Awards
She won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards, she is the first black actress to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting.
Viola Davis
She made history as the youngest TV talk show host ever on BET.
Keke Palmer
An HBO comedy depicting the life of an African American woman as she a unapologetically maneuver through their personal and professional lives in modern society in the greater Los Angeles area.
Issa Rae
She is a fictional superhero that has been portrayed by Halle Berry
Storm
And so that tells me everything I need to know about a man.
Nu Nu
She is the first African American to win an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony)
Whoopi Goldberg
She stared in the modern day Netflix adaptation of this 1986 movie She's gotta have it.
DeWanda Wise
She is the creator television dramas: Grey's Anatomy, Scandle, and Private Practice. She also has a production company that bares her moniker.
Shonda Rhimes
She is the voice of the first Black Disney Princess.
Anika Noni
"Who you going to the dance with anyway: Spalding? "
Love & Basketball
She is the first black actress nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role in the 1954 film Carmen Jones.
Dorothy Dandridge
She is the star of Black-ish and was the executive producer of the film Little.
Marsai Martin
She is the writer for the Fox television series Bones a writer for the 2012 Nickelodeon sitcom How to Rock, and a producer on the 2014 comedy film Dear White People.
Lena Waithe
She is the actress that played in the first ever black animated disney tv show.
Kyla Pratt
Make the money, don't let the money make you.
Diamond
She is the first African American actress to receive an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Television Movie for her performance in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974).
Cicely Tyson
She serves as the first lady of a mega church based in Memphis, TN on what show
Lynn Whitfield and Greenleaf
She is the viral sensation that makes online video content which often incorporates veganism, humor and motivational speaking.
Tabitha Brown
She made her acting deubt as Rachel Marron and academy award winning actress and music super star.
Whitney Houston
"If you don't get it together and drop these macho attitudes, you are never going to have anybody bringing you anything, anywhere, any place, any time, ever. Now, what would you like in your coffee?"
Clair Huxtable
She is the first black actress to win the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play.
Phylicia Rashad
She is first black actress to star in her own TV series, Julia, in 1968. This was one of the first non-domestic roles for black actresses, leading to her 1968 Golden Globe win and a 1969 Emmy nomination.
Diahann Carroll
She is the first Oscar nomination for her performance in the 2002 blockbuster musical Chicago, and an Emmy nod for her portrayal of blues singer Bessie Smith in the 2015 film Bessie.
Queen Latifah
Her monologue during the infamous car burning scene was completly improvised.
Angela Bassett
Look at you with your stupid do-rag and your clown suit. Looking like a Chicago two step champion.
Med school