Briana Price Talks Divorced Sistas and Creating Work That “Reflects the Times”
Briana Price isn’t interested in playing characters who have everything figured out, and that’s exactly why her return as Tiffany on Divorced Sistas works.
Tiffany isn’t a polished version of post-divorce life. She’s complicated, emotional, and still figuring things out. That’s what drew Price in. “What pulled me in was how real she is,” she says. “Tiffany is a whole person with layers.” Instead of rushing toward closure, the character sits in the discomfort of rebuilding. “She’s not trying to have it all figured out, but she is learning to rebuild trust in herself after heartbreak.”
That honesty gives the role weight. Tiffany isn’t aspirational—she’s recognizable. And in a landscape that often flattens women’s experiences, that kind of messiness stands out.
At the same time, Price is clear-eyed about the industry. Progress in Black storytelling hasn’t exactly been linear. “There’s been this really beautiful wave of Black stories getting told with full humanity,” she says. “But right now there’s also a pulling back… certain projects that would’ve gotten a green light a few years ago are hitting walls.” It’s subtle, but it’s there. “The audience is still there. The talent is still there. The appetite hasn’t gone anywhere.”
That shift has made her more intentional. “I ask myself what a project is actually saying, who it centers, what it reinforces,” she says. “I’m not interested in just being on screen.”
Before acting fully took over, Price was a dancer on Glee, a background that still shapes how she works. “Dance taught me how to be present in my body,” she says. That awareness keeps her grounded when acting starts to get too internal. “It keeps me rooted in something physical and instinctive.”
She brings that same presence into the final season of All American, where the stakes are naturally higher. “It’s the final season, so everything feels heightened,” she says. “I think audiences can expect real closure… and some moments that are genuinely going to hit.” For her, the role offered space to go deeper in a way that felt earned.
Her path here wasn’t exactly stable. Before acting, she was on track for medicine, a safer, more predictable route. Walking away from that came with real uncertainty. “What did it cost me? Peace of mind for a while,” she says. “There were stretches where I questioned everything.” Still, she doesn’t frame it as regret. “You don’t get to want something that much and also feel completely safe.”
Off-screen, her focus extends to supporting Black women, especially in health and education, areas that remain underfunded and overlooked. “It shows up in everything,” she says. “In the roles I gravitate toward, in the conversations I have.” For Price, advocacy isn’t separate from her career, it’s built into it. “Every Black woman deserves to feel safe and healthy… that’s the foundation for everything else.”
As her career grows, so does her sense of responsibility. “I’ve always been thoughtful, but today I’m even more intentional,” she says. “I want to be part of something that challenges the status quo or makes me see the world differently.” In a time she describes as marked by “global instability,” she sees storytelling as influence. “An artist’s responsibility is to reflect the times.”
When it comes to what sets her apart, she keeps it simple. “I’m not trying to be anything other than exactly what I am,” she says. That clarity—paired with curiosity—is what continues to shape her.
With Divorced Sistas, Price isn’t chasing perfection. She’s leaning into something more effective: truth. And in an industry that often rewards polish over honesty, that’s what lands.
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Michael D. Monroe
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Contrast Magazine. michael@contrastmag.com