Local actress Cynthia Kaye McWilliams possesses a creative range that displays the multifaceted nature of Black women. Her latest project, a comedy-drama series titled “Messy Lola,” premiered last month and hones in on her layered identity.
The 10-episode series, filmed entirely in Chicago, follows Lola as she deals with motherhood, dating and undiagnosed obsessive-compulsive disorder. McWilliams, a DePaul University Theatre School alum, has done everything from flexing her comedic chops in Kevin Hart’s hit series “The Real Husbands of Hollywood” to portraying an earnest detective on Amazon’s “Bosch.” Episodes of the show can be purchased through messylola.com for $2.99 each; new episodes are released every two weeks.
Though she currently stars in Netflix’s “Average Joe,” McWilliams said helming her own show after spending years in Hollywood was something she always wanted to achieve…