'Keep The Think Pieces To A Minimum': The Cast Of ‘Queenie’ Reminds Viewers 'This Is One Black Woman’s Story'

Hulu’s Queenie, based on Candice Carty-Williams’ 2019 novel of the same name, sets audiences in South London and inside the world of Queenie Jenkins (Dionne Brown), a 25-year-old British-Jamaican woman figuring out life, love, and how to let go. Yet while there’s humor to be found in watching Queenie navigate disappointments in those areas amid pressure from her traditional Caribbean grandparents—The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’s Joseph Marcell portrays her grandad Wilfred—the coming-of-age story takes a serious look at trauma, particularly Queenie’s resulting from being abandoned by her mother, and how that trickles down into other aspects of her life.