Evan Ross and son Ziggy.Photo: Evan Ross/Instagram
“You take it [one] day at a time,” says the actor and musician, 32, who stars as Agent Sam Williams in Hulu’s recently releasedThe United States vs. Billie Holiday. “All in all, you’ve got to remind yourself of how lucky we are in the sense that we get to have these moments that we may have not had the same way, if we [would have had] to work.”
With vaccinations picking up and normalcy on the horizon, though, Ross knows things will change soon. “I’ve got to shoot something in London in a few days, [and it’s] going to be tough to leave,” he says. “Whata bonding experience with all of them. With Jagger, I feel like there’s been a lot of learning experiences that I feel like I may have missed a little bit of [otherwise].”
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Evan says that juggling co-parenting responsibilities with Ashlee, 36, during the last year, has been easy because “it’s been about being a team,” but he does miss the moments he would have shared with his large extended family, including momDiana Ross, sisterTracee Ellis Rossand sister-in-lawJessica Simpson.
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He’s been able to find a family connection in an unexpected place: work. Evan’s role as Agent Williams inThe United States vs. Billie Holidayis extra poignant because his mother Diana, 76, was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of the jazz legend in 1972’sLady Sings the Blues, a previousbiographical film based on Holiday’s life.
Evan Ross inThe United States vs. Billie Holiday.Hulu
Diana’s role in the film “was one of the reason why I wanted to start to act,” Evan says. “I thought she was so incredible. Knowing her as my mom and then seeing her in this performance, it was hard to watch in moments of her transformation in age. … Watching it back now, after I hadn’t seen it in a while, it’s a magical movie.”
He says that his mom has been equally enthusiastic about her son’s work in his film about the iconic singer.
“She’s been extremely supportive and she’s seen the movie and she thoughtAndra [Day]’s performance was incredible,” he says. “And cinematically, it’s so beautiful.”
The United States vs. Billie Holidayis streaming now on Hulu.
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