Taraji P. Henson, Barry Keoghan, Margaret Qualley, Jeffrey Wright in W Magazine’s 2024 Best Performances Issue

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W MAGAZINE’s 2024 Best Performances Portfolio, part of their annual Best Performances issue on stands February 13th, celebrates 28 incredible actors at the forefront of cinema. Curated by W’s editor-at-large, Lynn Hirschberg, the Best Performances Portfolio features profiles with Taraji P. Henson, Barry Keoghan, Margaret Qualley, Jeffrey Wright, Julia Garner, Franz Rogowski, Gael García Bernal, and Talia Ryder among others, photographed by Juergen Teller and styled by W Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, Sara Moonves.

Taraji P. Henson

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On who and what has helped her on her path as an actor: “…the great thing about destiny is, if you stay focused, whatever is yours is coming to you, baby! I ran from Shug, and she came back and got me on a platform where I could really breathe life into her and love up on her. You know, my father, rest in peace, he kept telling me I would win an Oscar. So, Dad, hey—what’s happening? Can you talk to the big guy? [Laughs] The one thing my father did say to me was, ‘Wait until the world hears you sing.’ And this was right before he passed away.”

Barry Keoghan

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On trying to eat 50 eggs like Paul Newman does in Cool Hand Luke:  “He does it so cool! Once, when I was drunk, I made it to eight eggs. It didn’t go down well. I got sick everywhere!”

Margaret Qualley

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On being starstruck: “My first film, The Nice Guys, was with Ryan Gosling. I was very starstruck. He sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to me at Benihana for my 20th birthday, and I’ll never forget it.”

Jeffrey Wright 

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Explaining how he got into acting: “I may have wanted to, but I didn’t admit it to myself. I didn’t start acting until my junior year of college. I was a political science major, so that’s a different type of theater. My first movie was called Jumpin’ at the Boneyard. The first significant thing that I booked was Separate but Equal, and Sidney Poitier played Thurgood Marshall, the Supreme Court justice. My first shot was opposite Sidney Poitier, and I had no clue what I was doing.”

[Photo Credit: Juergen Teller for W Magazine]

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