"A woman with red lips knows her business"
Nafessa Williams plays Cameron Cook
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- Caroline Frost
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You were born and raised in West Philadelphia, a long way from Jilly Cooper’s Rutshire. What drew you to the role of TV producer Cameron Cook?
It was the script, plus how smart Cameron is. You have this black woman in a white man’s world in the 1980s, being able to run a company. She’s very fashionable, very strong, very grounded in who she is — and very comfortable in her sexuality.
She’s very distinctive. Did you have a particular style influence?
The singer Sade was a big inspiration for how Cameron looked, with the flicked back ponytail and the long braids.
Would you resurrect any of that era’s distinctive fashion?
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I loved the high waists, the belts, the hair. It was all bigger, bolder, brighter. We don’t see as many red lips and nails now as we did back then — that speaks of a lot of confidence and sexiness, and being bold. A woman with red lips and red nails knows her business. Bring some of that back!
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Caroline Frost
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