Bustle Booth

The actor reveals how aFuller Houserole led to her new Netflix series.

In 2018, Miss Benny was thinking about quitting acting.

She had just turned 19 and had been trying to land a mainstream role for nearly a decade.

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Rejections often came with an explanation: It just wasnt time for teen LGBTQ+ content.

And the actor didnt want to hide her sexuality orgender expression.

While exploring her identity as a kid, she experimented with self-expression in secret.

Miss Benny as Marco, Kim Cattrall as Madolyn in ‘Glamorous’ Season 1, via Netflix’s press site

That was the time I felt I got to be fully myself.

I cried when I found out it was going to be Kim, Miss Benny says of theGlamorouscasting.

Learn more about Miss Benny in her Bustle Booth questionnaire below.

In The Bustle Booth

If I have my anxiety together, an iced oat milk latte.

If my anxiety is rampant, an iced matcha latte.

Never hot, cause Im one of those LGBTs.

Every line of Chers dialogue from the scene inBurlesquewhere shes doing Christina Aguileras makeup.

Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Ive been watching the early seasons ofKeeping Up With the Kardashiansfor the first time.

Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande.

it’s possible for you to imagine the effect that Rain on Me had on me.

RuPauls Drag Race!!

Love on Top by Beyonce, so I can just scream.

This article was originally published onJune 27, 2023