Regina Hall reveals that the death of her father led her to acting.

Regina Hall reveals that the death of her father led her to acting.
Regina Hall gets candid on how the death of her father impacted her life to shift careers from journalism to pursuing acting.
“It was his passing that really shifted how I looked at life.
I realized how brief it can be and how suddenly it can change,” Hall said to Health magazine for their September 2021 cover issue.
“That’s what led me to acting.
The thing about feeling broken is that it forces you to be open — you feel like you don’t have much, so you don’t overthink everything.”
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Hall’s father, Obie Hall, died of a stroke during her first semester while the actress was working on her master’s degree in journalism at New York University.
Regina would eventually graduate in 1997 per her father’s wishes before his passing.
Since trading her journalism career for acting, the 50-year-old Girl’s Trip star has become a Hollywood favorite after appearing in over 40 films and television shows.