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Tandy Culpepper Talks with Actress Aba Arthur about her Work in The Color Purple & More

 

Aba Arthur is an actor, playwright, filmmaker, and author. This multi-hyphenate woman knew what she wanted her future to look like from day one. 

A cast member of Wakanda Forever, the sequel to Black Panther, she now can be seen in the new musical motion picture, The Color Purple, a revisiting of the 1985 film adapted from Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by the same name. There’s more on the near horizon: In the Spring of 2024, Arthur joins Vince Vaughn in the new crime drama series, Bad Monkey.

Aba is also the author of a self-help book, The 21 Day Boyfriend Cleanse… Because Breaking Up Is Hard To Do. 

Aba graduated from the University of Colorado with a BFA in Performing Arts and a BA in Political Science.

Published by Tandy Culpepper

Tandy Culpepper is a veteran broadcast television, radio, and online journalist. He has reported extensively for multiple outlets including CNN Radio, CNN.com, People.com, He was senior correspondent for CNN's internationally-syndicated television news service, Turner Entertainment Report.

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