{"id":3395,"date":"2022-02-12T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T16:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lauradowrich.com\/?p=3395"},"modified":"2024-01-05T16:35:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T16:35:42","slug":"trini-actor-makes-tv-debut-in-shonda-rhimes-new-netflix-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauradowrich.com\/trini-actor-makes-tv-debut-in-shonda-rhimes-new-netflix-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Trini actor makes TV debut in Shonda Rhimes’ new Netflix series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ATrinidadian actor is making his television debut in Shonda Rhimes\u2019s new Netflix series Inventing Anna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kieron J. Anthony stars in episode eight of the series in which he plays a psychiatrist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inventing Anna is based on the true story of socialite Anna Sorokin aka Anna Delvey, who swindled her way into the American elite society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The series began on Friday and stars Ozark actress Julia Garner, Laverne Cox (Orange is the New Black), Anna Chlumsky (My Girl) and Katie Lowes (Scandal), among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anthony\u2019s scene was spent entirely with Garner.  He told Loop News that the role boosted his confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJulia Garner is an Emmy winner for Ozark. All my scenes are just with her one on one. I kept thinking they are trusting me enough to do this with this Emmy winner, let me trust in myself too, they wouldn\u2019t have chosen me if I couldn\u2019t match her,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said when he revealed at the end of the scene that this was his first TV gig everyone was shocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anthony, 32, auditioned for the show after his agent presented the opportunity to him and he trained with his acting coach in preparation for the audition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The process took place in the early stages of the pandemic and Anthony, who contemplated returning home, said he is fortunate that he remained in New York where the series was shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acknowledging the strength of Netflix as a platform, Anthony said budding actors always hope to book television series to get their name out there and to get solid footage for their reels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prior to Inventing Anna, the only other major production Anthony did was the stage version of One Night in Miami, in which he portrayed Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali). That experience remains his most impactful to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI got to meet his wife. She saw it live and she said she got goosebumps watching me. We did that play in 2018 in Miami and we got a chance to go to the actual Hampton House where they stayed. The story, the characters, nothing so far has made me feel as fulfilled as a performer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born in Diamond Vale, in west Trinidad, Anthony grew up in the east in St Augustine where he spent his childhood playing outdoors with his cousins. Those games fuelled his imagination as, like most children, he made up storylines, plots and sub-plots to go along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is a home video somewhere where I tore apart my pajamas and I took my mum\u2019s eyeliner and makeup to look like Tarzan and I was running around the house. The urge to act was always there. I used to write too. My mum had me in these creative writing classes but as a Caribbean family you don\u2019t think of acting as lucrative,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As a student at Fatima College, Anthony ran track and played football and considered becoming a professional athlete. He graduated from the University of Miami with a degree in Kinesiology and had plans to go to med school with the intention of building a clinic in T&T to help athletes ages 14 to 18 who dealt with career-ending injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he couldn\u2019t ignore the yearning in his soul to pursue acting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want to have that bitterness festering in me because I didn\u2019t try that thing I was dreaming about. I was talking to people in Miami and doing classes and it was hard but one of the instructors said if I really want to do this, I should go to a conservatory in New York. That terrified me because all I knew about theatre is that is live with an audience right in front of you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anthony took the advice of his teacher and moved to New York where he attended the Atlantic Acting School. He is now part of the faculty as a teaching artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA lot of old habits had to be broken, speech training, etc. In the conservatory here we pushed each other. I owe a lot to the people and training. I believe that if you give it your all and really commit, you will succeed. It was hard, I don\u2019t see home as much, friends and family as much,\u201d he said of his journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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