Billboards pay off for actress who posted two near Tyler Perry Studios

TMZ broke the news. Bailey, who is on a cruise ship with her family today and unavailable for a phone interview, texted me to confirm that TMZ's information was accurate. "I have been dreaming of this since I was a little girl," she texted me today. "I feel like my dreams are coming true. And it's because I believed."

Back in May, as a result of the billboard, Bailey quickly landed an audition with Perry and received a public statement from Perry himself, who implored others not to copy her strategy. Anybody can audition, he said, and a billboard isn’t necessary.

In fact, Perry said he was already familiar with her prior work, which included a recurring role in HBO’s “The Night Of.”

The New Jersey resident has been a stay-at-home mom of two and had spent the past few years taking acting classes, doing stage work and awaiting her big break.

Bailey said there are a couple of other roles forthcoming she can’t speak of on top of playing a cop in “Sistas.” The TMZ story said she has had many auditions as a result of the billboard and more are forthcoming. “I feel blessed,” she wrote.