Garcelle Beauvais

RAVO’S REALITY SHOW broke new ground in 2020 by casting Garcelle Beauvais, the first Black cast member in the series’ 10-year history. “I would love to see more diversity in all areas. That’s what the happening.” Beauvais says her castmates “recognized” the groundbreaking nature of her casting, but that at times she was frustrated with them for not inquiring about “what it’s like being a Black woman in Hollywood or being a single parent or co-parenting in a multicultural relationship.” But she adds “everybody was welcoming and thrilled that I was coming on.” Even though it’s set in glamorous Beverly Hills, Beauvais feels their stories are very universal. “We’re actually running businesses and running households and raising children,” just in a “grander form because it’s Beverly Hills, it’s more glamorous.” And even though women are often underrepresented in scripted TV and movies, in reality they dominate, because “when you want a strong presence, a strong voice, women are who you go to.”