Ilfenesh Hadera (@ilfenator) opens up about her Harlem roots, her iconic role as Mayme Johnson in @godfatherofharlem, and her latest role as Pam King in @officialspikelee’s “Highest 2 Lowest,” where power, loyalty, and secrets shape every corner of New York. Now streaming on @applefilms. Read Ilfenesh’s interview: vestalmag.com LINK IN BIO (@vestalmag) On the cover Ilfenesh wears @zimmermann Photographer @kevinsinclairphoto Fashion Editor @davianlain Interviewer @david_gargiulo Hair @ursulastephen @aframe_agency Makeup @yumi_mori @kalpana_nyc using @makeupforever Photo Assistant @anistmn Stylist Assistant @mphilicia Hair Assistants @thebeautifulthingz @arianascanvas Talent @ilfenator @wolfkasteler #vestal #vestalmag #ilfeneshhadera #highest2lowest #spikelee #appletv #applefilms #zimmermann
I call this one ‘Elvira: Mistress of the Disco’ I was obsessed with Elvira when I was a kid, I think she got Halloween three years in a row. I didn’t meet @sophiagraziellasignorelli until 2012(?) But her dad Jim Signorelli directed “Elvira: Mistress of the Dark” maybe we can get him to direct me in the sequel, Soph…tell him I’ve got the perfect dress. So much fun this day, thank you @voguemagazine and thank you to the most charming @luxurylaw Vogue: @voguemagazine Photographer: Dan Jackson | @studio_jackson Fashion Editor: Law Roach | @luxurylaw Hair: Sondrea “Dre” Demry-Sanders | @dre_on_hair Makeup: Susie Sobol | @susiesobol Global Entertainment Director: Sergio Kletnoy | @sergiokletnoy Global Creative Director: Raul Martinez | @raulmartinez1024 Visuals Director EU: Jamie Spence | @jamiedspence Manicurist: Megumi Yamamoto | @megumiyamamotonyc Tailor: Tae Yoshida for Carol Ai Studio Tailors | @tae.y1122 Set Design: Montana Pugh | @not.thestate Produced by: PRODn | @faragoprojects
Spent the morning getting ready with my darlings @porschefabulous & @brianbuenaventura_. Caught the most chic and beautiful @kallmeyerofficial show (thank you @madelynn_matichak_ 🤍 and congratulations @daniellakallmeyer !) at @craneclubrestaurant complete with a private tour of the space (thanks @ronniemadra!) Sat next to the stunning and kind (and most talented) @deneebenton AND caught up with my sis @patinamiller who gave me the hug (I knew) I needed. All that before 1pm. I used to say “no” to most things, yesterday was a reminder that good things come to those who allow them.
Spent the morning getting ready with my darlings @porschefabulous & @brianbuenaventura_. Caught the most chic and beautiful @kallmeyerofficial show (thank you @madelynn_matichak_ 🤍 and congratulations @daniellakallmeyer !) at @craneclubrestaurant complete with a private tour of the space (thanks @ronniemadra!) Sat next to the stunning and kind (and most talented) @deneebenton AND caught up with my sis @patinamiller who gave me the hug (I knew) I needed. All that before 1pm. I used to say “no” to most things, yesterday was a reminder that good things come to those who allow them.
