POWER UP FOR CAMILLE HYDE WORDS NICOLE GORRITZ TEAM CREDITS STYLIST ROBIAT BALOGUN MAKEUP BRITTANY INGRAM HAIR YUICHI ISHIDA PHOTOGRAPHER MARIO BARBERIO
After her first theater experience at the age of four, Washington D.C native, Camille Hyde knew exactly what she wanted to do—become an actress. Since then it is safe to say that Camille has lived out every girl’s dream. Not only by having acting, dancing, musical, and horseback riding talents and abilities, but also by carrying on the legacy of the Pink Power Ranger. Let’s not forget to mention that she is the first African American to ever don the pink suit. Now at 24 years old Camille has taken on the role of Gabi Granger in the new Netflix Original Series, American Vandal, created by Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda. This eight-episode series is a comically satirical spin on the true-crime story of student, and resident class clown, Dylan Maxwell (Jimmy Tatro), who may or may not have vandalized twenty-seven faculty cars with images of male genitalia. Throughout the series Hyde’s character is always there to help her two best friends, driven documentarians that are trying to uncover the truth, while dealing with her own personal drama. During our conversation she opened up to us about her introduction to acting, thoughts on the transition of acting for younger to more mature audiences, dreams for the future, and her mischievous, yet rightheous side!
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When did you start acting? I started acting when I was super-young. I did my first play when I was four. I’ve been doing theater productions, drama camps, and everything that I could get my hands on to stay active in theater and performing arts since I was in kindergarten. It’s always been in my life. I started doing it professionally when I got out to California when I was 17.
I REMEMBER A T IME WHERE I WOULD T HINK, “I HAVE TO DO T HIS RIGHT.” AND T HEN, I T HINK ABOUT A YEAR AGO, RIGHT BEFORE I START ED T HE AUDIT ION PROCESS FOR VANDAL, I WAS LIKE, “YOU KNOW WHAT? SCREW IT. I’ M GOING TO DO WHAT FEELS RIGHT.
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Did you decide to go to Cali on your own, or did your family come with you? I moved to California for college. That was the deal; I would come to college and I would study science. If I wanted to pursue acting then I could. So that’s what I did. On days I didn’t have classes I’d come to ballet, audition, and study acting separately from college. I was balancing everything at once for a while.