![]() When it premiered, the reviews were brutal. ![]() But we weren’t raised in the Jewish faith.” When explaining his heritage, he said, “My grandmother’s part Jewish, which makes my mother and myself Jewish, by blood. Quick biographical note on Kodjoe: He is the son of a Ghanaian dad and a German Jewish mom his grandmother survived the Holocaust, and his great-grandmother was murdered. However, Undercovers was his first lead role. (Rude!) He made his debut on Love & Basketball (!!) and then rose to fame on the Showtime drama Soul Food, which aired from 2000 to 2004, and had a few minor roles in movies and TV. Kodjoe, on the other hand, had a few acting credits to his name, yet the New York Times still described him as a “former model” in their review of the show. While she had a four-episode arc on Doctor Who in 2007, and starred opposite Jude Law in Hamlet in the West End and on Broadway in 2009, Mbatha-Raw really broke through starring in Belle in 2013, and Beyond the Lights in 2014. Mbatha-Raw was still a relatively unknown actor in 2010. Undercovers was going to be the big break for Kodjoe and Mbatha-Raw. Here’s the cast, at a NBC party the summer before the show premiered/aired/was cancelled:Īctor Ben Schwartz, actress Mekia Cox, actor Boris Kodjoe, actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw and actor Carter Macintyre arrive to NBC Universal’s 2010 TCA Summer Party on Jin Beverly Hills, California. Also starring in Undercovers? Ben Schwartz. It’s silly and absurd and I am simply obsessed with it.
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