Storm Reid is happily wearing many hats. The actress, budding producer, and rising sophomore on the University of Southern California will not be only one of the vital beloved characters on the insanely popular, Emmy-nominated HBO show Euphoria, but has roles within the upcoming Searching 2 alongside Nia Long, is running her own production company, A Seed & Wings, and is a full-time college student living on-campus.

We speak to her just because the 2022 Emmy nominations have been announced, and unsurprisingly, she’s elated to listen to how one aspect of her exertions is paying off professionally.

“It’s such a blessing to be an element of Euphoria typically, but to have the ability to be
recognized is much more special,” Reid told ESSENCE exclusively. “I’m just really happening the wild ride that Euphoria has taken me on the previous couple of
years.”

Fans have been clamoring for more of Reid as Gia Bennett, Rue’s sister who’s quietly fighting her own feelings in regards to the essential character’s intense drug addiction and increasing distance from the family within the wake of their father’s death. Reid says that although she’s not on the show as much as some would really like, she knows that her character leaves a vital mark.

“I believe although we don’t see Gia so much, I believe after we do see her, it’s so beautiful and so nuanced,” Reid said of her character. “She is actually portraying the experience of an individual, a young woman moreover, that’s experiencing having a member of the family who’s going through so much battling addiction and mental illness. And he or she’s also attempting to grow up herself.”

“I believe that’s why the show is so loved since it’s relatable,” Reid continued. “And yes, it’s entertainment, so the situations are heightened. But at Euphoria‘s core, it’s to simply have progressive conversations and check out to bridge the disconnect between Gen Z and the older generations.”

While pouring her heart and soul into her character on Euphoria and shooting other film projects, Reid has been matriculating as a full-time student at USC, living on-campus and going to class each day. Between class, homework, midterms and finals, on top of modeling, events, filming and rehearsing, it’s a juggling act that might challenge even a seasoned adult, much less a 19-year-old just ending her first 12 months of faculty.

“I mean, it’s difficult,” Reid said of her balancing act. “I believe I discovered that if I considered all the things that I needed to do inside per week, I’d get extremely overwhelmed and feel like I couldn’t get through the week without having major anxiety. But I believe I came upon early, for my peace of mind, it really helped for me to understand that I just must take it sooner or later at a time and take baby steps, and provides myself grace.”

“I’m trying to perform furthering my education and just being a daily, normal teenager in school, experiencing life, but then also, running a production company and acting and being the face of brands. It becomes so much and sometimes seems like I bit off slightly greater than I can chew,” she admits. “But, I at all times must remind myself: I wouldn’t be able to be doing these items if I couldn’t handle it.”

While juggling her newly-chosen Cinematic Arts major (for film production) and African American studies minor and her upcoming projects – she’s starring alongside Nia Long within the upcoming sequel to 2018 screenlife sleeper hit Searching, Searching 2 – Reid has turned her on-campus apartment into her personal baby blue sanctuary, as she joyfully flaunts within the launch of Amazon’s Off To College collection, a cribs-syle tour called Dorm Roomz. Have a look:

For rising sophomore Reid, the collaboration was a no brainer.

“I at all times attempt to align myself with campaigns and types that make sense and which can be authentic to me,” she said. “The Dorm Roomz video series is a extremely cool opportunity that I got to be an element of because not only will it help launch Amazon’s Off to College collection, however it also shows slightly little bit of my personality. My on-campus apartment plays as my sanctuary, my study hall, my entertainment space. I like entertaining and having my friends over for movie nights, or we just all pile up in my room and study.”

When it got here time to make selections of what Amazon items to fill her space with, it became pretty easy for Reid to select. Nearly anything that got here in her favorite hue was an easy add-to-cart.

“I’m obsessive about anything baby blue. Whether I needed it or not
for my dorm room, as I used to be looking for my first apartment, I purchased a number of
baby blue things,” she laughed. Living proof, her baby blue microwave that matches her apartment theme to a tee. “But I’m also an enormous music lover and music was an enormous a part of my first 12 months, because I believe it’s just an escape and slightly little bit of a getaway from academics and just bringing myself back to earth slightly bit. There was a number of Beats purchases, a number of speaker purchases. After which, in fact, they’ve the essentials. The microwaves, the pencils, the things for my kitchen, and hangers. The whole lot that I needed, I used to be capable of
find on Amazon.