Get to Know 'Emancipation' Actress Imani Pullum with These 10 Fun Facts (Exclusive)

Imani Pullum is one of the breakout stars of the new Apple TV+ movie Emancipation, which is getting a lot of awards buzz this season.

Will Smith stars in the film as a runaway slave on a tortuous journey to escape plantation owners that nearly killed him. Imani plays his daughter Betsy.

Imani recently began her sophomore year as a student in NYU’s esteemed Tisch drama program. You might recognize her from her role as Topa in the third season of Seth MacFarlane‘s The Orville, which is streaming on Disney+ and Hulu.

Check out 10 Fun Facts below:

1. I’ve been vegan for two years.
2. I have two dogs named Symphony Sasha Fierce and Jazz Ella. They’re named after Beyoncé and Ella Fitzgerald.
3. I’m a Leo sun, Virgo rising and Sagittarius moon.
4. I gave myself two stick and poke tattoos during the covid lockdown. One is a star, and the other is the crappiest heart I’ve ever seen.
5. I played the piano when I was seven, and got kicked out because I cried too much.

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6. I play Minecraft religiously. I used to get in trouble in school because I would play Minecraft on my iPad instead of paying attention to the teacher.
7. Beyoncé has been my favorite singer since I was two, and I sat front row at one of her concerts.
8. I was obsessed with beauty pageants as a kid, and my parents wouldn’t let me compete in them, so I had a pageant themed birthday party.
9. I can walk backwards but not forwards on my hands.
10. I love reading. My favorite books of all time are Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson, and Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward. It’s my dream to play Esch in a film adaptation of Salvage the Bones.

Catch Emancipation in select theaters on December 2 and on Apple TV+ starting December 9.