227- Taraji''s pretty busy.\
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A shame about some of the other ladies you mention.
- Zoe Saldana
- Isn''t it obvious?
V. Rowell
- Taraji P Henson
- Kerry Washington?
- I definitely think Zoe is on her way to being the biggest earner (if she already isn''t) but not necessarily the busiest.
- S. Epatha Merkerson broke Michele Lee record as the longest running female character on TV.
- Matt Lucas
- Zoe is latina.
- um, HELLO?
Christel Khalil
- Carol Channing
- Bish, pls, we all know it''s Madea.
- Latifah
- Amber Riley
- Heidi Montage
- God, I thought the title said "ugliest".
- And by black actress, you mean gay actor, correct?
- Um, OP?\
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The term is blacktress, not "black actress." Please stop using that. It wounds.
- Latina is not a race. Zoe is a black latina, and yes she counts as a ''black actress''.
- R10, Ms Khalil would cut you if she found out you insinuated she''s black!
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- Loretta Devine is still very busy after all these years in the business. She is in most movies that involve more than one black person lol.\
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Vanessa Williams has also never hurt for work.
- C.C.H. Pounder was everywhere for a while.
- Julianne Moore. Seriously.
- None of them are as big or busy as they should be. Angela Bassett should not be scrounging for work in Tyler Perry films. Vanessa Williams does TV work, despite being a big film star in the nineties. Regina King is good, but again, has been reduced to television. %0D\
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- Well, I''m certainly busy keeping Will interested...
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- r9, Zoe is indeed of Dominican heritage, but in interviews she has repeatedly stated that she considers herself first and foremost a "black woman." In the interview I read she didn''t mince around with African-American or "of color". She said black, plain and simple.
- [quote]Regina King is good, but again, has been reduced to television%0D\
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Jennifer Fucking Aniston''s and Courtney Coxsucking''s Freaking Tax Return
- Three guesses, darlings, as to r27''s true identity.
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- Oprah portrays a straight woman every day, in the longest running daytime drama.
- LOL r28
- R24, Vanessa Williams had several film roles during the late 1990s, but she was never a big film star.
- Viola Davis
- I would disagree with Viola Davis if the OP meant "busiest" as high profile work.\
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I saw Taraji in an actors'' roundtable, and she struck me as someone who trusts people around her more than she should.
- Anika Noni Rose seems to be doing pretty well these days.%0D
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The two things that irritate me most about this (very accurate) statement are the fact that (a) Halle's win is considered a joke even though many film critics did indeed say she gave the best performance by an actress that year (including Roger Ebert, who flat-out said on his TV show that Halle deserved to win the Best Actress Oscar); and (b) her win seemed to be less dismissed by whites as it was by blacks (many of whom felt that that honor of being the first black actress winner should have gone to Whoopi or Angela instead), so I don't think it's just racism going against Halle but rather an overall lack of respect for her craft -- i.e., the feeling that she's just another pretty face with nothing else of merit to offer (though in fairness, she does have as much talent as several of her equally-successful contemporaries, Reese, Keira and J-Aniston among them).
- s/b "less dismissed by whites THAN it was by blacks"
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- [quote]since her first win was viewed by many as a joke,%0D\
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Only later did some sour grapes start popping up which said less about Halle Berry than they did about the instigators.
- Zoe Saldana is the bushiest blacktresss of them all!\
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Er, BUSIEST! I mean busiest!
- Queen Latifa
- Vivica A. Fox?
- ''Introducing Dorothy Dandridge'' (even though it was not accurate) should have been released in theaters so Halle could have won for it, instead of fucking Monster''s Ball.
- She''s a mediocre actress no matter what you put her in.
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Mia
- I hope Zoe''s acting skills have improved since Center Stage.
- The booty shakers in music videos. Sadly. They''re busy as hell.\
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Viola Davis SHOULD be, she''s a fucking brilliant actor.
