Actress and multi-talented creative Adriyan Rae is proving that storytelling has no limits. Known for her powerful performances in Forever, The Game, Atlanta, Chicago Fire, and Vagrant Queen, she’s now captivating a new audience through gaming with her role as Hazel in South of Midnight (Compulsion Games), a dark, modern folktale set in a fictionalized version of the American Deep South. Adriyan is nominated for a Golden Joystick Award for Best Lead Actor, making history as the only Black nominee in any category this year. The Golden Joysticks, held annually in London, celebrate excellence in gaming, and winners are chosen entirely by public vote. Read our recent interview with @adriyanrae now on our website at www.femimagazine.com! 📸 Steph Girard @stephgirardheadshots #femimagazine @tanishaddavis #adriyanrae #forevernetflix #thegame #southofmidnight
[ women in film ] wow! Just… wow! So unbelievably grateful to attend this years honoree ceremony! Thank you @womeninfilmla for the hospitality and a wonderful night! @emmaeliza if you could just be on every carpet I attend I’d appreciate that! lol! No seriously thank you to everyone involved! What a beautiful celebration of womanhood and sisterhood! @prmachinellc love you so much! You da best! 🫶🏽 Think of this carousel as a mullet folks business in the front and party(bts) in the back! K enjoy! 🥰🫰🏽🫰🏽🤎 Make Up Artist- @brandyallen Hair- @thetallyeffect Styling- @kiara.hatcherstyle
[ women in film ] wow! Just… wow! So unbelievably grateful to attend this years honoree ceremony! Thank you @womeninfilmla for the hospitality and a wonderful night! @emmaeliza if you could just be on every carpet I attend I’d appreciate that! lol! No seriously thank you to everyone involved! What a beautiful celebration of womanhood and sisterhood! @prmachinellc love you so much! You da best! 🫶🏽 Think of this carousel as a mullet folks business in the front and party(bts) in the back! K enjoy! 🥰🫰🏽🫰🏽🤎 Make Up Artist- @brandyallen Hair- @thetallyeffect Styling- @kiara.hatcherstyle
[ women in film ] wow! Just… wow! So unbelievably grateful to attend this years honoree ceremony! Thank you @womeninfilmla for the hospitality and a wonderful night! @emmaeliza if you could just be on every carpet I attend I’d appreciate that! lol! No seriously thank you to everyone involved! What a beautiful celebration of womanhood and sisterhood! @prmachinellc love you so much! You da best! 🫶🏽 Think of this carousel as a mullet folks business in the front and party(bts) in the back! K enjoy! 🥰🫰🏽🫰🏽🤎 Make Up Artist- @brandyallen Hair- @thetallyeffect Styling- @kiara.hatcherstyle
[ women in film ] wow! Just… wow! So unbelievably grateful to attend this years honoree ceremony! Thank you @womeninfilmla for the hospitality and a wonderful night! @emmaeliza if you could just be on every carpet I attend I’d appreciate that! lol! No seriously thank you to everyone involved! What a beautiful celebration of womanhood and sisterhood! @prmachinellc love you so much! You da best! 🫶🏽 Think of this carousel as a mullet folks business in the front and party(bts) in the back! K enjoy! 🥰🫰🏽🫰🏽🤎 Make Up Artist- @brandyallen Hair- @thetallyeffect Styling- @kiara.hatcherstyle
[ women in film ] wow! Just… wow! So unbelievably grateful to attend this years honoree ceremony! Thank you @womeninfilmla for the hospitality and a wonderful night! @emmaeliza if you could just be on every carpet I attend I’d appreciate that! lol! No seriously thank you to everyone involved! What a beautiful celebration of womanhood and sisterhood! @prmachinellc love you so much! You da best! 🫶🏽 Think of this carousel as a mullet folks business in the front and party(bts) in the back! K enjoy! 🥰🫰🏽🫰🏽🤎 Make Up Artist- @brandyallen Hair- @thetallyeffect Styling- @kiara.hatcherstyle
[ women in film ] wow! Just… wow! So unbelievably grateful to attend this years honoree ceremony! Thank you @womeninfilmla for the hospitality and a wonderful night! @emmaeliza if you could just be on every carpet I attend I’d appreciate that! lol! No seriously thank you to everyone involved! What a beautiful celebration of womanhood and sisterhood! @prmachinellc love you so much! You da best! 🫶🏽 Think of this carousel as a mullet folks business in the front and party(bts) in the back! K enjoy! 🥰🫰🏽🫰🏽🤎 Make Up Artist- @brandyallen Hair- @thetallyeffect Styling- @kiara.hatcherstyle
[ women in film ] wow! Just… wow! So unbelievably grateful to attend this years honoree ceremony! Thank you @womeninfilmla for the hospitality and a wonderful night! @emmaeliza if you could just be on every carpet I attend I’d appreciate that! lol! No seriously thank you to everyone involved! What a beautiful celebration of womanhood and sisterhood! @prmachinellc love you so much! You da best! 🫶🏽 Think of this carousel as a mullet folks business in the front and party(bts) in the back! K enjoy! 🥰🫰🏽🫰🏽🤎 Make Up Artist- @brandyallen Hair- @thetallyeffect Styling- @kiara.hatcherstyle
