Corey Hawkins joins Lupita Nyong’o in HBO Max's Americanah

TheWrap

The 24: Legacy alum is joining the limited series as Blaine, Ifemelu’s (Nyong’o) “present-day boyfriend and Yale Professor, who is madly in love with her. Deeply passionate about social injustices, he tutors at risk youth and organizes protests for a wrongly accused black Yale security guard.”