Anna Leong Brophy is a dynamic storyteller who is best known for her transformative performances in projects including Ragdoll, Sifu, and Traces. This spring, she joins the cast of Shadow and Bone as the fan-favorite character, Tamar. Based on Leigh Bardugo’s worldwide bestselling Grishaverse novels, Shadow and Bone returns for a second season of new friendships, new romance, bigger battles, epic adventures — and a shocking family secret that could shatter everything. Pop Culturalist had the pleasure of speaking with Anna about her journey in the industry, joining the cast
Sofia Hasmik is an award-winning storyteller who is quickly making her mark on the industry. Previous projects include Bad Samaritan, Mad About You, and All the Bright Places. But she’s best known for her breakout role as Chrissy Beppo in Superman & Lois. After years of facing megalomaniacal supervillains, the world’s most famous superhero, and comic books’ most famous journalist come face to face with one of their greatest challenges ever—being working parents in today’s society. Sofia shines as Chrissy, a writer at the Gazette, who will stop at nothing
Ian Anthony Dale is blazing a trail for underrepresented communities who want to see their stories reflected properly in mainstream media. It has only been recently in his two-plus decade career that Ian has had the opportunity to showcase his emotional depth and range and the reason why he founded 20K. Best known for his groundbreaking performances in Hawaii Five-0, Salvation, and The Resident, Ian can next be seen in the anthology series, Accused. In his episode titled “Jiro’s Story,” Ian plays the titular character whose mother has taken care
Midori Francis is a dynamic storyteller who is best known for her transformative performances in projects including Dash & Lily, The Sex Lives of College Girls, and Grey’s Anatomy. She can now be seen in the must-see film, Unseen. The horror-thriller follows two women who form an unlikely connection when a depressed gas station clerk Sam (Jolene Purdy), receives a call from Emily (Midori Francis), a nearly blind woman who is running from her murderous ex in the woods. Emily must survive the ordeal with Sam being her eyes from