Tyler Perry’s STRAW (2025): Monica Reeves (played by a powerful lead actress, e.g., Taraji P.

Henson or Kerry Washington) is a hardworking nurse, a single mother of two, and the emotional anchor of a family weighed down by secrets, silence, and suppressed trauma. Her days are a blur of double shifts, court dates, and late-night schoolwork help. But behind her strength lies a simmering storm — one she’s kept tightly sealed for years.