Susan Kelechi Watson

Personal context

Summary

Susan Kelechi Watson is an actor and producer known for This Is Us, Louie, and Between the World and Me. In discussing Beth Pearson, she has emphasized the value of portraying a successful black woman and family, and described the character’s changing natural hairstyles as a shout-out to black women. After George Floyd’s killing, Watson said she wanted to express how wrong police brutality and racism were; she executive produced and appeared in Between the World and Me to encourage public conversation and action. No public statements on party politics, DEI roles, or conservative or anti-woke views are on record.