Black actresses

Black Hollywood dripping in melanin and fabulousness.

The second game of the World Series took place Wednesday night between the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field. Some might be surprised to know that there is a rich piece of Black history attached to the former Jacobs Field, along with a connection to actress Kym E. Whitley’s family. In the early […]

Actress Tika Sumpter, who stars on the OWN soap opera The Haves And The Have Nots, recently became an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. And during the ceremony she revealed something else – that she’s several months pregnant! While there has been no announcement from Tika or her camp, the 36-year-old actress was shown […]

Last year, a former stripper went on Twitter to tell the story of a girl’s trip gone wrong. The story, recounted by a woman named…

Viola Davis won’t be at the Oscars this year. But that’s not because she’s boycotting them. She told People.com that she’ll be on vacation. Although…

Fifteen years ago, actress Lisa Nicole Carson was enjoying the fruits of a successful acting career, known for the TV shows Ally McBeal and ER appearing in…

Halle Berry may be reeling from her third divorce, but she’s still Halle Berry and she’s got to go to work. This week, she appeared…

Actresses Valarie Pettiford and Telma Hopkins are stage and screen veterans who used to star together in the beloved sitcom Half and Half.  The two are…

In her Emmy-winning speech last night, Viola Davis gave a major shout-out to the peers who made her win possible. Black actresses have supported and uplifted…

Before she became the first Black woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series, she fought to succeed in spite of facing