Women Defying the Odds: Meet Inspirational Actress Lillie Young

Written By Jenni Steele

Meet Lillie Young from Atlanta. Lillie Young is an actress, 4x author including her autobiography, The Purple Cinderella: Surviving Multiple Childhood Rapists. She got her glass slipper back at the age of 38 and is now an entrepreneur with two organic beauty products, Queen Lillie Hair Growth Oil and The Red Lipstick Hustler. In 2019, Lillie received a Proclamation from The City of Atlanta. 

What have been your barriers and how did you overcome them?

I had to became an adult before my time due to childhood abuse. I was forced into so much from an early age, I missed out on some of the most important steps in life. When I was growing up there were things that didn’t connect with me because I lacked the experience of being a child. Where there was a lack in my life growing up, God has given it back. I overcame my barriers through prayer. 

What do you think gave you the drive and determination to succeed?

I grew up without my parents, being a single parent raising my own child gave me my drive and determination to succeed.  

What is the biggest lesson that you’ve learned along the way?

Never doubt yourself and keep the faith.  

Do you have a mantra you live your life by?

Turn your pain into power. 

What advice would you give to your 16 year old self?

It's going to be a bumpy road; stones will be thrown at you, pick them up and wear them on your fingers. SHINE BRIGHT LIKE A DIAMOND!!! YOU ARE THE LEADING LADY…NEVER DROP YOUR CROWN!!! 

How can our readers connect with you?

IG @lillieyoung or email iamlillieyoung@yahoo.com

Instagram: @lillieyoung

Facebook: @lillieyoung

Twitter : @lillieyoungTPC

Website: iamlillieyoung.com

Jenni Steele

Jenni Steele has a twenty-year career supporting, educating and uplifting the community. She is a mother, GlamMa, author, patron of Ashmole International School in Ghana, national ambassador for THIUK, and founder of Project YANA CIC.

Jenni is an author, her new books Self Discovery Exercise Journals for boys and girls. She has been featured in books and talk shows. She has interviewed celebrities and travelled the world throughout her career.

Her message to other women is, "Be willing to stand for yourself, within yourself, so that you can surround yourself with the things that honor who you are!"

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