‘Black-ish’ star Marsai Martin reveals where character is after finale

Black-ish character Diane is officially all grown up — at least in actress Marsai Martin’s mind, that is.

The 20-year-old G20 actress appeared Tuesday morning on Good Morning America to promote her role in the new Viola Davis-led action film, with host Michael Strahan hitting a nostalgic note by bringing up the star’s Black-ish sitcom parents Tracee Ellis Ross (who was on GMA recently) and Anthony Anderson (who’s set to appear on Wednesday’s episode).

“All the parentals! It’s going to be a family reunion,” Martin joked, before Strahan asked: “I’m curious, what would your character, Diane, be up to today?”

Martin paused to consider the circumstances of Diane — the central couple’s youngest child, alongside her twin, Jack (Miles Brown) — after the ABC show’s 2022 series finale.

“How old would she be? Probably around my age, 19 or 20,” Martin said as she pondered Diane’s status. “She’d definitely be at an HBCU. I’d definitely say that. Taking on the campus!”

Strahan then asked if Diane would still be as “rebellious” as ever. Martin smiled and said, “Probably.”

Martin continued, noting that Diane “definitely would be the talk of the town,” wherever she is.

In addition to Ross and Anderson, Black-ish also starred Yara Shahidi as Zoey, the couple’s eldest child, Marcus Scribner as Junior, the pair’s middle child, and the legendary Jenifer Lewis as the kids’ grandmother.

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In addition to her role on Black-ish, Martin also made headlines for her work as the producer-star of the 2019 Issa Rae-led comedy Little — the idea for which Martin took to Black-ish creator Kenya Barris after she watched the iconic comedy Big when she was only 10 years old.

“I thought, What if we give it a modern perspective with a fresh twist of a powerful black woman?” the actress previously told Entertainment Weekly in a 2019 interview about the film. “I wanted other people to see what’s in my mind, as a young 14-year-old girl, because sometimes when men — or just older people — try to make films from what they think is a kid’s perspective, it doesn’t come out the right. It’s like, ‘Ehhh, that’s probably not what we would do!'”