The Cosplayer You Need to Know About: Venus Noire

I first came across the ultra glamorous Josephine aka The Venus Noire a few months ago when I saw some pictures of her Uhura cosplay. INSTANT FOLLOW. (But who doesn’t love Uhura?! WHO?! Don’t answer that. I will judge you.) As I saw more and more of her amazing cosplay, I never dreamed that I’d get a chance to have her for a cosplay corner interview here for Black Nerd Problems. But hey, here we are and life is wonderful: let me introduce you to the wonderful world of Venus Noire! Black Nerd Problems: Please tell us a little about yourself. Venus Noire: My name is Josephine. I’m 24. Born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina. It’s a really neat historic little beach city. Graduated from college last year and have been working full time ever since in marketing. I love traveling, cooking, and recently I’ve gotten into photography. I’ve been cosplaying for about two years and really love it. BNP: Uhura was your first cosplay, correct? Since your dad is a big Star Trek fan, you grew up seeing Lt. Nyota Uhura, one of the most dynamic women to ever grace our television (and film!) screens as someone who not only looked like you (REPRESENTATION MATTERS!) but was a pioneering figure for black women in the sci-fi genre. What else factored into your decision to cosplay as her? Venus Noire: Yep! Uhura was my first cosplay! A friend brought up going to Dragoncon and when I did more research on the convention I realized I would need a costume. I couldn’t think of a character I would wa…