Curated category
21st-century African-American actresses
- Dominique ThorneDominique Thorne was born on the 5th of November 1997 in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents were immigrants from Trinidad and Guyana named Nerissa and Gavin…
- AaliyahAaliyah Dana Haughton was born on the 16th of January 1979, in Brooklyn, New York. Her family moved to Detroit when she was five years old.
- Queen LatifahDana Elaine Owens arrived in the world on the 18th of March 1970 within the city limits of Newark, New Jersey. Her childhood unfolded primarily in nearby…
- Mariah CareyMariah Carey was born on the 27th of March 1969, in Huntington, New York. Her name came from the song They Call the Wind Maria, which appeared in the 1951…
- Lupita Nyong'oLupita Amondi Nyong'o was born on the 1st of March 1983 in Mexico City. Her father Anyang' Nyong'o taught political science at El Colegio de México while her…
- The Lady of RageRobin Yvette Allen stood in Chung King Studios during the summer of 1988. She was twenty years old when she met Shahkim, a rapper from Queens who would later…
- Diana RossDiana Ross was born on the 26th of March 1944, in Detroit, Michigan. Her family lived at 635 Belmont Street in the North End section of the city before…