Sophisticate’s Black Hair Dec/Jan issue.
Photos by Nate Taylor
“Actress Karimah Westbrook is the Natural beauty on The CW’s new rama All American. Best known for her roles on Shameless and Masters of Sex, this beauty is showing just how powerful Natural style can be. Here we chatted with Karimah about her exciting new role and those stunning spirals…” Click here to read full article.
MK: Talk about how you got the role on All American and the importance of keeping your ambition in check in Hollywood. What would you have to say to young creatives who have experienced a lot of rejection.
by Mya Kay for Bronze Magazine
Photo by David Higgs
KW: I’ve been working at this for a long time. There’s no real knowing in this business. The best thing to do is to stick with it and keep pursuing your dreams and do the best you can. I’ve worked very hard in the last few years and have been focused in a different way and I believe now, I was ready for this opportunity. Before I wasn’t emotionally mature as I needed to be. There’s a molding and growth that’s taking place during the journey, one that’s necessary to receive what you’re seeking and a lot of artist have to realize that.
A Chicago-raised actress reveals our common threads in CW’s new “All American.”
by Kelly Aigion for Chicago Splash
Photo by David Higgs
LIVES IN: Los Angeles. GREW UP IN: Maywood, Broadview & Forest Park. AGE: 40. CLAIM TO FAME: Westbrook leapt into her big-screen debut in Paramount’s “Save the Last Dance.” She can currently be seen in the CW’s new series “All American,” playing the mother of a South Central L.A. football player recruited to play for Beverly Hills High.
While we all have different desires, we all have in common the perception that by having or experiencing what we want, we will feel good or better. Sometimes, this makes us conditioned to wait for things or people to make us feel happy. What if the formula works completely opposite?! At least, by allowing ourselves to have faith and enjoy our journey, we will have the possibility to be in control or how we feel.
by Armand Alvarez for The Hedonist Magazine
Photo by David Higgs
“I think it all starts from within. If you feel good and have joy in your heart, your actions will reflect that.
Q: I read on your site that you attended military school, was there a reason behind this? It isn’t typically the school of choice for aspiring actresses.
by Timonthy Hines for The Next Big Thing Magazine
Photo by Nate Taylor
Buy your copy and read more here…
From crashing the audition and landing a part in the hit movie “Save the Last Dance” to her new role in the CW series “All American”. Karimah Westbrook learned you have to “Go For It”.
by Mario Barberio for Beyond the Spotlights.
Photos by Mario Baberio
Read more and watch behind the scenes footage here…
Some time ago, Chicago native Karimah Westbrook made up her mind to relocate to LA and has been active ever since….
by Krystal Luster for Twenty4Seven Magazine
Photo by David Higgs
Q: How would you describe the racial climate today? We are doing great things and doors are opening but at the same time, racism is becoming more “in your face” again.
A: Racism is as sad today as it was when our ancestors experienced it. I still believe it’s a spirit of some kind, living throughout the generations and beliefs taught in the households. Today technology can capture racist acts on video so it feels like it’s more in our faces but racism has never not existed.
Star style trends to watch for the new fall season.
Sophisticated Black Hair Oct/Nov issue.
Photo by Nate Taylor
“Actress Karimah Westbrook is a true All American beauty, which coincidentally, is the name of her new CW-TV show. Here, the Naturalista shows off her gorgeous curls worn loose and snipped into a graduated bob. A center part is all that’s needed to detail this camera-ready coif…”
