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My mom has an English accent, so we always referred to the trunk as the 'boot.' And then, suddenly, we moved to Georgia and I would say things like 'open the boot' with a bit of an accent, and I quickly realized I had to adapt that kind of thing will get you beat up!

Nicole Beharie

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Nicole Beharie
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: January 3
Film Actor
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