Recho Omondi

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Recho Omondi |Tonne Goodman

Growing up in Boston, Ayo Edebiri never imagined herself becoming famous. Her parents raised her in a devout Pentecostal household. They went to church several days a week. “Christian brain” is what she calls this early programming—not in a bad way but a matter-of-fact one. It’s taken years, she says, for her to find who she really is. “I still believe in God,” Edebiri, 29, says.