Actors and Actress perceived as African

by rolston7 | created - 24 Jul 2022 | updated - 1 month ago | Public

This list is about males and females who are actors and actresses that are perceived as being African, yet are mixed from African and European, terms created for them by the government are Mulatto, Half-cast, Mixed race, many of these individuals are fine for the craft many will have a black child or children, with an African or African-European background.

Many will claim to be Jew not realising Judaism is a religion many will be Christian, Jew and Muslim.

A lot of people on this list will never be interested or claim their cultural African side which is unfortunate. Also, some actors and actresses claim to be North African, but to separate themselves, still Africa Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Qatar, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and Algeria the land is still Africa.

My original list in 2015 was deleted so a new list has been created.

1. Vin Diesel

Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy

Vin Diesel was born Mark Sinclair in Alameda County, California, along with his fraternal twin brother, Paul Vincent. He was raised by his astrologer/psychologist mother, Delora Sherleen (Sinclair), and adoptive father, Irving H. Vincent, an acting instructor and theatre manager, in an artists' ...

African European Possible Benin or Cameroon has three children with a Mexican.

Father African-American mother Italian American has a brother who can pass for Caucasian and a sister.

3 brown children

2. Marielle Scott

Actress | Lady Bird

Marielle Scott was born on October 18, 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Lady Bird (2017), You (2018) and A Teacher (2020). She has been married to Ryan Bergara since July 30, 2022.

3. Amber Rose

Actress | School Dance

In September 2009, Rose announced plans to launch her own line of eye wear. She walked the runway at New York Fashion Week for "Celestino." She has said that being with Wiz Khalifa was the best decision she made after going through a rough relationship with ex-boyfriend Kanye West because he was ...

Cape Verdian Amber is Half African has one black son her father is white of Italian origin.

4. 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 ...

1 black daughter yes mixed people can have black children.

African Father European Mother.

5. Lenny Kravitz

Actor | The Hunger Games

Regarded as one of the preeminent rock musicians of our time, Lenny Kravitz has transcended genre, style, race, and class over the course of a three decade-plus musical career. Reveling in the soul, rock, and funk influences the sixties and seventies, the writer, producer and multi-instrumentalist ...

1 black daughter yes mixed people can have black children.

African Mother - European Father.

6. Cynthia Addai-Robinson

Actress | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Cynthia Addai-Robinson is an English-born actress. She was born in London; her mother is from Ghana and her father is an United States citizen. She moved to US when she was four, and was raised by her mother in a suburb of Washington, DC. She is a graduate of Montgomery Blair High School in Silver ...

7. Karyn Parsons

Actress | Major Payne

Karyn Parsons decided to go into acting at the age of 13. She had her first TV role in the NBC drama The Bronx Zoo (1987), but she made her big break as Will Smith's cousin "Hilary Banks" on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990). During the show's six-year run, she starred in movies ...

Has two children there hair turned black African Father European Mother.

8. Tracee Ellis Ross

Producer | The Hair Tales

Tracee Joy Silberstein known professionally as Tracee Ellis Ross, is an American actress, singer, television host, producer and director. She is known for her lead roles in the television series Girlfriends (2000-2008) and Black-Ish (2014-2022). She owns Pattern Beauty, a hair-care line for curly ...

African-American Mother European father.

9. Michael Michele

Actress | ER

Michael is the eldest of two daughters. Her white father, Jerry, is an entrepreneur. Her African American mother, Thersa, is a corporate manager. In high school she played volleyball, basketball, and ran track. After high school, she moved to New York and quickly got commercial work. This led to a ...

1 black son

10. Sade

Soundtrack | A Wrinkle in Time

Sade was born on January 16, 1959 in Ibadan, Nigeria. She is a music artist and composer, known for A Wrinkle in Time (2018), True Lies (1994) and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010). She was previously married to Carlos Scola.

One black daughter now legally male Trans Male.

11. Roland Gift

Soundtrack | Highlander

Roland Lee Gift was born in Birmingham, England. He and his two sisters, Helga and Ragna, grew up in Hull where his mother, Pauline, ran several second-hand clothes shops.

