Born in South Africa and brought up in Canada, Kandyse McClure began her acting career in 1999 and worked in both television and film. She rose to prominence when she played Officer Anastasia Dualla in ‘Battlestar Galactica’, a Sci-Fi Channel series. She also well-known for playing Dr. Clementine Chasseur in ‘Hemlock Grove’, an original Netflix series
In 2016, Kandyse McClure played an important part of Heritage Canada. To mark the beginning of Black History Month, the event featured the 82nd Heritage Minute and the video was about Viola Desmond with McClure playing the role of Desmond. She was an entrepreneur and civil rights activist.
Women Fitness President talks to the stunning actress about her journey to success.
Namita Nayyar:
To begin with, acting was not your choice of profession but one suggested to you by your mother. What were the factors that lead you to enter the entertainment industry?
Kandyse McClure:
My mother would have preferred a job with more security, I’m sure! Although she’s very supportive of everything I do. I lived my way into this business. I kept saying yes to opportunities that came along. I learned everything I could, whenever I could. It was exciting, there was a feeling of possibility. Then I found community. We all want to be seen for who we really are and I found that among actors and creators. People that share a feeling, a perspective on living, all in one place. We all kind of gravitate to what suits us best. This is where I belong, among the misfits.
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