[ women in film ] wow! Just… wow! So unbelievably grateful to attend this years honoree ceremony! Thank you @womeninfilmla for the hospitality and a wonderful night! @emmaeliza if you could just be on every carpet I attend I’d appreciate that! lol! No seriously thank you to everyone involved! What a beautiful celebration of womanhood and sisterhood! @prmachinellc love you so much! You da best! 🫶🏽 Think of this carousel as a mullet folks business in the front and party(bts) in the back! K enjoy! 🥰🫰🏽🫰🏽🤎 Make Up Artist- @brandyallen Hair- @thetallyeffect Styling- @kiara.hatcherstyle
[ women in film ] wow! Just… wow! So unbelievably grateful to attend this years honoree ceremony! Thank you @womeninfilmla for the hospitality and a wonderful night! @emmaeliza if you could just be on every carpet I attend I’d appreciate that! lol! No seriously thank you to everyone involved! What a beautiful celebration of womanhood and sisterhood! @prmachinellc love you so much! You da best! 🫶🏽 Think of this carousel as a mullet folks business in the front and party(bts) in the back! K enjoy! 🥰🫰🏽🫰🏽🤎 Make Up Artist- @brandyallen Hair- @thetallyeffect Styling- @kiara.hatcherstyle
Sidney Poitier Emerging Luminary Award Big love and appreciation to the @micheauxfilmfest ,what an amazing honor! Thank you for seeing me! Thank you @noelbraham and @courtproducedit and everyone involved for making this evening so beautiful and creating spaces for black talent to build community, share their work, and let their voices be heard. Thank you @comedianlilrel for being you! Your presenter speech meant the world! I moved here with $5,000 and a dream. The 5k lasted a week but the dream is still unfolding and for that Im forever grateful. I couldn’t have done it without folks like @iamjamesjolly. You sir, are truly a blessing. Thank you for your invaluable expertise, kindness, and believing in me even when I didn’t. Congrats to all the winners and honorees! I’m honored to stand beside you and so inspired by you! May we continue to rise! It’s our time!! #Maktub🫰🏽🫰🏽✨✨ Hair & Make Up- @brandyallen 📸: @photosbykathlyn
Sidney Poitier Emerging Luminary Award Big love and appreciation to the @micheauxfilmfest ,what an amazing honor! Thank you for seeing me! Thank you @noelbraham and @courtproducedit and everyone involved for making this evening so beautiful and creating spaces for black talent to build community, share their work, and let their voices be heard. Thank you @comedianlilrel for being you! Your presenter speech meant the world! I moved here with $5,000 and a dream. The 5k lasted a week but the dream is still unfolding and for that Im forever grateful. I couldn’t have done it without folks like @iamjamesjolly. You sir, are truly a blessing. Thank you for your invaluable expertise, kindness, and believing in me even when I didn’t. Congrats to all the winners and honorees! I’m honored to stand beside you and so inspired by you! May we continue to rise! It’s our time!! #Maktub🫰🏽🫰🏽✨✨ Hair & Make Up- @brandyallen 📸: @photosbykathlyn
Sidney Poitier Emerging Luminary Award Big love and appreciation to the @micheauxfilmfest ,what an amazing honor! Thank you for seeing me! Thank you @noelbraham and @courtproducedit and everyone involved for making this evening so beautiful and creating spaces for black talent to build community, share their work, and let their voices be heard. Thank you @comedianlilrel for being you! Your presenter speech meant the world! I moved here with $5,000 and a dream. The 5k lasted a week but the dream is still unfolding and for that Im forever grateful. I couldn’t have done it without folks like @iamjamesjolly. You sir, are truly a blessing. Thank you for your invaluable expertise, kindness, and believing in me even when I didn’t. Congrats to all the winners and honorees! I’m honored to stand beside you and so inspired by you! May we continue to rise! It’s our time!! #Maktub🫰🏽🫰🏽✨✨ Hair & Make Up- @brandyallen 📸: @photosbykathlyn
Sidney Poitier Emerging Luminary Award Big love and appreciation to the @micheauxfilmfest ,what an amazing honor! Thank you for seeing me! Thank you @noelbraham and @courtproducedit and everyone involved for making this evening so beautiful and creating spaces for black talent to build community, share their work, and let their voices be heard. Thank you @comedianlilrel for being you! Your presenter speech meant the world! I moved here with $5,000 and a dream. The 5k lasted a week but the dream is still unfolding and for that Im forever grateful. I couldn’t have done it without folks like @iamjamesjolly. You sir, are truly a blessing. Thank you for your invaluable expertise, kindness, and believing in me even when I didn’t. Congrats to all the winners and honorees! I’m honored to stand beside you and so inspired by you! May we continue to rise! It’s our time!! #Maktub🫰🏽🫰🏽✨✨ Hair & Make Up- @brandyallen 📸: @photosbykathlyn
