Bellamy Young
Bellamy Young
Bellamy Young is an American actress, singer and producer, best known for her role as First Lady of the United States Melody "Mellie" Grant in the ABC drama series Scandal. In 2014, for her portrayal of Mellie, Young won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth19 February 1970
CityAsheville, NC
CountryUnited States of America
love-is thinking space
Love is a true unconditional space to me. To love someone or to be loved is to be seen, and I think, gosh, as humans, all we want is to be seen, to be heard, right? To be valued. To be respected. But mostly just to be held in a safe, unconditional space.
black messy difficult
Nothing is all good or all bad, nothing is black or white, everything is just messy and human and difficult.
thinking empowering looks
I think you choose how you walk through this life. I think if you choose to participate in a paradigm that is looks-based, if you're an actor, then it can be empowering in some ways, and it can be really limiting in some ways in terms of time and longevity.
tape degrees moments
I used to be so hard on myself. So hard on myself. Just my own worst critic to the nth degree. Absolutely undermining my confidence in every moment. Bad tape in my head all the time.
fun play people
Its a lot of fun to just say to people, proudly, I get to play the First Lady. Its just fun to say.
animal
I foster a lot. Not humans, animals.
connections theater instant
Id love to go back and do theater. Theres nothing like that instant response and the connection to a live audience.
stars fun guests
When you guest-star, you're usually at the center of the dramatic arc, so that's fun.
heart blessing giving
I feel it is a blessing, a duty, an honor, that we give the love that we have, and we share the lives that we have with our fullest heart.
being-yourself dad just-be-yourself
My dad used to say, 'Just be yourself and you'll be fine,' but it's really, really true.
lonely gratitude hurt
If I'm feeling hurt, sad, lonely, depressed, and then I shame myself for feeling that, then that's a black hole for me. I really have worked a lot to meet pain with both gratitude and gentleness.
dream done
I get a lot of work done in my dreams and I don't want to take anybody else's work with me.
sleep
Sleep is such a potent, liminal state, and I don't want to drag anything in there that doesn't need to be there.
universe
The smallest act has repercussions for the universe.