We love to embrace the idea of the “overnight success”: a person comes out of nowhere and is embraced as a breakthrough actor, creative genius, or the person of the hour. The truth, however, is that the overnight success has usually been practicing his or her craft for years before attaining a place of honor and recognition. Mahershala Ali A good example is actor Mahershala Ali, the winner as Best Supporting Actor at this year’s Academy Awards. Ali became an overnight success after a decade and a half of practicing his craft in film and television roles. He had a supporting role in Crossing Jordan and then a lead role in the sci-fi series The 4400 . He is probably familiar to most people for his role as Remy Denton in the Netflix series House of Cards and as a military leader in two of The Hunger Games films. He was in two major films this year-- Hidden Figures and Moonlight --both nominated for best picture. He won the Oscar for hi...
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