Black Women in TV
Fans knew her all over the world for her role as Pam on the 90s hit show Martin.
Who is Tichina Arnold
She is and remains the youngest, Black film award winner.
Who is Marsai Martin
“I am queen of the most powerful nation in the world, and my entire family is gone. Have I not given everything?”
Who is Queen Romanda (or Angela Bassett) from Black Panther/Wakanda Forever
She was the first African-American person to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her work in the film Gone with the Wind.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
An 11-year-old girl living in South LA, discovers she has a talent for spelling, which she hopes will take her to the National Spelling Bee. Despite her mother’s objections, she doesn’t give up on her goal.
What is Akeelah and the Bee
Creator of her YouTube “Awkward Black Girl” series and of hit show Insecure
Who is Issa Rae
She became the first Black woman to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in How to Get Away with Murder.
Who is Viola Davis
“You ain’t got to lie, Craig. You ain’t got to lie!”
Who is Joi (or Paula Jai Parker) from Friday
Starring in Julia, which premiered in 1968, she was the first Black woman to star in a tv series where the role was not of a servant.
Who is Diahann Carroll
This movie tells the story of a woman who is thrown out of her house by her husband on their 18th wedding anniversary and subsequently moves in with her grandmother.
What is Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman
She was the voice of Huey Freeman on The Boondocks.
Who is Regina King
She became the first Black woman to direct a film with a budget over $100 million.
Who is Ava DuVernay
“I loves Harpo, God knows I do. But I’ll kill him dead fo’ I let him beat me!”
Who is Sophia from The Color Purple
She was the first Black woman to host Saturday Night Live - during its fourth season - in 1979.
Who is Cicely Tyson
Navigating through their careers, family and romance, four friends bond over the shortcomings in their love lives - namely, the scarcity of good men.
What is Waiting to Exhale
Who was the youngest daughter/cousin of Will on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?
Who is Ashley Banks (aka Tatyana Ali)
In 2002, she became the first Black woman and remains the only Black woman to have received an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Who is Halle Berry
“I don’t need this. My husband has two jobs! I don’t need to be here right now.”
Who is Rochelle (or Tichina Arnold) from Everybody Hates Chris
She was the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture.
Who is Josephine Baker
In the pulsing heart of urban LA, this gripping crime drama tells the story of four women seeking liberation from their suffocating realities.
What is Set It Off
Not including Queen Latifah, name AT LEAST one female actress from the hit show Living Single (both on-screen name or real name can count).
She is the highest paid female actress in America.
Who is Kerry Washington
“The streets ain’t made for everybody. That’s why they made sidewalks.”
Who is Cookie Lyon (or Taraji P. Henson) from Empire
In 1986, she was the first Black woman to own and operate her own television station, WGTW-TV Channel 48 in Philadelphia
Who is Dorothy E. Brunson
Passed up for a well-deserved promotion, sports agent Ali Davis wonders what else she needs to do to succeed in a man’s world.
What is What Men Want