Date 12/12/2016 - News People
When Jude Demorest first was asked to read for Lee Daniels' Empire follow-up, Star, it wasn't for the title role of a girl group leader. But it didn't take long for the Detroit native to change producers' minds. The soapy Fox series' triple demand of acting, singing and dancing was an easy fit for Demorest, who began performing in church at a young age. She made the move west at 16 when her sister got a job in L.A.