In Lifetime's Mary J. Blige Presents: Be Happy, healing unfolds quietly, shaped by patience, presence, and perspective, and by a daughter who understands that love sometimes means holding space while someone else finds themselves again. That daughter, Kayla, is played by Zing Ashford, who breaks down her character's journey for BOSSIP ahead of the film's February 7 premiere. Source: Courtesy of Lifetime Kayla is pregnant, emotionally intuitive, and deeply attuned to her mother, Val, and her transition into an empty-nest chapter.