Aja Naomi King

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“Just remember how precious you are, which means making yourself a priority and taking care of yourself.”

Aja Naomi King addresses her experience with anxiety. King is an actress known for her role as Michaela Pratt in the ABC legal drama series How to Get Away with Murder, for which she received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series nomination in 2015, and for portraying Cherry Turner in the historical film The Birth of a Nation. King was born in Los Angeles. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University’s School of Drama in 2010.

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