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Most Sought-after Black Actresses in Hollywood, Ranked!

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By : Zeus
Aug 22, 2022

#1 Zendaya

Zendaya is an actress, singer, and dancer. She first came to prominence for her role in the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up. She has since starred in the movies Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and The Greatest Showman.

 

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Popular Movies & TV Shows:

Dune: Part Two as Chani 2023
Challengers as Tashi Donaldson 2023
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home as Self (archive footage) 2022
Spider-Man: No Way Home as Michelle ‘MJ’ Jones 2021
Dune as Chani 2021
Space Jam: A New Legacy as Lola Bunny (voice) 2021
30 for 30: The Bunny & the GOAT as Lola Bunny (voice) 2021
Covidwood as Herself (actress) 2021
Malcolm & Marie as Marie 2021
Spider-Man: Far from Home as Michelle ‘MJ’ Jones 2019
Euphoria (18 episodes) as Rue Bennett 2019
Desus & Mero (1 episode) as Self 2019
Smallfoot as Meechee (voice) 2018
Duck Duck Goose as Chi (voice) 2018
The Greatest Showman as Anne Wheeler 2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming as Michelle ‘MJ’ Jones 2017
A Fan’s Guide to Spider-Man: Homecoming as Self – Host 2017
The OA (3 episodes) as Fola 2016
Lemonade as Herself 2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (3 episodes) as Self 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (1 episode) as Self 2015
Lip Sync Battle (1 episode) 2015
K.C. Undercover(1 episode) as Bernice(76 episodes) as K.C. Cooper 2015
black-ish (1 episode) as Resheida 2014
Zapped as Zoey Stevens 2014
Super Buddies as Lollipop (voice) 2013
Radio Disney Music Awards(1 episode) as Self – Host(1 episode) as Self(1 episode) as Self – Presenter 2013
Frenemies as Halley Brandon 2012
Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade 2011
Pixie Hollow Games as Fern (voice) 2011
PrankStars (1 episode) as Self 2011
Disney’s Friends for Change Games (1 episode) as Herself 2011
A.N.T. Farm (1 episode) as Sequoia Jones 2011
Shake It Up(1 episode) as Trudy(77 episodes) as Rocky Blue 2010
The Talk (1 episode) 2010
Good Luck Charlie (1 episode) as Rocky Blue 2010
The Graham Norton Show (1 episode) as Self 2007
Project Runway (1 episode) as Self – Guest Judge 2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 episode) as Self 2003
Teen Choice Awards (1 episode) as Self – Presenter 1999
LIVE with Kelly and Ryan (2 episodes) as Self – Guest 1988
The Oscars (2 episodes) as Self 1953

#2 Zoe Saldana

Zoe Saldana is an actress who was born on June 19, 1978. She is known for her roles in movies such as “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” and “Star Trek”.

 

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Popular Movies & TV Shows:

Movie / TV Show Year
Avatar 5 as Neytiri 2028
Avatar 4 as Neytiri 2026
Avatar 3 as Neytiri 2024
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Gamora 2023
Avatar: The Way of Water as Neytiri 2022
From Scratch (8 episodes) as Amy Wheeler 2022
Amsterdam as Irma 2022
The Adam Project as Laura 2022
Maya and the Three (9 episodes) as Princess Maya (voice) 2021
Vivo as Rosa (voice) 2021
Marvel Studios Legends (2 episodes) as Gamora (archive footage) 2021
Vampires vs. the Bronx as Becky 2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride (1 episode) as Princess Buttercup 2020
Boss Bitch Fight Challenge as Zoe 2020
Tamron Hall (1 episode) as Self – Guest 2019
Love, Antosha as Self 2019
This Changes Everything as Herself 2019
Avengers: Endgame as Gamora 2019
Missing Link as Adelina Fortnight (voice) 2019
James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction (1 episode) as Self 2018
Avengers: Infinity War as Gamora 2018
The Legend of Red Hand as Mia Parc 2018
I Kill Giants as Mrs. Mollé 2018
My Little Pony: The Movie as Captain Celaeno (voice) 2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as Gamora 2017
Live by Night as Graciella Suarez 2016
Quantum Is Calling as Herself 2016
For the Love of Spock as Herself 2016
Ask the Storybots (1 episode) 2016
Star Trek Beyond as Lieutenant Uhura 2016
Nina as Nina Simone 2016
Unity as Herself – Narrator (voice) 2015
Lip Sync Battle (1 episode) 2015
Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn as Herself 2014
The Book of Life as Maria (voice) 2014
Guardians of the Galaxy as Gamora 2014
Rosemary’s Baby (2 episodes) as Rosemary Woodhouse 2014
The Real History of Science Fiction (1 episode) as Herself 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (1 episode) 2014
Infinitely Polar Bear as Maggie 2014
Out of the Furnace as Lena Taylor 2013
Blood Ties as Vanessa 2013
Star Trek Into Darkness as Nyota Uhura 2013
The Words as Dora Jansen 2012
Comedy Bang! Bang! (1 episode) as Herself 2012
I Ain’t Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac as Herself 2012
Colombiana as Cataleya Restrepo 2011
Capturing Avatar as Self 2010
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (1 episode) as Captain Celaeno (voice) 2010
Takers as Rachel Jansen 2010
The Losers as Aisha al-Fadhil 2010
Burning Palms as Sarah Cotton 2010
Death at a Funeral as Elaine 2010
Avatar as Neytiri 2009
Star Trek as Nyota Uhura 2009
The Skeptic as Cassie 2009
Vantage Point as Angie Jones 2008
Blackout as Claudine 2007
After Sex as Kat 2007
Constellation as Rosa Boxer 2007
Six Degrees (3 episodes) 2006
The Heart Specialist as Donna 2006
Premium as Charli 2006
The Curse of Father Cardona as Flor 2005
Dirty Deeds as Rachel Buff 2005
Guess Who as Theresa Jones 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (1 episode) as Self 2005
Project Runway (2 episodes) as Self-Guest Judge 2004
Haven as Andrea 2004
The Terminal as Dolores Torres 2004
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Anamaria 2003
Punk’d (1 episode) as Herself 2003
Drumline as Laila 2002
Crossroads as Kit 2002
Britney: The Videos as Herself 2001
Snipes as Cheryl 2001
Get Over It as Maggie 2001
Center Stage as Eva Rodríguez 2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 episode) as Gabrielle Vega 1999
Late Night with Conan O’Brien (1 episode) as Self-Guest 1993
Law & Order (1 episode) as Belinca 1990

#3 Charlize Theron

Popular Movies & TV Shows:

• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Snow White and the Huntsman
• Atomic Blonde
• Monster
• Dark Places

Lupita Nyong’o

Popular Movies & TV Shows:

• 12 Years a Slave
• Black Panther
• Star Wars: Episode VII & Episode VIII
• The Jungle Book
• Non-Stop

#4 Michelle Van Der Water

Popular Movies & TV Shows:

• Teeth and Blood
• Minotaur
• We Are Love
• Crosshairs

 

#5 Megalyn Echikunwoke

Popular Movies & TV Shows:

• House of Lies
• 24
• Damsels in Distress
• Vixen

 

#6 Azie Tesfai

Popular Movies & TV Shows:

• Ghosted
• The Real O’Neals
• Superstore
• Rosewood
• Powers

#7 Chipo Chung

Popular Movies & TV Shows:

• Sunshine
• Proof
• In the Loop
• Phèdre

 

#8 Ella Thomas

Popular Movies & TV Shows:

• Ballers
• Ten Days in the Valley
• Mistresses
• All My Children


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