lashana lynch

“Enter 007”, exclaims M, at the start of “No time to die”. And then a beautiful black woman bursts in. With Lashana Lynch the revolution has arrived, because a few decades ago no one would have imagined that 007 would be replaced by a black woman, from the universe of Marvel superheroes. Despite everything, it remains to be seen if she will become the protagonist of the franchise after the departure of Daniel Craig.

The daughter of Jamaican immigrants, Lashana Rasheda Lynch was born on November 27, 1987, in Hammersmith, London. Raised alone by her mother, she studied at the Arts Educational Schools, an independent performing arts school based in Chiswick, in the London Borough of Hounslow. Due to her talent, during her sophomore year she received the Laurence Olivier Scholarship. She first wanted to succeed as a jazz and soul singer, without much success, so she tried her luck as an actress. For her role as the lead in a stage production of Willy Russell’s “Educating Rita”, the Guardian reviewer called her “dazzlingly fresh”.

She made her film debut in the role of an athlete, in the sports drama Fast Girls. Later, she lavished in British series, such as The 7.39, Crims, and Bulletproof , until she was recruited in Hollywood to give life to Maria Rambeau, a fighter pilot and single mother, well known to fans of superhero comics, in Captain Marvel . , where he stole scenes from Brie Larson , the protagonist. “I think playing an independent woman who has to raise a daughter on her own is very special for audiences, who don’t usually see her on screen. They are also superheroines”, declared the actress.

It attracted so much attention that one of the most prestigious television creators, Shonda Rhimes , chose Lashana Lynch as the protagonist of Still Star-Crosed , a series that continued the plot of “Romeo and Juliet”, where she played Rosaline Capulet, cousin of the unfortunate young man created by William Shakespeare . Unfortunately, it was not widely accepted, so the show was canceled after the first season.

When she was offered to give life to agent Nomi, a substitute for James Bond after he retired in No Time to Die , Lashana Lynch was about to reject the role, due to her misgivings about a saga she considered sexist. “I was afraid that my character would be in the shadow of a man,” she admits. However, after reading the script she realized that she was the complete antithesis of the typical Bond girls. She “She has a competitive relationship with Bond on the screen that gives new air to the saga.”

It does not seem likely that he will replace Daniel Craig , who is leaving the series, because whenever a strong name sounds for this purpose, it corresponds to a male star, like Idris Elba or Tom Hardy . However, she prefers not to speculate and has concentrated on doing her job as well as possible. “I looked for at least one moment in the script where black audience members could nod as they see her real life represented,” she has stated. “I strive for every project I’m a part of, regardless of budget or genre, that the black experience I represent is as authentic as possible.”