Sidney Poitier Emerging Luminary Award Big love and appreciation to the @micheauxfilmfest ,what an amazing honor! Thank you for seeing me! Thank you @noelbraham and @courtproducedit and everyone involved for making this evening so beautiful and creating spaces for black talent to build community, share their work, and let their voices be heard. Thank you @comedianlilrel for being you! Your presenter speech meant the world! I moved here with $5,000 and a dream. The 5k lasted a week but the dream is still unfolding and for that Im forever grateful. I couldn’t have done it without folks like @iamjamesjolly. You sir, are truly a blessing. Thank you for your invaluable expertise, kindness, and believing in me even when I didn’t. Congrats to all the winners and honorees! I’m honored to stand beside you and so inspired by you! May we continue to rise! It’s our time!! #Maktub🫰🏽🫰🏽✨✨ Hair & Make Up- @brandyallen 📸: @photosbykathlyn
Sidney Poitier Emerging Luminary Award Big love and appreciation to the @micheauxfilmfest ,what an amazing honor! Thank you for seeing me! Thank you @noelbraham and @courtproducedit and everyone involved for making this evening so beautiful and creating spaces for black talent to build community, share their work, and let their voices be heard. Thank you @comedianlilrel for being you! Your presenter speech meant the world! I moved here with $5,000 and a dream. The 5k lasted a week but the dream is still unfolding and for that Im forever grateful. I couldn’t have done it without folks like @iamjamesjolly. You sir, are truly a blessing. Thank you for your invaluable expertise, kindness, and believing in me even when I didn’t. Congrats to all the winners and honorees! I’m honored to stand beside you and so inspired by you! May we continue to rise! It’s our time!! #Maktub🫰🏽🫰🏽✨✨ Hair & Make Up- @brandyallen 📸: @photosbykathlyn
Sidney Poitier Emerging Luminary Award Big love and appreciation to the @micheauxfilmfest ,what an amazing honor! Thank you for seeing me! Thank you @noelbraham and @courtproducedit and everyone involved for making this evening so beautiful and creating spaces for black talent to build community, share their work, and let their voices be heard. Thank you @comedianlilrel for being you! Your presenter speech meant the world! I moved here with $5,000 and a dream. The 5k lasted a week but the dream is still unfolding and for that Im forever grateful. I couldn’t have done it without folks like @iamjamesjolly. You sir, are truly a blessing. Thank you for your invaluable expertise, kindness, and believing in me even when I didn’t. Congrats to all the winners and honorees! I’m honored to stand beside you and so inspired by you! May we continue to rise! It’s our time!! #Maktub🫰🏽🫰🏽✨✨ Hair & Make Up- @brandyallen 📸: @photosbykathlyn
Sidney Poitier Emerging Luminary Award Big love and appreciation to the @micheauxfilmfest ,what an amazing honor! Thank you for seeing me! Thank you @noelbraham and @courtproducedit and everyone involved for making this evening so beautiful and creating spaces for black talent to build community, share their work, and let their voices be heard. Thank you @comedianlilrel for being you! Your presenter speech meant the world! I moved here with $5,000 and a dream. The 5k lasted a week but the dream is still unfolding and for that Im forever grateful. I couldn’t have done it without folks like @iamjamesjolly. You sir, are truly a blessing. Thank you for your invaluable expertise, kindness, and believing in me even when I didn’t. Congrats to all the winners and honorees! I’m honored to stand beside you and so inspired by you! May we continue to rise! It’s our time!! #Maktub🫰🏽🫰🏽✨✨ Hair & Make Up- @brandyallen 📸: @photosbykathlyn
Sidney Poitier Emerging Luminary Award Big love and appreciation to the @micheauxfilmfest ,what an amazing honor! Thank you for seeing me! Thank you @noelbraham and @courtproducedit and everyone involved for making this evening so beautiful and creating spaces for black talent to build community, share their work, and let their voices be heard. Thank you @comedianlilrel for being you! Your presenter speech meant the world! I moved here with $5,000 and a dream. The 5k lasted a week but the dream is still unfolding and for that Im forever grateful. I couldn’t have done it without folks like @iamjamesjolly. You sir, are truly a blessing. Thank you for your invaluable expertise, kindness, and believing in me even when I didn’t. Congrats to all the winners and honorees! I’m honored to stand beside you and so inspired by you! May we continue to rise! It’s our time!! #Maktub🫰🏽🫰🏽✨✨ Hair & Make Up- @brandyallen 📸: @photosbykathlyn