He received his education at Kelvin Hall School (Bricknell Avenue), but did not receive favorable yearly reports.

Andy Cox and ...

Two mixed children i.e European partner

12. Tony Osoba

Actor | Dempsey and Makepeace

Tony Osoba was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and has become a familiar face to TV audiences in a career spanning more than 30 years. Tony joined the RSAMD at the age of 18 in Glasgow. His breakthrough role came in 1974 when he starred opposite Ronnie Barker in the popular BBC sitcom 'Porridge'. Tony ...

Nigerian and Scottish

13. Mel B

Actress | Spice World

Born on May 29, 1975 in Leeds, England, Melanie Brown became a member of Spice Girls in 1994. Their three albums sold more than 40 million copies worldwide and they had nine singles at number 1 in the UK.

"Hot" was her first solo album, released on 9th October 2000. It entered the UK charts at #28. ...

Black children Kittian Father English Mother from Leeds. 3x Children by three men a disaster.

14. Thandiwe Newton

Actress | Crash

Thandiwe Newton was born in London. She is the daughter of Zimbabwean mother Nyasha, a health-care worker from the Shona tribe, and British father Nick Newton, who worked as a lab technician. She lived in Zambia until political unrest caused her family to move back to the UK, where she lived in ...

Two mixed children daughters

15. Indra Ové

Actress | Resident Evil

Indra Ové was born in 1967 in Westminster, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Resident Evil (2002), Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) and The Fifth Element (1997). She has been married to Oliver Loncraine since September 12, 1997. They have two children.

16. Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Actress | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid

Salli Richardson-Whitfield is a 30-year industry veteran. She has been featured in 20+ major motion pictures and has starred opposite a number of Hollywood's top actors, including Samuel L. Jackson in 'The Great White Hype', Denzel Washington in 'Antwone Fisher', and Will Smith in 'I Am Legend'. On...

Two Black children

17. Eartha Kitt

Actress | The Emperor's New Groove

An out-of-wedlock child, Eartha Kitt was born in the cotton fields of South Carolina. Kitt's mother was a sharecropper of African-American and Cherokee Native American descent. Her father's identity is unknown. Given away by her mother, she arrived in Harlem at age nine. At 15, she quit high school...

Octoroon daughter

18. Mario Van Peebles

Actor | How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass

Mario Van Peebles is a highly regarded director, actor, producer and writer. His directorial skills can be seen in the retelling of the epic mini-series "Roots" starring Forest Whitaker and Matthew Goode. Van Peebles has directed award-winning shows such as the recent hit "Empire" and "The Last ...

Five children three sons and two daughters with a Guyanese partner.

19. Halle Berry

Actress | Catwoman

Halle Maria Berry was born Maria Halle Berry on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Oakwood, Ohio to Judith Ann Berry (née Hawkins), a psychiatric nurse & Jerome Jesse Berry, a hospital attendant. Her father was African-American and her mother is of mostly English and German descent. ...

African-American father and Irish mother who is from Liverpool has two white daughters.

20. Nimmy March

Actress | Goodnight Sweetheart

Nimmy March was born in March 1962 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Goodnight Sweetheart (1993), Wallander (2008) and Law & Order: UK (2009). She has been married to Gavin Burke since 1996. They have two children.

South African father English mother two white children.

21. Bob Marley

Soundtrack | I Am Legend

Bob Marley was born on February 6, 1945, in Nine Miles, Saint Ann, Jamaica, to Norval Marley and Cedella Booker. His father was a Jamaican of English descent. His mother was a black teenager. The couple were married in 1944 but Norval left for Kingston immediately after. Norval died in 1957, seeing...

Jamaican-Nigerian Scottish with possible Portuguese Black children

22. Shirley Bassey

Soundtrack | Moonraker

Shirley Bassey was born in Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Wales, and raised in the nearby working class neighborhood of Splott. Her mother was originally from Yorkshire, and her father was a Nigerian seaman who left the family when she was less than two. She later helped to support her family by working in an...

