Avant-Garde Icon FKA Twigs Is Stepping Into Josephine Baker’s Heels — Here’s Why She’s The Perfect Fit
FKA Twigs to portray Josephine Baker in new biopic. Read on to learn more about the all-star entertainer inside. The post Avant-Garde Icon FKA Twigs Is Stepping Into Josephine Baker’s Heels — Here’s Why She’s The Perfect Fit appeared first on MadameNoire.
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If the name FKA Twigs just landed on your radar because of a Josephine Baker biopic announcement, you are not alone and you are in for a genuinely fascinating discovery. Read on to learn more about the all-star entertainer inside.
The British singer, dancer and actress has been one of the most quietly extraordinary artists working in music and film for over a decade. Hollywood has finally caught up to what her fans already knew. Here is everything you need to know about who she is and why this casting of Josephine Baker makes complete sense.
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Who Is FKA Twigs?
FKA Twigs was born Tahliah Debrett Barnett on January 16, 1988, in Cheltenham, England. Insomniac reports that she grew up performing and trained as a dancer before moving to London as a teenager to pursue her career. She is a singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, choreographer, actress and visual artist whose work consistently sits at the intersection of avant-garde art and mainstream culture without fully belonging to either world. That refusal to be categorized is one of the things that makes her so compelling.
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