- I''d have to say it''s Zoe by a mile. Was just commenting the other day that it seemed like she was in pretty much everything.\
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I was checking out her imdb, I''d almost forgotten she was in the original Pirates of the Caribbean too. By the time she does Star Trek sequels and Avatar sequels in addition to every thing else, I''d say she''ll probably hold the title for the foreseeable future.
- Thandie Newton is British; does that make a difference?\
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Are we talking American blacktresses, or any blacktresses? \
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Well, since Zoe Saldana is Dominican, I guess we''re talking international blacktresses.\
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If that''s the case, what about that black English actress who was on DOCTOR WHO and now is on LAW & ORDER: UK?
- Another vote for it being Thandie Newton. Queen Latifah is another possibility.
- Uhm, Zoe is latina, not black.
- [quote] hope Zoe''s acting skills have improved since Center Stage%0D\
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- People forget Thandie''s spectacular performance opposite Kidman in "Flirting". Kidman was wonderful as well, but of course Kidman as a white actress went on to glory while Thandie is still on the fringe.
- What about Rosario Dawson? I thought she gave a great performance in RENT. She also seems to work quite a bit but still has not found that breakthrough role.%0D\
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Not sure if either is really considered to be black
- Um, r48, read the thread. Your invalid point has been addressed already. We''re talking about race, not nationality or ethnic origin. There are 4 races globally.%0D\
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Though maybe asking you to read is a stretch - your eyesight cannot be that good, if you think Zoe is Caucasian.
- I don''t think Zoe Saldana is particularly talented or attractive. Same with Rosario Dawson. Don''t understand why they keep geting work.
- [quote]Vivica A. Fox\
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- [quote] Oprah? Not really an actress anymore%0D\
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- Kerry Washington has a busier and more varied career than most of the women mentioned. Halle is a glamour girl and Zoe is very close to being typecast in "tough chick" roles.\
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Kerry does very interesting (if underseen) dramatic work, and its only a matter of time before she gets the right role in an A-List project that leads to Oscar attention.\
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And she''s got the beauty endorsements as well. Younger than Halle and Taraji, and more versatile than Zoe.\
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I think she really is Halle''s heir apparent.\
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And I''m NOT her publicist, just a big fan.\
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But she should think twice before hitting Broadway again, though.
- Yall think I look good?
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- [quote] But she should think twice before hitting Broadway again, though.\
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James Spader
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I swear I don''t live under a rock. Even if I were to be having an idiot moment, shouldn''t the busiest blacktress be immediately recognizable?
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- Not joking here - Marla Gibbs has a LOT of irons in the fire. I am in the business and know this for a fact.
- r60 I believe you, she has always been a really industrious woman.
- "Angela Bassett should not be scrounging for work in Tyler Perry films."\
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Why doesn''t Angela get better roles? Is she difficult to work with?
- [quote]Halle is supposedly oscar worthy in "Frankie and Alice" but since her first win was viewed by many as a joke, she will most likely never receive another nomination.\
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No she''s not. The movie sat on a shelf for two years for good reason. It''s a piece of shit. \
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[quote]Viola Davis SHOULD be, she''s a fucking brilliant actor.\
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Davis, Henson, and Woodard are excellent character actresses. Woodard will work until she''s 100. \
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[quote]Vivica A. Fox?\
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Fox ruined herself with bad plastic surgery and now takes anything and everything that is offered to her.
- Annicka Noni Rose should be the busiest. She always gives a true but subtle performance. She''s pretty but rarely glams it up. Thandie is vastly over-rated and I don''t think she indentifies as black but rather british bi-racial. She has said she has nothing in common with african-americans.
- Sanaa Lathan should be the busiest. She comes off so natural in every role and her sexiness is off the charts. I''ve loved her since Love & Basketball. I was even able to get through an entire movie with Matthew Broderick (whom I loathe) just to see Sanaa.
- I haven''t seen Sanaa Lathan since that movie she was in with Simon Baker.
- Sanaa did "A Raisin in the Sun" with Diddy and Phylicia Rashad on ABC two years after the Simon Baker movie.
- Beyonce.