Nigerian Welsh

Two mixed daughters

23. Tia Mowry

Actress | Sister, Sister

Tia Mowry was born on July 6, 1978 in Gelnhausen, Hesse, Germany. She is an actress and producer, known for Sister, Sister (1994), The Hot Chick (2002) and The Game (2006). She was previously married to Cory Hardrict.

2 Black children

24. Tamera Mowry-Housley

Actress | Sister, Sister

Tamera Darvette Mowry was born on July 6, 1978, two minutes before her twin sister, Tia Mowry, in Gelnhausen, Hesse, Germany, to Darlene Mowry and Tim Mowry, who was serving in the U.S. Army at the time of her birth and later became a custody officer/jailer with the City of Glendale Police ...

2 White children

25. Whitney Peak

Actress | Molly's Game

Whitney Peak is known from Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut film "Molly's Game." She is also known for The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina - Part 3 and 4 as well as the Apple TV Plus series, Home Before Dark. She was born in Kampala, Uganda, where she lived until age 10 when the family moved to Port...

26. Stephanie 'Stevvi' Alexander

Music_department | Ready Player One

Stephanie 'Stevvi' Alexander is known for Ready Player One (2018), The Fabelmans (2022) and A Wrinkle in Time (2018).

27. Andy Allo

Actress | Upload

Andy Allo is a Cameroon born singer and actress starring as the lead female, 'Nora', in Amazon Prime's critically acclaimed original series "Upload", opposite Robbie Amell. With the global love and praise from critics and fans, Greg Daniels' (The Office) series quickly got renewed for more seasons.

...

Cameroon and possibly English

28. Eric André

Actor | The Eric Andre Show

Eric Samuel André is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, television host and writer. He is best known as the creator, host, and co-writer of the Adult Swim comedy series The Eric Andre Show (2012-present). He also played Mike on the FXX series Man Seeking Woman (2015-2017) and voiced ...

Hatian

29. Drake

Actor | Degrassi: The Next Generation

Aubrey Drake Graham was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Dennis Graham, an African-American musician born in Memphis, Tennessee, and Sandi (Sher) Graham, a Canadian Jewish educator. As a young man, Drake appeared in several commercials, for such retailers as Sears and GMC. In 2001, Drake rose ...

African Canadian Father European mother Caucasian son, now a father to sexy red 2nd baby.

30. Joey Ansah

Actor | The Bourne Ultimatum

Joey Ansah was born in 1982 in Hammersmith, London, England, 2nd in line to an older brother, Ryan, 3 years his senior. He is of mixed ethnicity, with his mother Nicola, originating from Plymouth, Devon, England and his father Kofi, originally from Ghana, west Africa. Joey grew up and spent the ...

31. Leila Arcieri

Actress | Son of the Beach

Leila Arcieri was born on December 18, 1973 in San Francisco, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Son of the Beach (2000), Daddy Day Care (2003) and Untitled Kanye West HBO Project (2008).

32. Jacob Artist

Actor | Glee

Jacob Artist was born on October 17, 1992 to Darrell and Judith Artist. Artist is African-American and Polish decent. He grew up in New York dancing when he was accepted into Julliard but turned it down to pursue his acting career. In 2012, he was cast as Jake Pukerman in Glee with his singing and ...

33. Zawe Ashton

Actress | Velvet Buzzsaw

Zawe Ashton is an actor, writer and director.

Her role as Vod in Channel 4's "Fresh Meat" won her a cult following, and the diversity of her work across television, film, and stage has attracted numerous accolades and awards.

Most recently, Zawe starred on Broadway in the critically acclaimed revival...

34. Susan Ateh

Actress | $50K and a Call Girl: A Love Story

Susan is a self proclaimed 'mish mash of continents'. Her mother hails from Ireland in Europe and her father from Cameroon in West Africa. Adding to her truly international flavour, her early schooling was in the French education system followed by High School and further study at 'The Conservatory...

Cameroon Father, Irish Mother.

