Actresses Turn To Reiki, Recording & Teaching To Lessen The Financial Burden Of Strikes
03.09.2023 - 21:11
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Actors Ashli Haynes, Holly Cinnamon, and Kyra Jones are anxious, tired and frustrated that they are still on strike.
It’s been over 120 days since the WGA went on strike and more than 50 days since SAG-AFTRA walked off set, and it has been a major disruption for everyone involved. While talks have resumed between the WGA and the AMPTP, there is still no foreseeable end to the strikes in sight. Film and television productions are paused, and folks out of work are struggling to make ends meet.
Financial struggles and job insecurity always have been a concern for folk on the creative side of the entertainment business, but the strikes have exacerbated these worries. Haynes, Cinnamon and Jones would rather be working, but they believe they need to fight for what is fair, even if it causes them stress and anxiety.
Deadline has been on the frontlines since day 1, attending WGA and SAG-AFTRA picket lines and talking to writers and actors, giving them a platform to voice their feelings and frustrations. Haynes, Cinnamon and Jones — who is also a member of the WGA — spoke to Deadline about their experiences during the strikes, their thoughts on AI and how they have been making ends meet, and they reveal some shocking information about their time in the entertainment business.
Ashli Haynes and the Invisible Residual
Haynes scored her first lead role in the series Leimert Park, which debuted at Sundance in 2018. She was excited to have made the leap to lead and to work with Homegrown Pictures and Macro. The show subsequently became a BET+ original.
In addition to starring in Leimert Park, she landed a recurring role as Courtney in the Lena Waithe-produced BET series Twenties. “I was in five out of eight episodes for Season 1 and