"Tropes, Triumphs, and Tough Conversation with Deborah Ayorinde" for Photobook Magazine

Deborah Ayorinde refuses to be boxed in.

Deborah Ayorinde is a British-American actress. Her most recent credits are “Girls Trip,” “Harriet,” “True Detective” and “Luke Cage.” Deborah began doing television in 2010 making guest appearances on shows including Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns and later Elizabeth Kruger’s Necessary Roughness. In 2014 she expanded her repertoire to include film, first starring in Herman 'Caheei McGloun’s short film She Believes before making her feature film debut in 2015 with Bad Asses on the Bayou. Since then, Deborah has continued to grow as an actress, taking on bigger, more challenging roles, and collaborating with talented actors including Janelle Monáe, Mahershala Ali and Kevin Hart, to name a few. Most recently, Deborah came back for a starring role for the second installment THEM: The Scare on Amazon Prime, a historically inspired horror series created by Little Marvin.