35. Richard Ayoade

Writer | Submarine

Richard Ellef Ayoade was born in Hammersmith, and grew up in Suffolk, in England, the son of a Norwegian mother, Dagny Amalie (Baassuik), and a Nigerian father, Layide Ade Laditi Ayoade. He studied Law at Cambridge university, and followed in the footsteps of British Comedy legends like Monty ...

Nigerian father Norwegian mother Octoroon son.

36. Madison Bailey

Actress | Outer Banks

Madison Bailey was born on January 29, 1999 in North Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for Outer Banks (2020), Black Lightning (2018) and Creepshow (2019).

African and Italian.

37. Ella Balinska

Actress | Charlie's Angels

Actress Ella Balinska, known for her leading roles in Charlie's Angels (2019), Run Sweetheart Run (2020) and Resident Evil (2022), was born in London, UK and lives in Los Angeles, USA. Balinska trained and graduated at the Guildford School of Acting with honors, and acquired her combat skills at ...

African-Caribbean Father and Polish Mother

38. Charli Baltimore

Soundtrack | Fish Tank

Born to a German father and an African-American mother, Charli was raised mainly by her elder half-sister, Yolanda. After graduating Pierce College and having two daughters, she met the Notorious B.I.G. at a concert in the summer of 1995. He supported her in her rap ambitions, but after his death ...

Two daughters African Mother and German Father.

39. Jennifer Beals

Actress | Flashdance

Jennifer Beals is an internationally renowned actress who has over 90 credits to her name, including critically acclaimed feature films and some of the highest rated television series to date. Beals is currently executive producing and returning as a lead cast member in the revival of her hit ...

European Mother and African father one Caucasian daughter

40. Zazie Beetz

Actress | Atlanta

Zazie Beetz (born c. 1991) is a German-American actress known for the role of Vanessa on Atlanta (2016), as well as for starring in Deadpool 2 (2018), Joker (2019), and Nine Days (2020).

Born in Berlin to a German father and an African-American mother, Beetz was raised in New York speaking both ...

African and German

41. Fola Evans-Akingbola

Actress | The Night Agent

Fola is a British actress. She trained at the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT) and Identity Drama School in London. Most recently she starred in Netflix's No.1 show The Night Agent. Following her role in BAFTA winner John Morton's show, Ten Percent (Amazon), Fola was named as one of ...

Evans-Akingbola was born in London, to an English anthropologist mother, Gillian Evans, and Nigerian musician father Sola Akingbola (of the band Jamiroquai). She was raised in Bermondsey, and educated at Alleyn's School in Dulwich, graduating in 2012.

42. Michael Evans Behling

Actor | All American

Michael Evans Behling is an American actor. He was born March 5, 1996 in Columbus, Ohio and grew up in Columbus, Indiana. He grew up participating in a variety of sports. Eventually he went on to run track at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana. After two years at Indiana State ...

43. Gina Belafonte

Actress | BlacKkKlansman

Gina Belafonte was born on September 8, 1961 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for BlacKkKlansman (2018), The Commish (1991) and Operation Splitsville (1998). She is married to Scott McCray. They have one child.

African and Russian Belafonte daughter

44. Coby Bell

Actor | Burn Notice

Coby Bell was born on May 11, 1975 in Orange County, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Burn Notice (2007), Third Watch (1999) and The Gifted (2017). He has been married to Aviss Pinkney-Bell since June 9, 2001. They have four children.

African European 2nd mixed race spy ever for TV Four black children underrated actor.

45. Troian Bellisario

Actress | Pretty Little Liars

Troian Bellisario, daughter of producers Donald P. Bellisario and Deborah Pratt, made her film debut at the age of 3 in Last Rites (1988). She made several TV and movie appearances in her teens (most of the TV appearances were in shows produced by her father) before attending the University of ...

46. Virginie Besson-Silla

Producer | Everything Everywhere All at Once

Virginie Besson-Silla is known for Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), Lucy (2014) and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017). She has been married to Luc Besson since August 28, 2004. They have three children.

