Usor as the voice behind young Nala in the 2019 remake of
The Lion King. Now, 15-year-old Shahadi Wright Joseph is starring alongside Deborah Ayorinde, Ashley Thomas, Melody Hurd and Alison Pill in Little Marvin’s
Them: Covenant, a thriller anthology series premiering Amazon Prime April 9.
Taking place during The Great Migration,
Them follows the Emory family as they move from the south to Compton, CA, to create a better life for their family. Young Ruby, played by Wright Joseph, and her mother, father and younger sister each experience the Jim Crow south differently from segregation at school to microaggressions at work while living in a cult-like neighborhood.