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Absolutely thrilled to announce our spooky, little film has been awarded the best horror feature of the Indiewood Film Festival 2026. Congratulations to the entire team! And thank you to everyone who has been supporting the film.  #horrormovies #Filmmaking #indiefilm #movie #cinema
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Essay incoming. 

To say I have loved the X-Men for decades…would be a bit of an understatement. 

When I was a kid, my mom would take me to the mall where I would sit for hours at Waldenbooks, reading X-Men comics (Age of Apocalypse: Gambit and the Xternals was my jam.) One of the first art books I ever got was how to draw the X-Men and I would lovingly trace over Wolverine and Psylocke. My 6th grade science fair project was how quickly comics degraded in different weather and bagging conditions (it was just an excuse to draw a giant Storm complete with lightning bolts to sit above my trifold board.) And of course, X-Men: The Animated Series was required viewing.

Jubilee was OF COURSE my favorite (I’d role play as her in AOL rpg chat rooms lol) And so of course, when Generation X launched, I was there from issue #1. That comic also introduced me to someone who would become deeply meaningful to me, someone whose voice was destined to live in my head for decades: the White Queen herself, headmistress Emma Frost.

I loved her wit. I loved her cunning. I loved her fierce dedication to her students. And of course, I loved her style (brought to life perfectly by @chrisbachalo)

As an actor, I’d been trying to get on X-Men ’97 for a while. It’s one of those dream series for me, where little nerd Zehra and professional actor Zehra join perfectly. These sort of victories in our business can be few and far between.

So when I found out I’d be joining this party as Emma herself… man. It just felt right. And to be able to do it with this team, this incredible group of warm and lovely humans? Man. MAN.

She’s in good hands. I cannot wait for you to see where we take her next.

Until then...
Patience, darlings.
Good things come to those who wait.
Just like diamonds. 💎

Thank you to my incredible team at @dpntalentllc, @novatalentgroup, Meredith Layne, and everyone at @marvel @disney for having me aboard. And thank you @barryjneely for being the best date ever. ❤️💛💙
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I had a lot of fun this weekend with everyone at The Night Temple’s Music in Visual Media Conference! Great to see familiar faces and meet some new ones. Thank you to @thenighttemple for inviting me to perform an original song for the songwriter’s night on Saturday night. It was such an honor to have been on the bill with so many people that I respect and admire. Thank you to @anamariafusu for accompanying me on piano. 

It was also an honor to be in the women’s choir on orchestra night, where we sang music composed by these incredible composers: @daveporter_music @maxaruj @jimdooleymusic @macquayle @nick_soole_music @siddkhoslamusic @benjaminwallfisch and @carisa_bianca_mellado @andrew_dalziell 

Looking forward to next year already!
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