I brought Olive back from Treasure Beach in February 2024, in April papa was diagnosed with stage 4 Lymphoma. Every morning, when I got home from overnights at the hospital and crawled in bed, this little angel would burrow under the covers and up under my arm, warm breath on my neck, and sleep with me until I was ready to get up and face the day. Thank you Princess Olive for all the love and comfort and happiness you’ve brought us. The fastest girl in the dog park, lover of frozen mango, belly rubs, all my most expensive underwear and any toy tia Marisol @lookitsmarisol sends. Hater of peanut butter, house flies and strangers who try to pet her. Affectionately known on the block as “killa”, what was life without your perfect, silly, savage self? #internationaldogday
I brought Olive back from Treasure Beach in February 2024, in April papa was diagnosed with stage 4 Lymphoma. Every morning, when I got home from overnights at the hospital and crawled in bed, this little angel would burrow under the covers and up under my arm, warm breath on my neck, and sleep with me until I was ready to get up and face the day. Thank you Princess Olive for all the love and comfort and happiness you’ve brought us. The fastest girl in the dog park, lover of frozen mango, belly rubs, all my most expensive underwear and any toy tia Marisol @lookitsmarisol sends. Hater of peanut butter, house flies and strangers who try to pet her. Affectionately known on the block as “killa”, what was life without your perfect, silly, savage self? #internationaldogday
I brought Olive back from Treasure Beach in February 2024, in April papa was diagnosed with stage 4 Lymphoma. Every morning, when I got home from overnights at the hospital and crawled in bed, this little angel would burrow under the covers and up under my arm, warm breath on my neck, and sleep with me until I was ready to get up and face the day. Thank you Princess Olive for all the love and comfort and happiness you’ve brought us. The fastest girl in the dog park, lover of frozen mango, belly rubs, all my most expensive underwear and any toy tia Marisol @lookitsmarisol sends. Hater of peanut butter, house flies and strangers who try to pet her. Affectionately known on the block as “killa”, what was life without your perfect, silly, savage self? #internationaldogday
I brought Olive back from Treasure Beach in February 2024, in April papa was diagnosed with stage 4 Lymphoma. Every morning, when I got home from overnights at the hospital and crawled in bed, this little angel would burrow under the covers and up under my arm, warm breath on my neck, and sleep with me until I was ready to get up and face the day. Thank you Princess Olive for all the love and comfort and happiness you’ve brought us. The fastest girl in the dog park, lover of frozen mango, belly rubs, all my most expensive underwear and any toy tia Marisol @lookitsmarisol sends. Hater of peanut butter, house flies and strangers who try to pet her. Affectionately known on the block as “killa”, what was life without your perfect, silly, savage self? #internationaldogday
I brought Olive back from Treasure Beach in February 2024, in April papa was diagnosed with stage 4 Lymphoma. Every morning, when I got home from overnights at the hospital and crawled in bed, this little angel would burrow under the covers and up under my arm, warm breath on my neck, and sleep with me until I was ready to get up and face the day. Thank you Princess Olive for all the love and comfort and happiness you’ve brought us. The fastest girl in the dog park, lover of frozen mango, belly rubs, all my most expensive underwear and any toy tia Marisol @lookitsmarisol sends. Hater of peanut butter, house flies and strangers who try to pet her. Affectionately known on the block as “killa”, what was life without your perfect, silly, savage self? #internationaldogday
I brought Olive back from Treasure Beach in February 2024, in April papa was diagnosed with stage 4 Lymphoma. Every morning, when I got home from overnights at the hospital and crawled in bed, this little angel would burrow under the covers and up under my arm, warm breath on my neck, and sleep with me until I was ready to get up and face the day. Thank you Princess Olive for all the love and comfort and happiness you’ve brought us. The fastest girl in the dog park, lover of frozen mango, belly rubs, all my most expensive underwear and any toy tia Marisol @lookitsmarisol sends. Hater of peanut butter, house flies and strangers who try to pet her. Affectionately known on the block as “killa”, what was life without your perfect, silly, savage self? #internationaldogday
I brought Olive back from Treasure Beach in February 2024, in April papa was diagnosed with stage 4 Lymphoma. Every morning, when I got home from overnights at the hospital and crawled in bed, this little angel would burrow under the covers and up under my arm, warm breath on my neck, and sleep with me until I was ready to get up and face the day. Thank you Princess Olive for all the love and comfort and happiness you’ve brought us. The fastest girl in the dog park, lover of frozen mango, belly rubs, all my most expensive underwear and any toy tia Marisol @lookitsmarisol sends. Hater of peanut butter, house flies and strangers who try to pet her. Affectionately known on the block as “killa”, what was life without your perfect, silly, savage self? #internationaldogday
