Who is Ciera Payton? Learn more about the actress playing Wendy Williams on Lifetime Marcus Jones
Wendy Williams: The Movie on Saturday night, one of the hot topics has been the actress who plays the deliciously outspoken daytime TV host.
Ciera Payton is best known as one of the stars of the BET series
The Oval, a political soap opera where she plays Lilly Winthrop, a fashion designer, and wife to the President s Chief of Staff.
The Oval is created, executive produced, written, and directed by mogul Tyler Perry, with who Payton has a long history with. Before the 35-year-old actress starred on his TV show, she appeared in his 2009 film
Wendy Williams: The Movie Star Ciera Payton Talks Fainting, the Tyler Perry Bubble and Costume. Enhancements
Ryan Plummer Photography When I look back, I’m thinking, Gosh, they probably should have been bigger…
Wendy Williams’ shoes are not easily filled and not just because she wears a size 11. The DJ-turned-daytime-host is among the more colorful personalities in the American media landscape. So to play the famous gossip hound in her authorized Lifetime biopic would require not only confidence but a few costume enhancements.
Enter Ciera Peyton. The actress, who reprises the role of Lilly Winthrop on Tyler Perry’s