47. Margot Bingham

Actress | Boardwalk Empire

Critically heralded actress and singer/songwriter Pittsburgh native Margot Bingham most known for capturing hearts as sultry jazz chanteuse on HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," then went onto capturing criminals as a hard-driving detective in the ABC series "The Family," executive produced by Jenna Bans ("...

48. Pauline Black

Actress | Funny Man

Pauline Black was born on October 23, 1953 in Braintree, Essex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Funny Man (1994), Two Thousand Acres of Sky (2001) and Hearts and Minds (1995). She has been married to Terry Button since 1980.

African father European mother

49. Stony Blyden

Actor | How I Met Your Father

Stony Blyden was born in Reykjavík, Iceland. He is an actor, known for How I Met Your Father (2022), Dude (2018) and Bluff City Law (2019).

50. Alisha Boe

Actress | Do Revenge

Alisha Ilhaan Bo (born March 6, 1997), known professionally as Alisha Boe, is a Norwegian and American actress. She is known for portraying Jessica Davis in the Netflix original series 13 Reasons Why.

Boe was born in Oslo, Norway, to a Somali father and a Norwegian mother, from Trondheim. She and ...

51. Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

Actor | American Horror Story

Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman (pronounced "beau-yer") is most recognizable for his portrayal of ambitious producer Jay in the Peabody Award-winning and Emmy-nominated Lifetime series UNREAL, which will return for its third season February 26. That same day, Bowyer-Chapman will launch and host an episodic ...

52. Jasmin Savoy Brown

Actress | Scream VI

Jasmin Savoy Brown stars as a lead in the new Shonda Rhimes ABC drama series, 'For The People' with Britt Robertson, Wesam Keesh, and Ben Rappaport. Jasmin also recurred on the Judd Apatow Netflix series 'Love.' She is best known as "Evie Murphy" in the critically acclaimed HBO's drama series 'The ...

53. Kathryne Dora Brown

Actress | Poison Ivy II

Kathryne Dora Brown was born on February 10, 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Poison Ivy II (1996), The Reading Room (2005) and Private Practice (2007).

54. Angela Bruce

Actress | Doctor Who

Angela Bruce was born in Leeds to an English mother and Trinidadian father. Despite an inauspicious start in life after her mother was forced to place her in a children's home, where the matron considered her "too coloured" to be adopted, her life changed dramatically at the age of three, when she ...

Portrayed Mary Seacole the first mixed-race actress to portray the Jamaican Scottish lady.

55. Amanda Brugel

Actress | The Handmaid's Tale

Amanda Brugel was born on March 24, 1978 in Pointe Claire, Québec, Canada. She is an actress and writer, known for The Handmaid's Tale (2017), Kim's Convenience (2016) and Dark Matter (2024). She has been married to Marcel Lewis since March 7, 2008.

56. Kylie Bunbury

Actress | When They See Us

Bunbury was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, to Kristi Novak and Alex Bunbury, a footballer. Her father is Guyanese-Canadian, and her mother is American, of Polish and Swedish descent. She spent her childhood in Europe (England for two years, and seven years on the island of Madeira, Portugal) ...

57. Grace Byers

Actress | The Blackening

Grace Byers (born Grace Lillis Gealey) was born in Butler, PA and moved to the Cayman Islands at Age 2. She moved back to America to attend the University of South Florida in Tampa, where she received a B.A. in Theater Arts. Upon graduating from college, Byers was accepted into the University of ...

58. Catherine A. Callahan

Actress | First Wives Club

Catherine Ann Callahan is an Actress, Writer and Filmmaker known for Billions (2016-2018) , The Blacklist (2017) and LI Divas (2014-2018) After graduating from Cornell University, she soon began her career in New York City and has been seen in several National Commercials and Television Series. ...

59. Georgina Campbell

Actress | Barbarian

Georgina Campbell was born in Maidstone, Kent, England. Georgina is an actor and producer, known for Barbarian (2022), Black Mirror (2011) and Bird Box: Barcelona (2023).

60. Blu Cantrell

Soundtrack | Bad Company

Blu Cantrell was born on October 1, 1976 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Bad Company (2002), Drumline (2002) and Serving Sara (2002).

