Zeld Harrris Archives - I Love Old School Music https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/tag/zeld-harrris/ Everything Old School Live Here! Thu, 12 Nov 2020 23:20:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cropped-new_favicon_ilosm-32x32.png Zeld Harrris Archives - I Love Old School Music https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/tag/zeld-harrris/ 32 32 Remember The Little Girl From “Crooklyn?” She’s Grown Now And Overcame Health Struggles https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/remember-the-little-girl-from-crooklyn-shes-grown-now-and-overcame-health-struggles/ https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/remember-the-little-girl-from-crooklyn-shes-grown-now-and-overcame-health-struggles/#respond Thu, 12 Nov 2020 23:13:22 +0000 https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/?p=112655 If you haven’t seen Crooklyn, then you may have been hiding under a rock in 1994, as it was a Spike Lee Joint that is a permanent fixture in the VHS shelves around most African American households. It’s been over...

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“Crooklyn” actress, Zelda Harris

If you haven’t seen Crooklyn, then you may have been hiding under a rock in 1994, as it was a Spike Lee Joint that is a permanent fixture in the VHS shelves around most African American households.

It’s been over 20 years since the making of Spike Lee’s semi-autobiographical film, Crooklyn, which came on the eve of his expensive and controversial Malcolm X.

Starring Zelda Harris, Delroy Lindo and Alfre Woodard, Crooklyn was about a young child, Troy, and her daily life as the only girl in a household full of boys. The film would mark one of the few times where the critically acclaimed filmmaker toned down his subject matter to focus on a lighter subject.

Scene from “Crooklyn”

Lee and his cinematic cohorts managed to take cinephiles back in the day to where everyone knew your name, watched out for your kids, played stickball and hide-n-go-get-it. Crooklyn was the kind of epic movie that today’s youth would never think existed.

In Crooklyn, the star of the film was “Troy”, played by Zelda Harris, a young feisty girl who though out the film, fought for her independence while solidifying her vital family ties.

It’s been 26 years since the movie released check out Troy now!

Troy is now 35 years old and she now ‘sees the world in vibrant shades and hues of emotion.’

“Crooklyn” actress, Zelda Harris, now

You won’t believe what Troy’s doing now! She attended Princeton University.

Zelda Harris

Being a child star is tough. As Troy, Zelda Harris captured the essence of being the only girl sibling who was left to care for her entire family. But Harris has been quiet on the acting scene since 2002 when she last made an appearance on “NYPD Blue.” Harris attended Princeton University and graduated in 2007.

She Overcame Health Issues

In 2019, Zelda shared the health struggles she endured at the time from fibroids complications, but thankfully she’s in a better place with her physical health now…

Zelda Harris Is A Singer Now!

Zelda performs regularly with her band, where she is the lead singer…

Why She Stepped Back From Acting

According to an interview in a Princeton publication she said she’d slowed down from acting because there weren’t a lot of positive roles for African Americans.

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