I brought Olive back from Treasure Beach in February 2024, in April papa was diagnosed with stage 4 Lymphoma. Every morning, when I got home from overnights at the hospital and crawled in bed, this little angel would burrow under the covers and up under my arm, warm breath on my neck, and sleep with me until I was ready to get up and face the day. Thank you Princess Olive for all the love and comfort and happiness you’ve brought us. The fastest girl in the dog park, lover of frozen mango, belly rubs, all my most expensive underwear and any toy tia Marisol @lookitsmarisol sends. Hater of peanut butter, house flies and strangers who try to pet her. Affectionately known on the block as “killa”, what was life without your perfect, silly, savage self? #internationaldogday
I brought Olive back from Treasure Beach in February 2024, in April papa was diagnosed with stage 4 Lymphoma. Every morning, when I got home from overnights at the hospital and crawled in bed, this little angel would burrow under the covers and up under my arm, warm breath on my neck, and sleep with me until I was ready to get up and face the day. Thank you Princess Olive for all the love and comfort and happiness you’ve brought us. The fastest girl in the dog park, lover of frozen mango, belly rubs, all my most expensive underwear and any toy tia Marisol @lookitsmarisol sends. Hater of peanut butter, house flies and strangers who try to pet her. Affectionately known on the block as “killa”, what was life without your perfect, silly, savage self? #internationaldogday
I brought Olive back from Treasure Beach in February 2024, in April papa was diagnosed with stage 4 Lymphoma. Every morning, when I got home from overnights at the hospital and crawled in bed, this little angel would burrow under the covers and up under my arm, warm breath on my neck, and sleep with me until I was ready to get up and face the day. Thank you Princess Olive for all the love and comfort and happiness you’ve brought us. The fastest girl in the dog park, lover of frozen mango, belly rubs, all my most expensive underwear and any toy tia Marisol @lookitsmarisol sends. Hater of peanut butter, house flies and strangers who try to pet her. Affectionately known on the block as “killa”, what was life without your perfect, silly, savage self? #internationaldogday
I brought Olive back from Treasure Beach in February 2024, in April papa was diagnosed with stage 4 Lymphoma. Every morning, when I got home from overnights at the hospital and crawled in bed, this little angel would burrow under the covers and up under my arm, warm breath on my neck, and sleep with me until I was ready to get up and face the day. Thank you Princess Olive for all the love and comfort and happiness you’ve brought us. The fastest girl in the dog park, lover of frozen mango, belly rubs, all my most expensive underwear and any toy tia Marisol @lookitsmarisol sends. Hater of peanut butter, house flies and strangers who try to pet her. Affectionately known on the block as “killa”, what was life without your perfect, silly, savage self? #internationaldogday
I brought Olive back from Treasure Beach in February 2024, in April papa was diagnosed with stage 4 Lymphoma. Every morning, when I got home from overnights at the hospital and crawled in bed, this little angel would burrow under the covers and up under my arm, warm breath on my neck, and sleep with me until I was ready to get up and face the day. Thank you Princess Olive for all the love and comfort and happiness you’ve brought us. The fastest girl in the dog park, lover of frozen mango, belly rubs, all my most expensive underwear and any toy tia Marisol @lookitsmarisol sends. Hater of peanut butter, house flies and strangers who try to pet her. Affectionately known on the block as “killa”, what was life without your perfect, silly, savage self? #internationaldogday
I brought Olive back from Treasure Beach in February 2024, in April papa was diagnosed with stage 4 Lymphoma. Every morning, when I got home from overnights at the hospital and crawled in bed, this little angel would burrow under the covers and up under my arm, warm breath on my neck, and sleep with me until I was ready to get up and face the day. Thank you Princess Olive for all the love and comfort and happiness you’ve brought us. The fastest girl in the dog park, lover of frozen mango, belly rubs, all my most expensive underwear and any toy tia Marisol @lookitsmarisol sends. Hater of peanut butter, house flies and strangers who try to pet her. Affectionately known on the block as “killa”, what was life without your perfect, silly, savage self? #internationaldogday
