Yolonda Ross, most known for her role as Whitney Houston’s lesbian love interest in Angela Bassett’s Whitney Lifetime movie and her role as Dana Lyndsey on HBO’s Treme, has joined the cast of Baz Luhrmann’s music-driven Netflix drama The Get Down. Set in 1970s New York City, the series — a longtime passion project for Luhrmann — revolves around a ragtag crew of South Bronx teenagers who are wild in the streets; they’re nothings and nobodies with no one to shelter them, except one another. Ross will recur as Ms. Green, the caring-but-tough English teacher who nurtures the potential in…
Yolonda Ross, most known for her role as Whitney Houston’s lesbian love interest in Angela Bassett’s Whitney Lifetime movie and her role as Dana Lyndsey on HBO’s Treme, has joined the cast of Baz Luhrmann’s music-driven Netflix drama The Get Down.
Set in 1970s New York City, the series — a longtime passion project for Luhrmann — revolves around a ragtag crew of South Bronx teenagers who are wild in the streets; they’re nothings and nobodies with no one to shelter them, except one another. Ross will recur as Ms. Green, the caring-but-tough English teacher who nurtures the potential in her students and advocates for them to pursue their talents. Yolonda has several films slated dropping this year; including Lila and Eve starring Jennifer Lopez and Viola Davis, the indie drama Meadowland, with Olivia Wilde, and Whitney, directed by Angela Bassett for the Lifetime Movie Network.
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