The pop star-turned-actress on finding love on Instagram – and what it feels like to be a Disney princess
THIS IS US The lauded series tells the multigenerational story of the Pearson family and various other characters as they navigate their way through the inevitable ups and downs of life.
“She’s a deeply compassionate person, but I love that she’s flawed as well,” Mandy (33) says of her character Rebecca Pearson, the wife of alcoholic Jack and mother to twins Kate and Kevin and their adoptedd brother Randall, who all share a birthday with their dad.
“She’s not a perfect mother or a perfect woman, but she tries her best. I also think [about] how devoted she is to her family. They come first, before anything and anyone else in her life. She’s a tremendous role model for all women to see that no one is perfect.”
This story is from the 25 January 2018 edition of YOU South Africa.
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