Tonya Mosley

Yeah.

Because you met with real inmates who were on death row.

You also met with wardens.

You met with female wardens who were doing the job.

And I thought this was such an interesting part of it because you thought going into it,

what kind of person would do this job?

And then you met them and you said, okay, yeah, these are the kind of women I would be in a book club with.

And this is who you want.

Let's take a short break.

My guest is award winning actor Alfre Woodard.

This is Fresh Air.

The number of actresses like you.

Black actresses your age working at your level has never been large.

I'm thinking about CCH Pounder, Phylicia Rashad, Cicely Tyson, Angela Bassett.

You all know each other.

I can imagine you at one point or another have gone for the same roles.

And how do you work through that?

How do you all continue to stay and keep each other grounded knowing that there are just a few of you

And just by virtue of the way the industry is, you're kind of going to have to be pit against each other.

And the reason I did... And let's talk about what the Sister's Soiree is.