MStars Exclusive: 'If Loving You Is Wrong' Star Edwina Findley-Dickerson Talks About Her Character, Kelly And The New Hit Show [AUDIO]

By Star Connor | Sep 25, 2014 11:25 PM EDT

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Tyler Perry's hot new primetime drama If Loving You is Wrong, premiered last Tuesday on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.

Catch all new episodes every Tuesday night at 9 p.m. ET (8 p.m. CT). MStars News previously reported that the premiere was the most-watched series debut in OWN history...with close to 2 million tuning in.

With a diverse cast and storylines ranging from heartfelt to scandalous, the sexy, sleek new drama takes viewers into the lives of a group of husbands, wives and friends that live and love in the same middle class neighborhood.

MStars News reporter, Star Connor had an opportunity to chat with one of Perry's characters; Edwina Findley-Dickerson, who plays Kelly, a mother to a little boy named Justice. Her boyfriend, Travis, who is Justice's father, has been away for an entire year on a relief mission in Haiti, but Kelly believes that their reunion next week will bring with it a marriage proposal. She impulsively buys her dream house for the family, unaware that Travis has other ideas for their future.

If Loving You is Wrong is Tyler Perry's second television drama on OWN, joining the highly successful The Haves and the Have Nots.

More about Ms. Edwina....she plays Omar's gun-toting sidekick, Tosha Mitchell, on HBO's The Wire,actress Edwina Findley Dickerson recently completed her fourth season as Davina Lambreaux in HBO's Treme. On the big screen, Edwina recently appeared as the feisty sister Rosie in Ava DuVernay's Sundance-winning film, Middle of Nowhere, and in James Wan's thriller Insidious: Chapter 2. She is currently filming the comedy Veep for HBO and has three new movies slated for 2014. Additional film/TV credits include Red Tails, Brothers & Sisters, Law & Order, One Life to Live and pilots for NBC and Fox.

Honored by New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with the prestigious Outstanding Artist and Scholaraward, Edwina has been nominated for the Barrymore Award and NAACP Theatre Award for her work in theater. Anative of Washington, D.C., with family roots in the West African nation of Liberia, Edwina has traveled around theworld as a singer, dancer and actor. She has performed onstage at Juilliard, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Atlantic Theater Company, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Baltimore's Center Stage, Cleveland Play House, Center Theatre Group and many other notable theaters.

In addition to her work in entertainment, Edwina is a nationally sought-after inspirational speaker.

Check out the exclusive interview below now!!

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