AmNews Curtain Raiser Special: Actor Thomas Cadrot Talks Culture, Identity and Netflix’s 'Crew Girl' on the "What Defines Your Culture?" Podcast

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Actor Thomas Cadrot joins host and creator Sunil Sadarangani of Culture Greenlight® on his podcast 'What Defines Your Culture?' for a warm conversation about acting, identity, language, family roots, and his upcoming Netflix series, Crew Girl. Born in Paris to parents from the French Caribbean, Cadrot grew up across places including Miami, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela, an experience he says shaped him by exposing him to “multiple cultures,” new languages, people, foods, and ways of seeing the world. “I’d rather have experienced more than less,” he says in the episode. That perspective has followed him into his work as an actor, including Lifetime’s Merry Liddle Christmas films with Kelly Rowland, Debris, Nancy Drew, Family Law, and So Help Me Todd — where he worked with Marcia Gay Harden.

Thomas Cadrot (center) stars in 'Crew Girl' (Netflix). Credits below.

The episode also marks the first media association between AmNews Curtain Raiser and Culture Greenlight, bringing together editorial perspective and visual-first cultural storytelling. Cadrot also talks about Crew Girl, Netflix’s coming-of-age drama, which he describes as a YA series about a 16-year-old girl who joins a boys’ rowing team after moving to a new school. Cadrot plays the rowing coach, a role built around “mentor-mentee moments,” and calling the project his “first series regular role.” 

Light, personal, and rooted in the podcast’s central question — What defines your culture? — the episode invites viewers to hear Cadrot in his own words and watch the full conversation on YouTube here or by clicking/tapping the icon above.

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L to R: Martineau as Teagan Tao, Thomas Cadrot as Coach Hayden, and Clark as Cam Dillinger. PHOTO BY CRAIG MINIELLY. Courtesy of Netflix.