This week Michele Weaver chats with us and drops gems about being an actor in Hollywood. Her candor about the business and pride in her Haitian heritage made for a great conversation!

Michele Weaver is on her way to becoming a major force in Hollywood. She is currently starring in NBC’s highly critically acclaimed drama Council of Dads with Sarah Wayne Callies. Based on a book with the same title, the hour-long drama follows a group of carefully chosen friends who take a family through the ups and downs of life following a potentially terminal diagnosis. She also appears in the USA Network show Briarpatch. Michele has starred in the lead role in OWN’s straight to series, hour-long romantic dramedy Love is __, created by Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil. She attended Pepperdine University and majored in Theatre Acting and Media Production under a Theater Arts Scholarship. She traveled with the theater program to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. She is from Colorado and currently resides in Los Angeles.

Check out the trailer for “Council of Dads” below.