- Hands down....Michelle Obama
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Kerry Washington, Gabrielle Union, Taraji P. Henson, and Robin Givens have starred in pilots for the 2011-2012 television season.
- Setting aside who is busiest, who is everyone''s favorite blacktress?
- Zoe is latina.%0D\
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- The term is blacktress, not "black actress." Please stop using that. It wounds.%0D\
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That is beyound Ghetto.
- someone mentioned Kerry Washington. Hoo boy, good think she had cheek implants, rhinoplasty, a weave, I mean *everything* under the sun done to her, because otherwise she would be a nobody.\
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Kind of like Halle would have been a nobody without everything done.\
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And to throw a white actress in there Angelina would have been a nobody without cheeks, lips, nose, everything done either.
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- Loretta Devine
- I would say Loretta Devine too. Or Vanessa Williams. Both always have something out. \
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I hope Robin Givens gets a good role soon. She is might be a bitch, but she is a criminally underrated actress.
- That Pine Sol chick.
- I never thought very much of Robin Givens, except for her part on "Head of the Class"
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- Anna Devane Smith is my favorite right now. Love her in Nurse Jackie.
- I went to the IMDB page of numerous actresses, Raven Symone, Thandie Newton, Halle Berry, etc.\
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Busiest does seem to be Halle Berry with 4 things in pre or post production.
- Gabrielle Union is swamped with make-up ads.
- Gabrielle Union is a homewrecker!
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%E2%80%93 Countdown (2010) %E2%80%A6 Zoey Andata %0D
%E2%80%93 The Negotiation (2010) %E2%80%A6 Zoey Andata %0D
%E2%80%93 The Garden of Forking Paths (2010) %E2%80%A6 Zoey Andata %0D
%E2%80%93 Let No Man Put Asunder (2010) %E2%80%A6 Zoey Andata %0D
%E2%80%93 Blowback (2010) %E2%80%A6 Zoey Andata %0D
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%E2%80%93 One (2009) %E2%80%A6 Jane Seever %0D
%E2%80%93 Initiative 38 (2009) %E2%80%A6 Jane Seever %0D
%E2%80%93 5 Quarts (2009) %E2%80%A6 Jane Seever %0D
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%E2%80%93 Twenty-Four Candles (2008) %E2%80%A6 Renee Slater %0D
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%E2%80%93 What's the Frequency, Kolchak? (2006) %E2%80%A6 Perri Reed %0D
%E2%80%93 Timeless (2006) %E2%80%A6 Perri Reed %0D
%E2%80%93 Into Night (2006) %E2%80%A6 Perri Reed %0D
%E2%80%93 The Sea (2006) %E2%80%A6 Perri Reed %0D
%E2%80%93 The Source (2005) %E2%80%A6 Perri Reed %0D
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- How about Zoe Saldana?
- Uhm, Zoe is latina, not black.\
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- Loretta Devine owns this thread gosh darnit. %0D\
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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0222643/
Work! Thine name is Loretta Devine!
- Jennifer Hudson''s been pretty busy acting like she didn''t have gastric bypass.
Beyonce Knowles'' stilted delivery
- [quote]Uhm, Zoe is latina, not black.\
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Uhm, Zoe identifies as black and Latina.
- R71: even though your use of the word "blacktress" is improper, you ask an interesting question about favorite actress.\
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I''ve long admired Alfre Woodard''s work (back to her Hill Street Blues Emmy-winning performance). She''s done solid, quality work for over three decades. She''s a damned good actress, period -- regardless of her level of melanin.\
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Queen Latifah is behind the scenes directing. So is Jada-Pinkett Smith. Still stays busy.
- Gabrielle Union has been working straight for 17 years straight in Hollywood. She also has a degree in marine biology. Plus she still is the first black women to have a contract with nutrogena. She is not starving for money or roles.%0D\
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- Angela Bassett is so gorgeous, and talented. I wonder why she doesn''t get more roles. It doesn''t make sense.
