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Grace Porter ('19) will star in season 2 of the hit Epix TV show, Godfather of Harlem.
From Deadline:
"Newcomer Grace Porter has booked a recurring role opposite in the upcoming second season of Epix drama series Godfather of Harlem, starring Forest Whitaker. Created by Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein, Godfather of Harlem tells a story inspired by infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson (Whitaker), who in the early 1960s returned from eleven years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy must take on the Genovese crime family to regain control. Porter will play Betty Shabazz, the wife of Malcolm X (Nigél Thatch). Porter is a recent graduate of New York University’s Tisch Graduate School of Acting where she received her Master’s degree. Some of her work at NYU included Ma in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, and Emmy in A Dollshouse Part II. She was last seen in The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit production of Measure For Measure. TV credits include Madam Secretary and Prodigal Son. "