I brought Olive back from Treasure Beach in February 2024, in April papa was diagnosed with stage 4 Lymphoma. Every morning, when I got home from overnights at the hospital and crawled in bed, this little angel would burrow under the covers and up under my arm, warm breath on my neck, and sleep with me until I was ready to get up and face the day. Thank you Princess Olive for all the love and comfort and happiness you’ve brought us. The fastest girl in the dog park, lover of frozen mango, belly rubs, all my most expensive underwear and any toy tia Marisol @lookitsmarisol sends. Hater of peanut butter, house flies and strangers who try to pet her. Affectionately known on the block as “killa”, what was life without your perfect, silly, savage self? #internationaldogday
I brought Olive back from Treasure Beach in February 2024, in April papa was diagnosed with stage 4 Lymphoma. Every morning, when I got home from overnights at the hospital and crawled in bed, this little angel would burrow under the covers and up under my arm, warm breath on my neck, and sleep with me until I was ready to get up and face the day. Thank you Princess Olive for all the love and comfort and happiness you’ve brought us. The fastest girl in the dog park, lover of frozen mango, belly rubs, all my most expensive underwear and any toy tia Marisol @lookitsmarisol sends. Hater of peanut butter, house flies and strangers who try to pet her. Affectionately known on the block as “killa”, what was life without your perfect, silly, savage self? #internationaldogday
I brought Olive back from Treasure Beach in February 2024, in April papa was diagnosed with stage 4 Lymphoma. Every morning, when I got home from overnights at the hospital and crawled in bed, this little angel would burrow under the covers and up under my arm, warm breath on my neck, and sleep with me until I was ready to get up and face the day. Thank you Princess Olive for all the love and comfort and happiness you’ve brought us. The fastest girl in the dog park, lover of frozen mango, belly rubs, all my most expensive underwear and any toy tia Marisol @lookitsmarisol sends. Hater of peanut butter, house flies and strangers who try to pet her. Affectionately known on the block as “killa”, what was life without your perfect, silly, savage self? #internationaldogday
I brought Olive back from Treasure Beach in February 2024, in April papa was diagnosed with stage 4 Lymphoma. Every morning, when I got home from overnights at the hospital and crawled in bed, this little angel would burrow under the covers and up under my arm, warm breath on my neck, and sleep with me until I was ready to get up and face the day. Thank you Princess Olive for all the love and comfort and happiness you’ve brought us. The fastest girl in the dog park, lover of frozen mango, belly rubs, all my most expensive underwear and any toy tia Marisol @lookitsmarisol sends. Hater of peanut butter, house flies and strangers who try to pet her. Affectionately known on the block as “killa”, what was life without your perfect, silly, savage self? #internationaldogday
I brought Olive back from Treasure Beach in February 2024, in April papa was diagnosed with stage 4 Lymphoma. Every morning, when I got home from overnights at the hospital and crawled in bed, this little angel would burrow under the covers and up under my arm, warm breath on my neck, and sleep with me until I was ready to get up and face the day. Thank you Princess Olive for all the love and comfort and happiness you’ve brought us. The fastest girl in the dog park, lover of frozen mango, belly rubs, all my most expensive underwear and any toy tia Marisol @lookitsmarisol sends. Hater of peanut butter, house flies and strangers who try to pet her. Affectionately known on the block as “killa”, what was life without your perfect, silly, savage self? #internationaldogday
I brought Olive back from Treasure Beach in February 2024, in April papa was diagnosed with stage 4 Lymphoma. Every morning, when I got home from overnights at the hospital and crawled in bed, this little angel would burrow under the covers and up under my arm, warm breath on my neck, and sleep with me until I was ready to get up and face the day. Thank you Princess Olive for all the love and comfort and happiness you’ve brought us. The fastest girl in the dog park, lover of frozen mango, belly rubs, all my most expensive underwear and any toy tia Marisol @lookitsmarisol sends. Hater of peanut butter, house flies and strangers who try to pet her. Affectionately known on the block as “killa”, what was life without your perfect, silly, savage self? #internationaldogday
I brought Olive back from Treasure Beach in February 2024, in April papa was diagnosed with stage 4 Lymphoma. Every morning, when I got home from overnights at the hospital and crawled in bed, this little angel would burrow under the covers and up under my arm, warm breath on my neck, and sleep with me until I was ready to get up and face the day. Thank you Princess Olive for all the love and comfort and happiness you’ve brought us. The fastest girl in the dog park, lover of frozen mango, belly rubs, all my most expensive underwear and any toy tia Marisol @lookitsmarisol sends. Hater of peanut butter, house flies and strangers who try to pet her. Affectionately known on the block as “killa”, what was life without your perfect, silly, savage self? #internationaldogday
