TOP 20 BEST BLACK FEMALE FILM ACTRESSES
by nims-1975 | created - 25 Jul 2012 | updated - 01 Dec 2016 | Public
1. Whoopi Goldberg
Actress | Ghost
Whoopi Goldberg was born Caryn Elaine Johnson in the Chelsea section of Manhattan on November 13, 1955. Her mother, Emma (Harris), was a teacher and a nurse, and her father, Robert James Johnson, Jr., was a clergyman. Whoopi's recent ancestors were from Georgia, Florida, and Virginia. She worked in...
Whoopi Goldberg is an absolutely brilliant film actress and her excellent acting in the films The Color Purple, Jumpin Jack Flash, Ghost, House Party 2, Sister Act, Sister Act 2, Made In America, Kingdom Com etc is just amazing.
2. Queen Latifah
Actress | Chicago
Often considered hip-hop's first lady, the woman behind the moniker Queen Latifah was born Dana Elaine Owens on March 18, 1970, in East Orange, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Rita (Bray), a teacher, and Lancelot Owens Sr. She came from a police family-both her father and her older brother were ...
Queen Latifah is also an excellent film actress and her acting in the films Jungle Fever, House Party 2, Juice, The Bone Collector, Brown Sugar, Scary Movie 3, Barbershop 2, Hairspray etc is also amazing.
3. Angela Bassett
Actress | Strange Days
Captivating, gifted, and sensational, Angela Bassett's presence has been felt in theaters and on stages and television screens throughout the world. Angela Evelyn Bassett was born on August 16, 1958 in New York City, to Betty Jane (Gilbert), a social worker, and Daniel Benjamin Bassett, a ...
Angela Bassett is an excellent black female film actress and her acting in the films Kindergarten Cop, What's Love Got To Do With It, Malcolm X and Waiting To Exhale was excellent and her acting as Reva Styles in the film Boyz n The Hood was absolutely brilliant.
4. Regina King
Actress | Ray
Regina King was born in Los Angeles, California, to Gloria, a special education teacher, and Thomas King, an electrician. She began her career in the television show 227 (1985), followed by a role in Boyz n the Hood (1991). She began to be recognized by a mainstream audience after her role as Cuba ...
Regina King is an excellent black female film actress with amazing talent and her acting in the films Higher Learning and Friday was excellent and her acting as Shalika in the film Boyz n The Hood and in the films, A Thin Line Between Love And Hate and the awesome Enemy Of The State was absolutely brilliant.
5. Nia Long
Actress | The Best Man
Stunning pop culture icon, Hollywood leading lady and three-time NAACP award winner Nia Long returns to the big screen this fall in the highly anticipated Universal Pictures sequel The Best Man Holiday (in theaters November 15th) where she reunites with original castmates Taye Diggs ("Private ...
Nia Long is an excellent black female film actress with amazing talent and her acting as Brandi in the film Boyz n The Hood and as in the film Are We There Yet was also absolutely brilliant.
6. Theresa Randle
Actress | Bad Boys
Born in Los Angeles in 1964, Theresa Randle began her performing career by studying dance (traditional, modern, jazz) and comedy. She entered Beverly Hills High School, with a special program for the exceptionally gifted. At the end of college she earned her first role at the Los Angeles Inner City...
Theresa Randle is also an excellent black femal film actress and her acting as Theresa Burnett, the wife of Marcus Burnett(played by actor Martin Lawrence) in the films Bad Boys and Bad Boys II and as Janice in the film Beverly Hills Cop III was absolutely brilliant.
7. Lisa Bonet
Actress | Angel Heart
Lisa Bonet was born in San Francisco, California, to Arlene Joyce (Litman), a teacher, and Allen Bonet, an opera singer. She has lived most of her life in New York and Los Angeles; in L.A., she attended Reseda High School and Celluloid Actor's Studio. Her father was African-American and her mother ...
Lisa Bonet is also an excellent black female film actress and her acting in the film Enemy Of The State was excellent.
8. Pam Grier
Actress | Jackie Brown
Pam Grier was born in Winston-Salem, NC, one of four children of Gwendolyn Sylvia (Samuels), a nurse, and Clarence Ransom Grier Jr., an Air Force mechanic. Pam has been a major African-American star from the early 1970s. Her career started in 1971, when Roger Corman of New World Pictures launched ...
Pam Grier is also an excellent black female film actress and her acting in films is excellent.
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