‘The Chi’ Star Yolonda Ross on Portraying a Single Mother, Helping Other Women in the Business (Video)

On Lena Waithe’s Showtime drama “The Chi,” Yolonda Ross plays a single mother, an often “thankless” role she says doesn’t get enough attention.

“It’s an epidemic, I feel, in our country. In a lot of countries,” Ross said in an interview with TheWrap. “Women have to take care of themselves — which are usually the last to get any care — the home, the kids of the kids.”

Single mothers are often asked to dedicate their lives to others, but Ross says its time for them to get the attention and respect their hard work deserves.

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“I feel there just needs to be more for women to have a rapport with other women,” she said.