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Spencer's roles as other black women in 1960s America, as Dorothy Vaughan in the biopic Hidden Figures (2016) and a cleaning woman in the fantasy The Shape of Water (2017), earned her two consecutive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first black actress to achieve such feat, as well as the first, and to ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American actresses. It includes actresses that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories ...
Brittany O'Grady,actress (African-American mother) Keke Palmer,actress Sydney Park (actress),actress (African-American mother) Madison Pettis,actress(African-American father) Taylor Polidore,actress Trevante Rhodes ,actor Tequan Richmond,actor Lee Rodriguez,actress and singer (African-American mother) Kara Royster,actress
You don’t have to look hard to find Black female celebrities in today’s culture. Stars like Beyoncé and Rihanna are music industry hitmakers, while actresses like Viola Davis and Quinta ...
Nichelle Nichols (/ n ɪ ˈ ʃ ɛ l / nish-EL; born Grace Dell Nichols; December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) [1] was an American actress, singer and dancer whose portrayal of Uhura in Star Trek and its film sequels was groundbreaking for African American actresses on American television. [2]
Early life and education. Born Phylicia Allen in 1948 in Houston, Texas, Rashad had three siblings.Her sister, Debbie Allen, was also an actress and creator, and her older brother became a jazz ...
In 1994, actress and singer Karla Burns, the first black performer to win a Laurence Olivier Award, launched her one-woman show Hi-Hat-Hattie (written by Larry Parr), about McDaniel's life. Burns went on to perform the role in several other cities through 2018, including Off-Broadway and the Long Beach Playhouse Studio Theatre in California.
Quinta Brunson took home an Emmy on Monday for best actress in a comedy series, becoming the first Black actress to win the category since 1981 when “The Jeffersons” star Isabel Sanford won.