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The plaintiff, Ava Tharpe, “suffers from a rare form of epilepsy that severely limits her physical and cognitive functioning,” as Roberts put it.

She plays the blunt and hilarious principal, Ava Coleman, in “Abbott Elementary.”

Villarreal: What do you hear most often, and do you feel the need to be on as Ava because this is what people are expecting from you?

Ava’s father is played by Keith David.

He comes in, they have that moment, but then she’s back to Ava right away.