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Alphonsia emmanuel biography of abraham lincoln
Emmanuel, Alphonsia 1956–
Actress
Dreamed of Acting Life
Joined the Royal Shakespeare Company
Faced Racism in Landing Roles
Starred in Peter’s Friends
Moved to Antigua
Selected works
Sources
British actress Alphonsia Emmanuel is a classically trained stage actress known for her work in British theater, television, and film, especially the 1992 film Peter’s Friends.
One of the most accomplished and highly regarded black actresses in Britain today, Emmanuel has faced a number of career obstacles in an industry with a history of institutional prejudice against black performers.
Emmanuel was born on November 7, 1956, in Pointe Michel, a small village on the south western coast of Dominica, a Leeward island in the Caribbean.
When she was a small child, her parents, Lewis and Portia Williams, moved to Britain to find work, part of a large wave of post-war migrants from the colonies of the former British Empire. Emmanuel stayed in Dominica with her grandparents