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21st-century African-American actresses (903 P) B. Halle Berry (8 P) C. African-American child actresses (114 P) Pages in category "African-American actresses"
Most nominated African-American actress, with four nominations. First Black actress to receive two nominations for Best Actress. Third film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actor and Best Actress. Second time multiple African-American actresses received Best Actress nominations. Andra Day: The United States vs. Billie Holiday
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 ...
It includes 21st-century American actresses that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "21st-century African-American actresses" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 902 total.
Best Supporting Actress: Orange Is the New Black: Nominated 2016 Viola Davis: Best Actress – Drama Series: How to Get Away with Murder: Nominated Taraji P. Henson: Empire: Won Queen Latifah: Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film: Bessie: Nominated Uzo Aduba: Best Supporting Actress: Orange Is the New Black: Nominated Regina King ...
From critics groups to the guilds to the Academy Awards, Hollywood's highest honors continue to overlook Black women — eight years after #OscarsSoWhite.
Bassett is widely regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation. [126] Bassett has portrayed real-life African-American women who are usually strong and intelligent. Bassett said in 2001 that she liked those roles and added: "That's the image that I like to put out there, and those are the parts I'm attracted to.
Kyla Pratt, actress; Issa Rae, actress (African-American mother) Rihanna, singer; Sam Richardson, actor and comedian; Amber Riley, actress and singer; Evan Ross, actor and musician (African-American mother) Amanda Seales, actress (African-American father) Brian Michael Smith, actor; Jussie Smollett, actor; Jordin Sparks, actress; Tika Sumpter ...