"Vanished: Searching for My Sister" leaves viewers sitting on the edge of their seats, wondering what happened to Jada. As her sister Kayla begins searching for her in a world filled with abuse and drugs, Tatyana Ali had a hard time being on set for some of those scenes. "I think the most challenging part for me was actually the violence," she told The List.

At one point, her character fights for her life as another actor puts their hands around her throat. "It was hard, like, on those days," she admitted. "And I'm working with amazing actors who, like, are actually scaring the crap out of me. Like me, Tatyana." In the end, this fear made playing her characters even easier on screen.

Perhaps the most difficult part, however, is knowing that the film is a true story and that there are women out there who go through similar situations on a daily basis. "Just that violence, violence against women, negotiating that, making yourself small so someone else feels bigger and maybe will leave you alone. That really touched my heart," Ali said. "And that's the kind of stuff that I had to wash off, you know, every day. Yeah. That was the hardest part."

"Vanished: Searching for My Sister" premieres on Lifetime Saturday, January 22 at 8pm/7c.