Actor Omar Dorsey has appeared in several Academy Award-winning movies, but his recent success has been on a smaller screen.
“Queen Sugar” is a new television series created by Ava DuVernay with Oprah Winfrey as the executive director. The story centers on three siblings, who must return to their family’s rural Louisiana farm after their father passes away. Dorsey plays Hollywood Desonier, the siblings’ aunt’s boyfriend, who provides wisdom and support to the other characters.
This is the second time Dorsey has worked with DuVernay and Winfrey. He played James Orange in “Selma.” For “Queen Sugar,” DuVernay said she wrote the Hollywood role specifically for Dorsey.
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