- Angela is also 53 years old. If white actresses that age are having difficulty finding good roles, imagine being a black actress in Hollywood in this day and age.%0D\
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Not all is bad for Ms. Bassett. She just signed on (replacing Halle Berry) to co-star on Broadway, this fall in THE MOUNTAINTOP with Samuel L. Jackson.
- In the 1990s, Nia Long was the busiest black actress. Now, she barely works.
- Loretta Devine is not just a fine actress but she''s also a total pro and her reputation is one of the best in the business. Repeat business and lots of new business through word of mouth. That''s how you stay in show business.
- Angela also has children and a hubby. I don''t think she is struggling. I think it''s by choice and what works best for her. Ms. Loretta is truly gifted. %0D\
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Sanaa Lathan works steadily as well.
- Paula Patton.
- Viola Davis is supposed to be great in The Help
- [quote]I don''t think Zoe Saldana is particularly talented or attractive. Same with Rosario Dawson. Don''t understand why they keep geting work.\
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Agree. I think Dawson is less talented between the two (if that''s possible). I remember Saldana in an episode of PUNK''D. My god, what trash.
- r95, does she have to act to her death bed? Maybe she got tired.
- r101, her death bed? Nia is in her early 40s and never said that she planned to retire any time soon.
- Tisha Campbell is on a new show called The Protector, I like it.
- Obviously - THIS one.
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- No black actress is that busy in 2012...
- No mention of Marianne Jean(nne) Baptiste?
- 13 years ago, Nia Long and Vivica A. Fox would have been the stars of "Think Like A Man".
I think that Gabrielle Union "took" Nia Long's career, and Taraji P. Henson "took" Vivica A. Fox's career.
- My favorite blacktress is Taraji P. Henson.
That's all.
- What about that heffalump that was in Precious? She was on that Andy Cohen show recently and she might be doing some other stuff.
- R110, Gabourey Sidibe is not THAT busy.
- As long as Thandie Newton disappears, I don't care. THANDIE MUST BE DETROYED.
- I KNOW you heffas didn't forget about me! I'm an Academy Award winner, motherfuckers.
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- Arnold Schwarzenegger hand-picked Vanessa Williams to costar in the film they did together—which was very good. Too bad she didn't get more high profile feature work like that; her talents have been underused in sad fare like Ugly Betty, IMO.
Thandie is very plugged-in politically. Her longtime association with Nicole paid off very well with Tom Cruise and other Hollywood connections. Absolutely overrated, as someone else pointed out.
What needs to happen immediately: A remake of "Lady Sings the Blues" with IRENE CARA as Billie. Irene's career was derailed by some nasty litigation with some heavies in the music biz years ago, but she's far too young and much too talented to be retired down in Florida. Anyone who remembers her work in the original "Fame" would love to see her working again.
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- The actors in the successful #1 film "Think Like a Man" will continue to be relegated to second-tier parts in television and third/fourth-tier parts in movies...if they're lucky. Meanwhile, Emily Blunt, Keira Knightley, Jason Segel, Jennifer Anistion, etc. get chance after chance, flop after flop to become movie stars. Gotta love it.
- Don't mean to hijack, but who do you think should play Storm in still another X-Men reboot? (assuming the reboot is the kick ass African goddess verison of Storm, not Halle Berry in a bad wig - wrong thread - hanging off a wire)
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- Garcelle Beauvais is another one that could have had a massive career if it wasn't for the way Hollywood works. Her claim to fame is still the Jamie Foxx Show after all these years!! I hope a great role finds her one day. Now she is too busy being a mom and divorcing her husband.
So beautiful:
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I'm gorgeous, brilliant and I am NOT my mother.
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- Taraji, Viola, Keri, Alfre, and Loretta will never hurt for work. Phylicia Rashad's career has picked up quite a bit in the last 5-6 years
[quote]Garcelle Beauvais is another one that could have had a massive career if it wasn't for the way Hollywood works. Her claim to fame is still the Jamie Foxx Show after all these years!! I hope a great role finds her one day. Now she is too busy being a mom and divorcing her husband.
Very beautiful,okay but not great as an actress.
