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The Oval's Paige Hurd addresses whether she'd return as Gayle Franklin after her exit from the Tyler Perry show. Debuting in October 2019, with Perry credited as writer and director on the episodes, the BET political drama focuses on the Franklins. Led by Hunter Franklin, who is the U.S. President, the story examines the people in power, the people who work for them, and their entanglements. The main cast also includes Kron Moore and Daniel Croix Henderson, with Hurd playing the First Daughter Gayle Franklin.

In an interview with TV Insider to discuss her new movie Girl in the Garage: The Laura Cowan Story, Hurd looked back on her career so far and was asked about whether she'd be open to returning to The Oval. The actor said that she wouldn't be opposed to coming back to the political drama “at least one more time,” acknowledging that viewers want...

Paige Hurd has virtually grown up in front of the camera over the last 25 years going back to a bit part on Felicity. From there the 32-year-old built up her resume with TV work on sets of ER, Suite Life of Zack & Cody, and Medium. She also expanded into films with roles like The Cat in the Hat, Ben 10: Race Against Time, Beauty Shop, and Cradle 2 the Grave, which starred her late godfather Dmx. From there Hurd got to grow a little more with recurring roles like Tasha Clarkson on Everybody Hates Chris and Samantha Glover in Hawaii Five-o. Hurd stepped into more adult roles as first daughter Grace Franklin in Tyler Perry’s The Oval and Lauren Baldwin in Power Book II: Ghost. She takes all these experiences into the starring role of the Lifetime movie Girl in the Garage: The Laura Cowan Story. Ahead of the premiere of the film,...

Paige Hurd went through deep emotional depths for her gripping new Lifetime movie Girl in the Garage: The Laura Cowan Story, which dramatizes a real-life story and premieres January 18. The Everybody Hates Chris, Power Book II, and Hawaii Five-0 star plays Laura, a mother who faces the trauma of mental and physical abuse at the hands of a family friend Musa (Stephen Bishop). With her husband Shabazz (Brad James) in jail, Laura took Musa up on his offer to move into his home with her children. This act of kindness evolved into an unimaginable situation where Musa eventually would eventually hold them captive in his garage. It’s then up to Laura to find a way to not only save herself and children, but other victims imprisoned. Hurd felt the added weight of the role with Cowan, now an survivor advocate and speaker, as a co-producer on the project. Here...

Shanica Knowles, who played Simone Burch on The Young and the Restless for a number of episodes in 2018, returns to Lifetime Television in Girl in the Garage: The Laura Cowan Story, which is based on a true story. Knowles joins a cast that includes Paige Hurd, Stephen Bishop, and Brad James. The movie unfolds […]

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