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She was one of the first Black Americans to gain recognition for film and stage work in the 1920s and 1930s. Washington was active in the Harlem Renaissance (1920s–1930s). Her best- known film role was as Peola in Imitation of Life (1934). She plays a young light-skinned Black woman who decides to pass as white.
S. Epatha Merkerson [a] (born Sharon Epatha Merkerson; November 28, 1952) is an American actress. She has received accolades for her work, including an Emmy Award , a Golden Globe Award , a Screen Actors Guild Award , four NAACP Image Awards , two Obie Awards , and two Tony Award nominations.
In the same month, Grace reprised her role as Esther in the fifth season of The Handmaid's Tale. Den of Geek favorably compared her screams in the season's sixth episode [a] to those of Linda Blair in The Exorcist (1973), stating they "distilled seasons of The Handmaid’s Tale 's protest [against misogyny] into one primal outburst". [92]
Debi Mazar Corcos (/ ˈ m eɪ z ɑːr /; [1] born August 13, 1964 [2]) is an American actress and television personality.She began her career with supporting roles in Goodfellas (1990), Little Man Tate (1991), Singles (1992), and Batman Forever (1995), followed by lead roles on the legal drama series Civil Wars and L.A. Law.
Taraji Penda Henson (/ t ə ˈ r ɑː dʒ i / tə-RAH-jee; born September 11, 1970) is an American actress.She has received several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award and six Emmy Awards (including four Primetime Emmy Awards nominations).
Emily O'Hara Ratajkowski [4] (/ ˌ r æ t ə ˈ k aʊ s k i /, [5] Polish: [ratajˈkɔfskʲi]; born June 7, 1991) [6] is an American model and actress. Born in London to American parents and raised in Encinitas, California, she signed to Ford Models at a young age.
B. Erykah Badu; Cynthia Bailey; Pearl Bailey; Sam Bailey (director) Jaylen Barron; Maryam Basir; Ryan Michelle Bathe; Susan Batson; Simone Battle; Gail Bean; Lisa Beasley
In 2016, Shahidi signed to model with New York's Women Management modeling agency, in hopes of providing a platform to see more women of color in diverse roles. [20] Time included her on "The 30 Most Influential Teens of 2016" list. [4] She was ranked one of the best dressed women in 2018 by fashion website Net-a-Porter. [28]