“SIX” star Hailee Kaleem Wright revealed Monday that she overcame homelessness twice before she achieved her Broadway dreams.
of landing the role of Catherine of Aragon in the Tony-winning musical.
“I fell in love with theater,” said the budding starlet. “Me and my mom looked at each other, and we were like, ‘Let’s just pack up our stuff and move to New York. Let’s try to do this.’ And, uh, it did not work out very well.” “That fight was a long time,” Wright said, noting she could barely get by while working minimum-wage retail jobs.
After returning home to Texas and getting a “cubicle job,” she then secured a gig in Japan at Universal Studios and, according to Wright, it changed her life.Broadway World/Shutterstock “I took that money, and I got a freaking one-way flight to New York. It had maybe been three or four months of living in and out of the car, in and out of hotels, and I was so miserable,” said Wright. “I bet on myself.”
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