Brenda Banda
©2020 Angela María Ortíz S.
Disclaimer: this interview was done two weeks prior to the COVID-19 shutdown. I think it’s a fun interview, so take a listen. Be safe and stay at home.
It was my first time meeting Brenda Banda, who plays Norma on Netflix’ hit series, Gentefied. We met at my favorite coffee shop and I think we had a great conversation. I find her character Norma to be the force of reason.
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Banda is a very proud Angeleno—an actor, director, playwright and acting coach who grew up in South Central (renamed South Los Angeles in 2003). She was only eleven years old when she first stepped onto a stage at Russell Elementary, where she performed as MC at their 6th grade culmination.
Angela Ortíz and Brenda Banda
We talked a little about her upbringing, but mostly we focused on her 23-year career in this business, where she is at this moment in her life, how Gentefied is her first big television debut and what a hoot it is to be part of the series.
Brenda Banda
We even talked about what’s next on her docket…Which happens to be a pilot about detectives who become vigilantes, Wrong for Right.
Now sit back and listen in on our conversation.
The ten episodes of Gentefied is streaming on Netflix. — A.O.
