Aisha Hinds and Nigel Walker arrive at the 4th Annual International Women Of Power Awards on August 8, 2021 in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles, California.Photo:Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
Aisha Hinds' real life has begun to imitate her onscreen marriage in9-1-1.
In an exclusive conversation with PEOPLE at the show' season 7 premiere, the actress — who plays Henrietta “Hen” Wilson in the drama procedural — shares how her onscreen relationship with Tracie Thoms' Karen Wilson has influenced her real-life marriage to her husbandNigel Walker.
“You know what I love about Karen and Hen’s relationship on screen is that it does mirror real life relationship. It doesn’t feel like this romanticized idea of marriage,” she explains before sharing how her and Thoms' characters feels like “two real people who are married to one another.”
Aisha Hinds and Tracie Thoms on “9-1-1”.FOX Image Collection via Getty
FOX Image Collection via Getty
As someone who is “newly married,” Hinds shares how she’s been able to take notes from Hen and Karen’s relationship to apply into her own life.
“There are moments where it’s helpful to kind of pull from their ability to communicate with each other and to be vulnerable with each other and to be honest with each other and to be real,” she says. “And that’s what I take away.”
Hinds and Walker had known each other for decades before they reconnected in 2019 and sparked a relationship. In November 2020, Walker proposed at the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills, California on her birthday. Shortly after getting engaged, the two debuted their relationship on social media after his surprise proposal.
Aisha Hinds and Nigel Walker.Aisha Hinds Instagram
Aisha Hinds Instagram
“I had NOOOOOO idea he was going to propose to me on my birthday,” she toldMunaluchi Brideat the time, revealing that they hadn’t had conversations about a ring style and proposal ideas.
The actress also shared that she didn’t notice he was planning anything, explaining, “I imagined … that I would have been able to pick up some shifts in his behavior and temperament once that time came around to taking the relationship to a different depth. Nothing. He gave me no clues.”
In May 2022, the couple hosted a five-day-long celebration and tied the knot in front of a 170 guests in Grenada.
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9-1-1airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
source: people.com