Vivica Fox must spend just about every penny she earns because she takes anything and everything that is offered to her from a guest shot on a TV show, a low budget tv movie, a decent theatrical film, to a crummy reality show hosting gig.
Queen Latifah to a lesser extent has done the same and is dangerously approaching Whoopi Goldberg territory as far as doing doing one or two good roles then taking a lot of "for the paycheck only" parts.
- r119 I dont believe that about Queen Latifah. Lesbians are generally good with their money, very frugal. She doesnt live that flashy lifestyle. And she will always have work if their are awards shows to be hosted.
Vivica Fox on the gospel play circuit right about now.
- The only place Gabby Sidoube is busy is at a Golden Corral.
- latifah has endorsements - she is a commercial entity and has a lot of money.
- R116, Janet Jackson was initially the one the director wanted for Storm, but she was busy touring at the time. Angela Bassett was also supposed to be in the running, but the part, as history shows, ended up going to Halle.
- As others have noted, Loretta Devine. Maybe not always doing the most interesting or high profile work, but she's always working. Seriously.cc
- [quote]And she will always have work if their are awards shows to be hosted.
*there*
And like r122 QL has a lot of checks coming in
- My question is, who's the BUSHIEST black actress these days?
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- R121, I laughed, and it's such a stupid and obvious joke. But, I laughed. I think it was because of the specificity of "Golden Corral" not just "the only thing she's busy at is eating."
- The great part is that most of the black actresses still look lovely in their 30s and 40s whereas most of the white actresses have to remove their wrinkles with Botox and fillers.
- But, that doesn't get them any more work, R128. Granted, most white actresses, or actresses of any race don't get much work.
- Kerry Washington is the lead--not co-lead, the lead--of a network series. That's got to be keeping her plenty busy. And I bet she books lots of films from the exposure, as well.
- It's really quite pathetic that Hollywood ignores very attractive black actresses in favor of bland white actresses!
- I think Loretta Devine just truly owns this thread. No doubt about it. I am linking to her imdb listing.
Condola Rashad is soon to be an actress to watch if you were to ask me. She is really good in theatre and has also done t.v. and such as well. Maybe one day she will sublet this thread from Loretta Devine.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0222643/
- Black actresses aren't usually going to be cast in the love interest role of a mainstream studio movie. That is what a large percentage of the roles available to working actresses are. Therefore it becomes very tough being a black actress, it always has been and sadly will continue to be so.
- You said it #133 and that is the reason, I think, that Mindy Kaling is using her power to give herself handsome White guy love interests. She isn't Black but she is dark skinned and she is making a statement.
- r133--Hollywood is portrayed by right-wing media, but in many ways it is MORE conservative than many conservative pundits out there in its portrayals of interracial dating, gay relationships etc. I doubt that many Americans of any political stripe would not go and see a film if Sanaa Lathan was the love interest of Alex O'Loughlin.
- OP, did you mean who is the BUSIEST black actress or who is the BUSHIEST black actress?
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- And r134, Mindy's determination to show herself as attractive to the bland white guy love interests on that show is deeply problematic. Good show, though.
- R133 is correct. Hollywood is very racist when it comes to casting.
R135, some white women HATE it when black actresses are cast as love interests opposite white actors. On television shows, the female fans detest black women / white men pairings. The black actresses usually is called horrible names, petitions are started for her to be killed off, etc.
- Tyler Perry
- The current success of television's "SCANDAL" and Oscar-winning "DJANGO UNCHAINED" *should* result in Kerry Washington garnering top film roles, but it won't. She only has time to star in one film during the series' summer hiatus.
- Yeah, right...
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- Zoe "I'm not Black" Saldananana
- Kerry Washington
- r134 While your post wasn't intentionally offensive, I must say your statement was troubling. I don't think minority women should seek validation through white men. Being paired up with and Indian, east asian, or black male actor is just as good as a white actor.
- Actually a lot of the busiest black actresses are in minor supporting roles. CC Pounder and Loretta Devine get LOTS of work. But it is never major roles/leading roles.
