FRISCO, Texas — A North Texas native just got her big break in Hollywood. Laci Mosley grew up in Frisco, north of Dallas. Now she’s on a show called iCarly.
What You Need To Know
- Laci Mosley grew up in Frisco, Texas and has wanted to be an actress.
- She just got cast in a leading role on iCarly.
- Mosley, as a Black and Queer woman, is proud to have a role representing those communities, without being a typical stereotype or sidekick.
Laci Mosley is putting North Texas in the spotlight.
“I love Texas so much, I live in Los Angeles, so I basically try to go home whenever I can to see my momma and my family. So it’s so dope to see Frisco people be like, ‘oh we’re on the map!’ It’s really sweet,” Mosley said.
She has wanted to be an actress since middle school theater class. Mosley did her interview on set in her trailer getting ready to shoot the season finale of iCarly.
“Not the series finale, the season finale,” Mosley explained, while giving a tour of her dressing room. “This is Cora, my amazing hairstylist. She’s been so instrumental in all of these fun looks. And then this is Marilyn, she’s my makeup artist today. Normally it’s Kathleen but she’s equally amazing. So yeah, we’re shooting the last scene of the season. I’m really excited.”
Her mother, Lori Bishop, still lives in Frisco. She watched her daughter first in two shows called “Florida Girls” and “A Black Lady Sketch Show.”
“I wondered, when will I feel normal watching her? Because it was super weird the first time we saw her. We were in this room,” Bishop said, in her media room.
iCarly is a reboot of a teen sitcom that Mosley’s generation grew up watching. But this time, there is more diversity and representation in the show, like Mosley’s LGBTQIA+ character, Harper.
“There was a time when there were no black images on TV. And when there were, it was an event in our community. And we made time and space for everyone to experience that together, and took such pride in seeing early icons of our culture breaking down barriers,” Bishop explained. “And so for Laci to be young and open about who she is, you know that’s going to affect kids who don’t have that level of openness in their homes.”
Mosley is proud that as a Black, Queer woman herself, she is playing this leading role of Harper, without being cast as the typical sidekick.
“Obviously the trope of the sassy Black friend who has like three lines, that she just comes in to be supportive and is like, ‘you go, white woman! You get your man!’ You know? It’s an exhausted trope. And I wanted to make sure that this character didn’t become that. And so did Franchesca Ramsey, our show runner, Ali Schouten, they did a really good job with Harper making her a full, realized person,” Mosley said.
It is the representation that makes North Texas mom Bishop proud to watch her daughter achieve.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story misspelled Mosley's last name. This has been corrected on all platforms.