Black TV actresses

Still in the spirit of celebrating Women's History Month, we take a bow to 15 amazing Black female leads in the 2023 winter/spring TV lineup.

If you thought TGI Thursdays were lit before, you'll love what Shonda Rhimes has in store for us—allegedly.

  Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker are well known for their acting skills. But the couple is moving into a new genre with their brand new daily talk show, The Boris and Nicole Show. “We’re having a ball,” says Parker. “We met on a set. so we’re used to spending a lot of time around each […]

  Angela Robinson is doing a great job on The Haves And The Have Nots. How do we know? Because fans of the show have a hard time disassociating her from her character on the show, the villainess Veronica Harrington. “They yell at me. They tell me what an awful mother I am and that […]

Taraji P. Henson was feeling under the weather this weekend. She was hopitalized for a mysterious ailment (speculated to be food poisoning) but she sent a message out to worried fans, via social media of course, that she’s OK. Don’t worry, Empire fans. Henson will be back up and running  in time for the return […]

Actress Penny Johnson Jerald was surprised to find out that she would no longer be a part of ABC’s Castle as it heads into its eighth season. The actress, who plays Captain Victoria Gates on the crime procedural, will not be returning for season 8. According to TVLine, she was dropped from the series due to […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Danielle Brooks is going from orange to purple — jumping from “Orange Is the New Black” on TV to a Broadway stage in the upcoming “The Color Purple” revival. The actress, who plays Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson on the Netflix series, will play the proud, no-nonsense Sofia in the production directed […]

  Apparently, when they are on break from their day jobs, Tom Joyner and Wendy Raquel Robinson hang out at some really cool parties. The two of them were at Tyler Perry’s son Aman’s christening at his Beverly Hills home with special guests like godmothers Oprah Winfrey and Cicely Tyson hanging out there, too. So […]

There must be something about actress CCH Pounder that screams authority. The actress left her mark as a detective in the critically-acclaimed FX series The Shield.  She was a formidable presence as a district attorney last season on FX’s Sons of Anarchy and will appear on the show’s final season this year. And later this month, […]

Fox is giving fans their longest look yet at Gotham, the network’s anticipated Batman prequel focusing mainly on Detective James Gordon (Ben McKenzie), the cop who looks out for a young Bruce Wayne after his parents are murdered. Jada Pinkett Smith stars as Fish Mooney, one of the few characters not in the original DC […]

Gearing up for its upcoming LeBron James-produced series Survivor’s Remorse, STARZ today released  a new trailer for the series. (WARNING: Trailer includes explicit language.) Jessie T. Usher stars as Cam Calloway, a basketball star in his early 20’s who becomes an instant millionaire after signing with a pro team. The series explores how that sudden money affects his relationships with […]

Roman Polanski’s controversial 1968 film adaptation of author Ira Levin’s Rosemary’s Baby with Mia Farrow in the lead, was originally four hours long. It was eventually trimmed to the two hours and 16 minutes released in theaters, meaning much of Levin’s sprawling story had to be streamlined. Now, NBC says it has a full retelling of […]