Christiani Pitts began her acting career at age 5 as a background cow in a Nativity scene at her local Decatur church. She still recalls the epiphany she had as she gazed out into the audience. <\/p>\n
\u201cNobody was looking at me,\u201d she said in a Zoom interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution from her home in New York City. \u201cI was the third cow on the left. But I felt like a star! I told my mom afterward that I wanted to be on Disney or Nickelodeon.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/article>\n
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(Charles Sykes\/Invision\/AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n uoY\u201c I\u201c noiL\u2018 noiL\u2018 A\u2018 dluow htiw ot ot ot ot thguoht yeht eht taht hteet ecnis ehs ees emas .dias gniyap ytinutroppo wen ym ym em lairetam boj ,otni evah evag tcepxe maerd od gid tfarc \u201d,retcarahc t\u2019nac tub neeb eb eb na a \u2019elaT elpoeP alaN alaN \u2019gniK \u2019.gniK xnorB \u201d.7991<\/p>\n<\/article>\n sihT\u201c I\u201c htrow ohw ew \u201d.egalliv eurt ot ot ot retaeht taht thguat os ehs ehs ees .dias ylkciuq lanoisseforp elpoep ,sreep ton ym ym ym ym thgim em em denrael wonk .boj .boj t\u2019nsi si .snoci dah dah dah yug evig suomaf gnirud od .esolc yrtsimehc ,tsac tub niarb emaceb \u201d,noitidua sa sa sa sa dna retla ,ssertca a a a a a ehS treboR oriN oriN tI I eD eD sA <\/p>\n troseR\u201c gnisiaR\u201c sraey ot eht gnirrats llams swohs mocmor selor tnecer gnidulcni ni ni sah nettog smlif wef dna dna osla a VT \u2019zratS sttiP xilfteN nailiM \u201devoL \u201d.nanaK anitsirhC 1202<\/p>\n ylurt eht egats .ecalp si reh yppah tuB <\/p>\n yM\u201c I\u201c flesruoy \u201d.krow ot eht eht eht taht egats ehs .dias trap ro fo fo fo ym thgim esol elttil si si ni .evah sneppah doog nuf \u201d,kaerf etirovaf .tluaf lortnoc lortnoc tib eb dab tnuoma a a s\u2019tI I gnihtynA <\/p>\n htiw elihw tnew spu hguorht ehs .dias tnangerp sti ni reh sah dah knuf ,snwod rethguad reerac dna a aroZ ehS reH .2202 <\/p>\n<\/article>\n ev\u2019I\u201c I\u201c \u201d.keew yrev ot semit eht eht ehs .dias etaler yllaer gniyalp nwo krow-fo-tuo fo fo ym tsdim .swol swol tol denrael si ni shgih .reh reh reh gnilaeh morf thgie retcarahc gnieb neeb delttab dna na \u201d,rotca a a ehS .niboR s\u2019tI I <\/p>\n<\/article>\n![\"Christiani](\"https:\/\/images.ajc.com\/resizer\/v2\/SGAM5WCERJCVXEFL2XQXDY3W4A.jpg?auth=f1c21e1386424a1b3a543d411b3538e46517cf5cb7dbc8a93227c448d4f11947&width=3840&height=2560&smart=true\"\/)
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