African and Native American mix with European

61. John Carew

Actor | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

John Alieu Carew was a professional footballer between 1997 and 2012. He played 91 times for the Norwegian national team and scored 24 times. Carew was especially known for his physical attributes and his ability. During his spell in England, Carew became a cult hero for Aston Villa Football Club, ...

62. Mariah Carey

Soundtrack | Glitter

Mariah Carey was born in Long Island, New York on March 27, 1969. Her parents are Patricia Hickey (Irish-American) and Alfred Roy Carey (African-American/Venezuelan). Mariah attended Greenlawn's Harborfields High School. In June 1990, Mariah made her debut with her self-titled album, Mariah Carey ...

Irish mother Two black children boys

63. Doja Cat

Actress | Doja Cat feat. SZA: Kiss Me More

Doja Cat was born Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini on October 21, 1995 in Los Angeles, California to Deborah Elizabeth Sawyer, a painter & Dumisani Dlamini, an actor. She began making and releasing music on SoundCloud as a teenager. Her song, So High caught the attention of Kemosabe and RCA Records ...

South African father

64. Craig Charles

Actor | Red Dwarf

Craig Charles was born on July 11, 1964 in Liverpool, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Red Dwarf (1988), Red Dwarf: Smeg Ups (1994) and Can't Smeg Won't Smeg (1998). He has been married to Jackie Fleming since August 9, 1999. They have two children. He was previously married to ...

65. Howard Charles

Actor | Shadow and Bone

Born in London, England, Howard Charles is a classically trained actor. Having been awarded a coveted scholarship, Howard attended the prestigious conservatoire, Drama Centre London. Upon graduating, he set out on his artistic journey, honing his craft and playing on some of the greatest stages in ...

66. Eagle Eye Cherry

Soundtrack | For Love of the Game

Eagle Eye Cherry was born on May 7, 1969 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He is an actor and composer, known for For Love of the Game (1999), A Lot Like Love (2005) and And Your Mother Too (2001).

African European Sierra Leone and Swedish roots.

67. Kiersey Clemons

Actress | Dope

Kiersey Clemons was born December 17 in Pensacola, Florida. She grew up in a military family traveling the U.S before settling in Southern California with her parents and three sisters. Always having a love for theatre and performance, the actor/musician has quickly become known for the diverse and...

68. Ashley Cole

Producer | Dead Man Running

Ashley Cole (born 20 December 1980) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back for Championship club Derby County. Cole is considered by many critics and fellow professional players as one of the best defenders of his generation, and by some, for the better part of his career, ...

69. Chloe Coleman

Actress | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Chloe Coleman is an actress who by the age of 10 has been blessed to work opposite some of Hollywood's most celebrated talent. Of African, Eastern European and English descent, Coleman has been named a child performer headed for big-screen stardom on Hollywood Reporter's Young Hollywood List in ...

70. Cleopatra Coleman

Actress | Infinity Pool

Cleopatra Coleman is an Australian film and television actor and former contemporary and ballet dancer. With a career shifting between many genres she is known for playing complex and bold characters and prides herself on showcasing challenging female characters and subculture. Cleo was raised in ...

71. Nesta Cooper

Actress | Bliss

Nesta Cooper was born on December 11, 1993 in Mississauga, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for Bliss (2021), The Edge of Seventeen (2016) and #Realityhigh (2017).

72. Angel Coulby

Actress | Imagine Me & You

Angel Coulby is an English actress. She made her television debut in the BBC comedy 'Orrible. She is best known for portraying the character of Guinevere "Gwen" in the BBC fantasy series Merlin.

Angel grew up in north London, Finsbury Park, but moved to Edinburgh to attend the Queen Margaret ...

73. Lenora Crichlow

Actress | Fast Girls

Lenora Crichlow was born on January 4, 1985 in Westminster, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Fast Girls (2012), Sugar Rush (2005) and Being Human (2008).

