The Emmy- and Oscar-nominated actress will play Janine’s (Quinta Brunson) mom, Vanetta.
star’s first appearance on the award-winning show will be in season two’s penultimate episode, airing on April 12.
The episode, appropriately titled “Mom,” will see Brunson’s Janine preparing to take a solo trip over Memorial Day weekend. Her plans get derailed when her mom, played by Henson, appears unannounced and asks for help. Henson’s casting was revealed at the Paley Center for Media’s PaleyFest in Los Angeles on Saturday during anpanel, which featured stars Sheryl Lee Ralph, Lisa Ann Walter, Tyler James Wiliams and William Stanford Davis in person. The hit comedy’s Janelle James and Chris Perfetti appeared via Zoom from New York, with Brunson sending a pre-taped message, as she prepares to host
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