“Wednesday” star Joy Sunday says her character’s style is informed by her own wardrobe.
The actor — who plays Bianca Barclay in the hit Netflix series — is excited to have more fun with new looks that express herself and her alter ego.
“Honestly, a lot of Bianca’s style comes from my personal style,” she told Harper’s Bazaar.
Sunday explained how the role “encouraged me to be even more playful in real life, just because I saw how much her costume and her looks also expressed what she was feeling” and “to be more of a character in my everyday personal style.”
“I am very, very excited to go back for Season Two and make some more things,” she continued.
Meanwhile, the “Dear White People’”star’s favorite makeup styles include the “high-Y2K” looks of Nollywood stars such as Lionheart director Genevieve Nnaji.
“I always really loved the Nollywood stars — the Nigerian Hollywood stars that I grew up watching,” Sunday said.
“I’m really happy that was a foundation for my idea of beauty in a lot of ways because, obviously, they all look like me — I’m Nigerian myself — and it filled me with a lot of pride,” she said.
Growing up, Sunday — who is a global ambassador for French beauty brand Lancôme — only had her mother’s simple makeup routine for work as a reference.
“I didn’t grow up with a lot of makeup in my life,” she said.
“I remember an almost ruby lipstick that she used to wear, and this perfume — the lipstick and the perfume kind of goes together in my mind. I remember how it was pretty much all my mother needed to look ready for work. And so maybe that’s where my idea of simplicity comes from,” Sunday added.