74. Tawny Cypress

Actress | Inez & Doug & Kira

Among her studies, Tawny Cypress has done stints at Boston University; Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey; and Mason Gross at Rutgers University. She is also a former student of Barbara Marchant and The William Esper Studio in New York City.

African with Hungarian and German

75. Jaye Davidson

Actor | The Crying Game

Jaye was born in Riverside, California in 1968, the son of a Ghanaian father and English mother. The family left for England when Jaye was two and a half. Jaye left school at 16 and had been alternately unemployed and doing odd jobs (running for a production company, working in a factory) ever ...

76. Adam Deacon

Actor | Anuvahood

Adam Deacon is a BAFTA award winning actor, writer, director and producer from Hackney, East London. At the age of 12 Deacon began to act and trained at the Anna Scher Theatre.

Adam co-wrote, co-directed and played the lead role in Anuvahood, which was released in 2011 and won him the prestigious ...

77. Aisha Dee

Actress | The Bold Type

Aisha Dee was born to a biracial family in Gold Coast, Australia. Her career began in 2008 when she got the role of Desi Biggins during Season 3 of "The Saddle Club". She is best friends with her former "Saddle Club" co-stars Victoria Campbell, Lauren Dixon, Ariel Kaplan, Connor Jessup, and Marny ...

78. Daveed Diggs

Actor | Hamilton

Daveed Daniele Diggs is an actor, singer, producer, writer and rapper. He is the vocalist of the experimental hip hop group Clipping. Diggs originated the role of, and won a Grammy and Tony for, the Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson in the 2015 musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

79. Vanity

Actress | Action Jackson

Vanity was a glamorous Canadian model and lead singer of the all-girl group "Vanity 6." She specialized in playing sultry female characters often in trouble with the law.

Vanity was born Denise Katherine Matthews in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, the daughter of Helga Senyk and James Levia Matthews...

80. Alesha Dixon

Soundtrack | Catwoman

Alesha Dixon was born on October 7, 1978 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Catwoman (2004), Alesha Dixon: Drummer Boy (2010) and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016). She has been married to Azuka Ononye since 2017. They have two children. ...

African Jamaican father English mother

81. Barrett Doss

Actress | The Noel Diary

Barrett Doss was born on March 20, 1989 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. She is an actress, known for The Noel Diary (2022), Marshall (2017) and Iron Fist (2017).

82. Megalyn Echikunwoke

Actress | Night School

Ebubennem Megalyn Ann Echikunwoke was born May 28, in Spokane, Washington. Her father was Nigerian and her mother is of English and Scots-Irish descent. Her last name, "Echikunwoke", means "leader of men" and Megalyn is the granddaughter of a Nigerian tribal leader of the Igbo, which technically ...

83. Carmen Ejogo

Actress | Selma

Carmen Elizabeth Ejogo was born in Kensington, London, England, to a Nigerian father and a Scottish mother. Her television career began in the United Kingdom in the early 1990s, where she presented the children's series Saturday Disney (1990). Subsequently, she has had an acting career in the ...

Nigerian Scottish 2 Black children

84. Daley Thompson

Self | Daley

Daley Thompson was born on July 30, 1958 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Daley, Daley's Decathlon (1982) and Stopwatch (1978).

85. Alfred Enoch

Actor | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Alfred Lewis Enoch was born December 2, 1988 in Westminster, London, England, the son of English actor William Russell (William Russell Enoch) and Brazilian doctor Etheline Margareth Lewis. He is an actor, known for his role as Dean Thomas in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) (2001), ...

86. Faith Evans

Soundtrack | Girls Trip

Faith Evans was born on June 10, 1973 in Lakeland, Florida, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Girls Trip (2017), Puff Daddy Feat. Faith Evans & 112: I'll Be Missing You (1997) and The Fast and the Furious (2001). She has been married to Stevie J since July 17, 2018. She was ...

One son from Biggie Smalls of Jamaican origin

87. Ella Eyre

Soundtrack | Vampire Academy

Ella Eyre was born on April 1, 1994 in London, England, UK. She is a music artist and actress, known for Vampire Academy (2014), Johnny English Strikes Again (2018) and Pitch Perfect 3 (2017).