Sidney Poitier Emerging Luminary Award Big love and appreciation to the @micheauxfilmfest ,what an amazing honor! Thank you for seeing me! Thank you @noelbraham and @courtproducedit and everyone involved for making this evening so beautiful and creating spaces for black talent to build community, share their work, and let their voices be heard. Thank you @comedianlilrel for being you! Your presenter speech meant the world! I moved here with $5,000 and a dream. The 5k lasted a week but the dream is still unfolding and for that Im forever grateful. I couldn’t have done it without folks like @iamjamesjolly. You sir, are truly a blessing. Thank you for your invaluable expertise, kindness, and believing in me even when I didn’t. Congrats to all the winners and honorees! I’m honored to stand beside you and so inspired by you! May we continue to rise! It’s our time!! #Maktub🫰🏽🫰🏽✨✨ Hair & Make Up- @brandyallen 📸: @photosbykathlyn
Sidney Poitier Emerging Luminary Award Big love and appreciation to the @micheauxfilmfest ,what an amazing honor! Thank you for seeing me! Thank you @noelbraham and @courtproducedit and everyone involved for making this evening so beautiful and creating spaces for black talent to build community, share their work, and let their voices be heard. Thank you @comedianlilrel for being you! Your presenter speech meant the world! I moved here with $5,000 and a dream. The 5k lasted a week but the dream is still unfolding and for that Im forever grateful. I couldn’t have done it without folks like @iamjamesjolly. You sir, are truly a blessing. Thank you for your invaluable expertise, kindness, and believing in me even when I didn’t. Congrats to all the winners and honorees! I’m honored to stand beside you and so inspired by you! May we continue to rise! It’s our time!! #Maktub🫰🏽🫰🏽✨✨ Hair & Make Up- @brandyallen 📸: @photosbykathlyn
POV: tribe showed up and showed out for your solar return. There was a time I didn’t celebrate my birthday, a dark time actually, because what?! Lol Thankful for sisterhood that embraces my motherhood journey, my personal journey of embracing & loving my full self post partum, and friendship that’s filled with love, laughter, ridiculous jokes we can never repeat, and beautiful memories! 😂🥰🥰 I jumped out of a mf plane yall!!! 😂 && did a backflip out that jawn! And let’s take a moment for my friends yall!!! They’re so beautiful inside and out?! Look at em! Look at my sister! Flying across the country to celebrate with me! Mannnn Im forever grateful for this life I have. ☺️☺️ And before yall ask @nikkinuvo did my install and custom color, go flood her with the appts. She deserves all the abundance and good tings 🥰 Kk I’ve shared enough for the rest of the month lol crawling back under my rock now 😂 byeeee 🤭😘
POV: tribe showed up and showed out for your solar return. There was a time I didn’t celebrate my birthday, a dark time actually, because what?! Lol Thankful for sisterhood that embraces my motherhood journey, my personal journey of embracing & loving my full self post partum, and friendship that’s filled with love, laughter, ridiculous jokes we can never repeat, and beautiful memories! 😂🥰🥰 I jumped out of a mf plane yall!!! 😂 && did a backflip out that jawn! And let’s take a moment for my friends yall!!! They’re so beautiful inside and out?! Look at em! Look at my sister! Flying across the country to celebrate with me! Mannnn Im forever grateful for this life I have. ☺️☺️ And before yall ask @nikkinuvo did my install and custom color, go flood her with the appts. She deserves all the abundance and good tings 🥰 Kk I’ve shared enough for the rest of the month lol crawling back under my rock now 😂 byeeee 🤭😘
POV: tribe showed up and showed out for your solar return. There was a time I didn’t celebrate my birthday, a dark time actually, because what?! Lol Thankful for sisterhood that embraces my motherhood journey, my personal journey of embracing & loving my full self post partum, and friendship that’s filled with love, laughter, ridiculous jokes we can never repeat, and beautiful memories! 😂🥰🥰 I jumped out of a mf plane yall!!! 😂 && did a backflip out that jawn! And let’s take a moment for my friends yall!!! They’re so beautiful inside and out?! Look at em! Look at my sister! Flying across the country to celebrate with me! Mannnn Im forever grateful for this life I have. ☺️☺️ And before yall ask @nikkinuvo did my install and custom color, go flood her with the appts. She deserves all the abundance and good tings 🥰 Kk I’ve shared enough for the rest of the month lol crawling back under my rock now 😂 byeeee 🤭😘
