Jenkins’ high-profile limited series adaptation of “The Underground Railroad” for Amazon Prime Video.
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