In each season of Orange is the New Black we’ve been introduced to a new character whom audiences either find irritating or intriguing. When it comes to Alison Abdullah, the consensus is absolutely the latter. Alison is a Black female Muslim who finds herself behind bars for a reason we’ve yet to learn, but who immediately finds her place among the inmates during their uprising.
Amanda Stephen is the woman who plays the role of Abdullah and we got a chance to chat with her about taking on such an important role and raising the visibility of African American Muslim women. We also asked Stephen about her hopes for her character’s plot line and we got a little bit nosy and asked the new mother how she plans on balancing acting and new mommyhood when filming begins for the next season.
Check out our interview above.
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