It takes grit, patience, talent, and maybe just a touch of luck. The young woman we’re talking about today had a rough start in life, but now she’s one of the most recognizable faces in Tinseltown.

She was born while her mother, Constance, was serving a sentence in a Texas federal prison for drug trafficking. After she was born, her mother spent just three months with her in a facility near the prison before returning to complete her sentence.

Her father was also involved in a drug operation, reportedly smuggling more than 1,200 pounds of marijuana from Jamaica into the U.S.

Her parents later went their separate ways, divorcing in 1992.

This future star and TV icon spent her first few months in a halfway house before being cared for by her grandmother. Growing up, she navigated a chaotic world—moving between apartments, attending