How did you come across the script for the play Pussy Valley ? Starz's 'P-Valley' Posts Huge Viewer Gains for Season 2 Premiere With P-Valley back for a second season as of June 3, the Detroit-raised actor spoke about playing a character, still rare on TV, who is “equal parts” masculine and feminine. The portrayal garnered him Indie Spirit and NAACP noms. He won the role a second time, and in the show’s debut 2020 season, his character (who uses she/her pronouns) fought to maintain ownership of Mississippi strip club The Pynk while engaging in a tumultuous love affair with up-and-coming rapper Lil Murda. The role, a nonbinary, flamboyant strip-club owner named Uncle Clifford, would call upon Annan’s training in movement and theater as well as his own relationship with his queerness.Īnnan, though, had to re-audition for the part when the play was adapted as the Starz series P-Valley. Nicco Annan was working as a dancer, choreographer and stage actor without any major credits to his name when he was invited to audition for a role in future Pulitzer Prize winner Katori Hall‘s play Pussy Valley through a mutual friend.
