Friday, March 29, 2024

Stephanie Charles Talks Playing an Abused Woman on Tyler Perry’s ‘The Paynes’

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*Stephanie Charles, the breakout star of Tyler Perry’s “The Paynes” tells PEOPLE that she welcomes the challenge of exploring her complicated character, Nyla, who’s in an abusive relationship. 

“Nyla is a mother of two who’s finding solace while volunteering at a church and an after-school program while she’s dealing with an abusive relationship with her boyfriend,” Charles tells PEOPLE of her character.

“It’s very important to touch on this topic. I’m speaking for (women) that are in similar situations as Nyla and it’s my job to do the best I can to tell that story as authentically as possible and do it justice.”

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In October, Perry opened up to PEOPLE about the physical, mental and sexual abuse he endured as a child.

“It wasn’t a pleasant childhood,” he said in an episode of The Jess Cagle Interview (streaming now on People TV).

“[My father] had a lot of issues,” Perry said. “But the thing that helped me get over it and still take care of him today is, I took a moment to find out more about him and his childhood and where he came from, and his was way more horrific than mine. So it kind of formed the person that he was.”

Charles describes Perry as a “warm, hard-working person,” and she couldn’t be more grateful working for “just a really good individual.”

“I definitely always wanted to become an actress,” she says. “I definitely wanted to be an overall performer. Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson were my inspirations. My brother and I would play around all the time and pretend we were in a scary movie or an action film. I always knew I wanted to do this.”

“I never thought of any other direction that I wanted to do, to be honest with you,” she adds. “But I have thought, ‘Am I supposed to do this?’ It’s tough out there. Every time I questioned myself, I asked for a sign and He always delivered. You work so hard but you don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel.”

The Paynes” airs on Fridays at 9 p.m. ET on OWN.

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