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“I just switched over to this room. I was actually in a dressing room two doors down, but this is Marci Miller’s [Abigail] old room. I wanted to switch because I wanted to keep all of her good juju and positive energy. I really like to feel cozy and warm and I wanted to make sure that it feels like me: my spirit, my energy and my space.”
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“As soon as I get to work, I usually turn on my diffuser. I have this little spray that I spritz in my room. I think the one I have in there is like a motivational little mist.”
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“On my shelf, I have an ‘I love you a latte’ mug, which Camila Banus [Gabi] got me for Valentine’s Day, and that’s what I drink my tea out of every day. I’m a big tea drinker, so that was a sweet gift that she gave me. I have our cast photo on that shelf, a calendar and a few scripts on there. The prop guys made a little file book of Lani and it has a picture of her and a Salem PD sticker, so I keep that on there because it’s just cute. A fan made this little picture collage book for me and I put that up there, as well.”
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“I have pictures of Meryl [Streep], Viola [Davis] and Helen [Mirren] on the wall. Those are my three power women. I love them so much. I love their work and they are who I aspire to be like. They inspire me so much. They’re so powerful, and I want to be that in my career. I want a little bit of them to rub off on me.”
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“Lamon [Archey, Eli] and I have the fan group called ‘Team Elani’, and they are all about Lani and Eli! There’s a really sweet girl that runs it and she sent us a gift basket and a flower arrangement. They also made a donation to March of Dimes. It was so special; like that really made me tear up. We wanted to take a few pictures and show our appreciation to them because they’re just so wonderful. They take care of us so much that we wanted to just do something for them.”
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“Those written words on the mirror are actually from Marci. She had those written and I just kept them there. I have a few little things that I added. One of the things I really live by is just believing that you are enough, or you have to know that you are enough. It’s an affirmation that I’m always telling myself. And then I have all of the quotes on the side, which are little things I tell myself, to ‘awaken the queen within’, which is just owning my power, not being afraid of it. There’s one that says, ‘My job as an artist is to shine light on someone else’s story.’ That’s actually a quote from Mahershala Ali; that was part of his Oscar speech last year. I just loved that. These are all things that ground me as an actress, to act from my heart and not try to get appraisal or attention, just do it to get the story, not just to get noticed or anything like that. The dried rose at the top I kept from an episode when JJ gave Lani a rose. The prop guys gave it to me. I just thought it was sweet. Roses are one of my favorite flowers, specifically dried roses.”
“I just switched over to this room. I was actually in a dressing room two doors down, but this is Marci Miller’s [Abigail] old room. I wanted to switch because I wanted to keep all of her good juju and positive energy. I really like to feel cozy and warm and I wanted to make sure that it feels like me: my spirit, my energy and my space.”
“As soon as I get to work, I usually turn on my diffuser. I have this little spray that I spritz in my room. I think the one I have in there is like a motivational little mist.”
“On my shelf, I have an ‘I love you a latte’ mug, which Camila Banus [Gabi] got me for Valentine’s Day, and that’s what I drink my tea out of every day. I’m a big tea drinker, so that was a sweet gift that she gave me. I have our cast photo on that shelf, a calendar and a few scripts on there. The prop guys made a little file book of Lani and it has a picture of her and a Salem PD sticker, so I keep that on there because it’s just cute. A fan made this little picture collage book for me and I put that up there, as well.”
“I have pictures of Meryl [Streep], Viola [Davis] and Helen [Mirren] on the wall. Those are my three power women. I love them so much. I love their work and they are who I aspire to be like. They inspire me so much. They’re so powerful, and I want to be that in my career. I want a little bit of them to rub off on me.”
“Lamon [Archey, Eli] and I have the fan group called ‘Team Elani’, and they are all about Lani and Eli! There’s a really sweet girl that runs it and she sent us a gift basket and a flower arrangement. They also made a donation to March of Dimes. It was so special; like that really made me tear up. We wanted to take a few pictures and show our appreciation to them because they’re just so wonderful. They take care of us so much that we wanted to just do something for them.”
“Those written words on the mirror are actually from Marci. She had those written and I just kept them there. I have a few little things that I added. One of the things I really live by is just believing that you are enough, or you have to know that you are enough. It’s an affirmation that I’m always telling myself. And then I have all of the quotes on the side, which are little things I tell myself, to ‘awaken the queen within’, which is just owning my power, not being afraid of it. There’s one that says, ‘My job as an artist is to shine light on someone else’s story.’ That’s actually a quote from Mahershala Ali; that was part of his Oscar speech last year. I just loved that. These are all things that ground me as an actress, to act from my heart and not try to get appraisal or attention, just do it to get the story, not just to get noticed or anything like that. The dried rose at the top I kept from an episode when JJ gave Lani a rose. The prop guys gave it to me. I just thought it was sweet. Roses are one of my favorite flowers, specifically dried roses.”