"So that's what she did. At 18, Fox left her hometown of Indianapolis for Huntington Beach, where she attended Golden West College and got an associate's degree in social sciences. On weekends, she'd drive up to L.A. for auditions, getting her first taste of show business while dancing on Don Cornelius' iconic television series " Soul Train " and later nabbing her first acting gig as Dr. Stephanie Simmons on "Young and the Restless," a role she recently reprised after more than 30 years."
"Her latest project, " Is God Is," hits theaters Friday. Directed by Aleshea Harris, who wrote the award-winning play of the same name, the film follows twin sisters as they embark on a vengeful quest to find their abusive father, who left them for dead. Fox plays God, the twins' mother, a burn victim and domestic abuse survivor who gives her daughters a simple yet chilling instruction: "Make your daddy dead. Real dead." Harris handpicked Fox for the role."
""I just was so honored," Fox says. "Then when I got the script and dove into it a little bit more, I was like 'Ooh, this is a way no one has ever seen me. This is going to be challenging.'" She adds, "I was like, 'Wow. We don't get things like this,' so it was honestly, for me, a no-brainer.""
Vivica A. Fox moved from Indianapolis to Huntington Beach after agreeing with her mother to attend college. She studied at Golden West College and earned an associate’s degree in social sciences. She drove to Los Angeles on weekends for auditions, gaining early show business experience by dancing on Soul Train and later landing an acting role on Young and the Restless as Dr. Stephanie Simmons, which she reprised after more than 30 years. She went on to star in films such as Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Soul Food, Set It Off, and Two Can Play That Game. Her latest film, Is God Is, follows twin sisters seeking their abusive father, with Fox playing their mother, a burn victim and domestic abuse survivor.
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