88. Dele Alli

Actor | Pinpoint Precision

"Attacking midfielder, Dele, was born on 11th April 1996 in Milton Keynes, England. He joined the youth system at MK Dons aged 11 and broke into the first team during the 2012-13 season. Over the next two-and-a-half years he made 88 official appearances for the team, scoring 24 goals.

The midfielder...

89. Rebecca Ferguson

Producer | The Responder

Rebecca Ferguson is known for The Responder (2022), The Capture (2019) and Boiling Point (2023).

90. China Forbes

Soundtrack | The Nines

China Forbes was born on April 29, 1970 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for The Nines (2007), Infinitely Polar Bear (2014) and The Weekend Away (2022).

91. Maya Forbes

Producer | The Larry Sanders Show

Maya Forbes was born on July 23, 1968 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for The Larry Sanders Show (1992), Infinitely Polar Bear (2014) and Monsters vs. Aliens (2009). She has been married to Wallace Wolodarsky since 2004. They have two children.

92. Lameka Fox

Self | Supreme Models

Lameka Fox is an American fashion model. She is from Maryland and grew up training horses. Her father is also a Standard-bred horse trainer and racer. She was discovered on Instagram after entering the IMG's We Love Your Genes contest using the hashtag #WLYG in 2016. Fox made her debut as a model ...

93. Rick Fox

Actor | Shameless

Born in Toronto, Rick Fox moved to the Bahamas when he was very young. His father is Afro-Bahamian, and his mother, who is Canadian, is of Italian and Scottish descent. Rick went to Warsaw Indiana high school as an exchange student and played basketball there. A complaint was filed about his ...

Previously married to Vanessa Fox Bahamian Father.

94. Corinne Foxx

Self | Beat Shazam

Corinne grew up in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Connie and Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx. In 2016, Corinne graduated from the University of Southern California, with a bachelor's degree in Public Relations. She studied acting at the Howard Fine Acting Studio and American Academy For ...

African American father Jamie Foxx English American mother, Jamie Foxx mother and sister lived together Jamie was abandoned for years.

95. Farrah Franklin

Actress | Single Black Female

Franklin joined the multi-platinum singing group Destiny's Child after co-founding members LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson were fired by manager Matthew Knowles (father of lead singer Beyoncé Knowles). She was unceremoniously dismissed in the same manner after only five months.

African-American mother Italian father

96. Jennifer Freeman

Actress | You Got Served

Jennifer Freeman was born on October 20, 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for You Got Served (2004), My Wife and Kids (2000) and Johnson Family Vacation (2004). She was previously married to Earl Watson.

African mother Italian father

97. Ryan Giggs

Self | UEFA Champions League

Ryan Joseph Giggs OBE is a Welsh football coach and former player. He was most recently the manager of the Wales national team. He is also a co-owner of Salford City. Giggs played his entire professional career for Manchester United and briefly served as the club's interim manager after the sacking...

Sierra Leone and Welsh ancesrty

98. Erica Gimpel

Actress | God Friended Me

Erica Gimpel rose to international prominence in her debut role of "Coco Hernandez" on the groundbreaking hit series FAME. Erica was born in Manhattan, New York, to Phyllis Bash, a concert singer and Joseph Gimpel, an actor, singer and writer. Her parents met and fell in love at their singing ...

99. Goldie

Actor | The World Is Not Enough

Known throughout the music industry as the "king of jungle", Goldie is an artist whose ferocious creativity knows no bounds. Born and bred on the breakdancing and hip-hop culture he absorbed during trips to the States in his youth, Goldie was a graffitti artist and an album cover artist before ...

Jamaican Scottish One son.

100. Michelle Gomez

Actress | Green Wing

Michelle Gomez is a Scottish actress. She gained recognition for her roles in the comedy series The Book Group (2002-2003), Green Wing (2004-2007), and Bad Education (2012-2013). She went on to appear as Missy in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who (2014-2017), for which she ...



Monstration an island neighbor to Antigua and Barbuda W.I.



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