Of the black actresses that get prominent roles it is basically Kerry Washington and Zoe Saldana.
- r 142 Zoe Saldana has never denied being black. People are just angry that she is black latina rather than black american.
- Zoe Saldana
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- I know who it is for white actresses: Madonna!
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- Zoe Saldana and Kerry Washington are both Black Americans of Caribbean descent. Saldana is Dominican and Puerto Rican, and Washington is Jamaican. They both have very diverse ethnic ancestry like most Black Americans.
- Were Zoe and Kerry even born in the US?
- Kerry was born in the Bronx.
- r150 Yes they were both born and raised in the USA. Kerry has a black american father--- it is just her mother that is black Jamaican.
- r146, no. Some people are angry because Saldana told all black actresses to stop complaining and get off of their lazy butts. She WISHES she were on the same level as Bassett, Rashad, Woodard, Henson, Queen, Davis, can keep going. Her goal is to win an Oscar not to provide exceptional and quality performances for audiences.
- I can tell you who it should be, bitches!
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- Zoe is a very bad actress.
She is very bland, quite boring,
- I can't stand Zoe Saldana. For someone who's distancing herself from Black culture, I wish she'd shown the same disdain for the Nina Simone biopic and not foisted herself on that when there are many, better black actresses like Viola Davis who would have nailed Nina.
- Zoe Saldana has not distanced herself from black culture.
- Vivica Fox does something every year, but I wouldn't call her busy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivica_A._Fox
- r153 I agree. She has made a lot of stupid and offensive statements about race and black people. I hope she doesn't believe it and simply was doing it so that she doesn't get on the bad side of white Hollywood. If she believes it, she thinks simply because SHE gets work, it is easy for other black actresses.
- r156 How has Zoe Saldana distanced herself from black culture? She was in the us remake of "death at a funeral" in which most of the cast was black. She also was in "drumline
She has never denied being black. Should she do a black romantic comedy for people to stop with the accusations.
I don't like her comments about black actresses being lazy as an excuse at why they aren't hired. Neither her not dropping out of the Nina Simone movie after accusations of colorism-- but she hasn't distanced herself from being black.
- Exactly r159, she lets it be known first that she is a Latina.
- r161 Being Latina and being black is NOT mutually exclusive. Her parents are from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic--- but she is STILL BLACK. She has never denied the obvious.
- I find strange that Mariah Carey and Halle Berry (both with white parents) relate more to being Black than Zoe Saldanana who is obviously Black.
- My favorite blacktress is Roxxxy Andrews.
- r163 What has Zoe done that makes you think she doesn't identify with being black?? Is it because she dates white men? If so how do you feel about black men that only date white women. Are they white wannabes.
- R165 Nobody has mentioned anything about "white wannabes"
The discussion is about how Zoe Saldana has publicily stated that she is not black
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- r166 She graced the cover of Essence and ebony magazine. She corrected a journalist when they told her she was "brown" and not black. Zoe has never denied being a black latina. Are you trolling??
- That is incorrect, R166.
Before "Star Trek" and "Avatar", Zoe Saldana clearly stated that she was a black Latina.
[bold]“When I go to the D.R., the press in Santo Domingo always asks, “¿Qué te consideras, dominicana o americana?” (What do you consider yourself, Dominican or American?) I don’t understand it, and it’s the same people asking the same question. So I say, time and time again, “Yo soy una mujer negra.” (“I am a black woman.”) [They go,] “Oh, no, tú eres trigueñita.” (“Oh no, you are ‘dark skinned’”) I’m like, “No! Let’s get it straight, yo soy una mujer negra.” (“I am a black woman).”[/bold]
In an interview two weeks ago, she once again identified as a black Latina.
You are either ill-informed or making up things.
- Kerry Washington
- Thank you R168, I've never seen Zoe act ashamed of the fact that she is black.
I do agree though that she isn't the best actress, not terrible, but pretty mediocre.
- Snooki
- SR171 ...Snooki is neither an actress nor black.
You fucking need glasses.
