35:T4a4,With over 40 years in the entertainment industry, Sheryl Lee Ralph has a trove of both trials and triumphs to her credit. In this sneak speak episode of OWN’s podcast, Trials to Triumphs, host Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins talks with The Tony Award-nominated multi-hyphenate who takes Ashley back to the beginning of her career and describes who she was before landing her breakthrough role as Deena Jones in the seminal Broadway musical Dreamgirls. Sheryl underscores key lessons she learned from her parents and mentors, including the power to determine which doors to leave closed. The original Dreamgirl also unpacks the most difficult season of her life: navigating her divorce as a single mother, leaving the hit tv show Moesha, and losing herself along the way. Sheryl recalls the encounter that helped her “rise to the occasion of her own life,” and how, just like her character Deena, she owned her inner diva. Want more podcasts from OWN? Visit https://bit.ly/OWNPodsYou can also watch Oprah’s Super Soul, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more of your favorite OWN shows on your TV! Visit https://bit.ly/find_OWN Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.36:T489,

IRL is back and we’re excited to bring you two new interviews a month. In this episode, Angie pivots from conversations surrounding mortality and superpowers to tap into a recent and defining real life life moment. Singer, Actress, Wife and Mother of 2, Kelly Rowland joins Angie to discuss generational trauma, risk, rejection and keeping your sanity through it all.

Their conversation about parenting styles and breaking generational cycles lead them both to unpack their lingering daddy issues. Kelly shares how a 23 And Me ancestry kit led her to connecting with her father and opens up the space for Angie to share her own recent experience of finding her biological father. These two women are able to hold up a mirror to each other that allows for an episode full of vulnerability and honesty.

After years of standing side by side with one of the world’s bigger stars, Kelly Rowland finally feels confident in her own light. And her light that shines so bright in this interview, you wont won’t to miss it.

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Sheryl Lee Ralph: Our Dream Girl