Jayme Lawson on How The Batman Changed Her Career, Till, and The Woman King

While you might not know Jayme Lawsons name, you know her work or you will. You saw her play the new mayor in Matt Reeves The Batman. Then there were her turns as a young Michelle Obama in The First Lady and as one of John Boyegas wives in The Woman King. She also starred in Ekwa Msangis Farewell Amor and will do the same in Daniel Goldhabers upcoming film, How to Blow Up a Pipeline. I caught up with the busy Lawson who is now appearing as Myrlie Evers (Medgar Evers wife) in director Chinonye Chukwus Till before she headed to Atlanta to start playing Betty Shabazz in Genius: MLK, X. During our wideranging conversation, she talked about the importance of telling the tragic true story of Emmett Till, the boy who was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi in 1955. She also opened up about watching Danielle Deadwylers fantastic performance as Mamie TillMobley up close, what she learned from working with Viola Davis, how Matt Reeves changed her life, and how shes balancing playing