Before landing her latest role as junior club member Jessi Ramsey on Netflix’s summer hit The Baby-Sitters Club, 13-year-old Anais Lee was already comin’ through with the receipts. She played the younger version of Yara Shahidi’s Natasha in The Sun is Also a Star and appeared in the movie Blood Ties and TV shows, such as The Blacklist and Veep.

Her ingredients for success? A family that’s got her back and a dash of the best advice ever — to never give up.

In our fall 2020 issue, Anais Lee keeps it real on how she finds joy, how she fights injustice, and how she landed the best. role. ever. Subscribe today to secure your copy.

Cover photo by Aspen Cierra Evans
Styled by Amy Hirt
Makeup/Hair by Martin Christopher