Top 10 Best Black Actresses

10. Octavia Spencer
Octavia Lenora Spencer is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Minny, the outspoken maid in the 2011 film The Help, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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9. Queen Latifah
Dana Elaine Owens, better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actress, model, television producer, record producer, comedienne, and talk show host.
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8. Viola Davis
Viola Davis is an American actress. Beginning her career on the stage, Davis won a Tony and a Drama Desk Award for her role in August Wilson's King Hedley II.
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7. Pam Grier
Pamela Suzette "Pam" Grier is an American actress. She became famous in the early 1970s after starring in a string of moderately successful women in prison and blaxploitation films like The Big Bird Cage, Coffy, Foxy Brown and Sheba Baby.
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6. Gabriel Union
Gabrielle Monique Union Wade is an American actress and former model. Among her notable roles is her performance as the cheerleader opposite Kirsten Dunst in the film Bring It On
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5. Angela Bassett
Angela Evelyn Bassett Vance is an American actress. She has become well known for her biographical film roles portraying real-life women, including Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It
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4. Thandie Newton
Thandiwe Melanie "Thandie" Newton is an English actress. She has appeared in a number of British and American films, and is known for roles such as Linda in The Pursuit of Happyness, Nyah Nordoff-Hall
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3. Raven-Symona
Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman, known professionally as Raven-Symoné, or simply Raven, is an American actress, singer, comedian, dancer, television producer and model. She first appeared on television in 1989 on The Cosby Show as Olivia Kendall.
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2. Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg is an American comedienne, actress, singer-songwriter, political activist, author and talk show host.
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1. Halle Berry
Halle Maria Berry is an American actress and former fashion model. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her performance in Monster's Ball, becoming the first and, as of 2014
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