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Most beautiful black women in my opinion
by am9625 created 3 months ago | last updated - 20 hours ago
This is a list of ebony ladies that I think are beautiful. Some of them have paved the way for current black female artist and some are just getting started. All are beautiful to me in their own way.
1.
Gabrielle Union Actress, Bad Boys II
Gabrielle Union was born on October 29, 1972, in Omaha, Nebraska. However, at the age of 8, her family moved to Pleasanton, California, where she grew up and attended high school. In high school, Union was an all-star point guard and a year-round athlete participating in soccer, basketball, and track...
2.
Vanessa Williams Actress, Candyman
Born and raised in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York, Vanessa Williams became a member of the New York City Opera's Children's Chorus at age 11. Vanessa then signed with a talent manager and booked her first audition, a commercial for Frito Lay. Her pattern for success clearly set, her winning streak had only just begun...
3.
Keshia Knight Pulliam Actress, Madea Goes to Jail
4.
Angela Bassett Actress, Malcolm X
Born in New York City, she grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida. Pushed by a high school teacher, she applied for Yale and got a scholarship, ultimately spending 7 years there including 3 post-grad years studying drama. She first appeared in small roles in The Cosby Show (Mr. Quiet episode) and Spenser: For Hire...
5.
Vilayna LaSalle Actress, Meet the Spartans
6.
Jill Marie Jones Actress, Drool
7.
Sanaa Lathan Actress, AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Sanaa Lathan, pronounced Sa-NAA, "like Sinatra without the tra" was born on September 19, 1971, in New York as her mother Eleanor McCoy performed on Broadway with the likes of Eartha Kitt and her father Stan Lathan worked behind the scenes in television for PBS. She was exposed to the life of entertainment and stars at a very early age...
8.
Aïssa Maïga Actress, Caché (Hidden)
9.
Lela Rochon Actress, Any Given Sunday
10.
Gina Torres Actress, Serenity
Gina was born in New York City and is youngest of three children in a close-knit Cuban American family. Attended New York City's High School of Music and Art She is a gifted mezzo soprano and was trained in opera and jazz and also sang in a gospel choir.
11.
Sharon Leal Actress, Dreamgirls
Sharon Leal is a military brat. She was born in Tuscon, Arizona. Sharon then moved with her parents to the Philippines till she was 6 years old. She went to prey-school there. Then her parents packed up to move to the US and settled in Fresno, California. Her mother Angelita (Filipina) is a homemaker...
12.
Brandy Norwood Actress, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
13.
Beyoncé Knowles Soundtrack, Austin Powers in Goldmember
Beyoncé's father, Mathew Knowles, manages Destiny's Child. Her mother, Tina Knowles, designs their glittering costumes. Solange Knowles, her sister (they're about 5 years apart), has released her debut album. She dances with her big sister during DC-3 concerts. She and her group were discovered by Whitney Houston...
14.
Yaya DaCosta Actress, TRON: Legacy
15.
Ananda Lewis Self, How Gullible Are You?
16.
Tatyana Ali Actress, National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze
On January 24th 1979, Tatyana Marisol Ali was born to Sonia, who was a nurse from Panama and Sheriff Ali, a retired police officer from Trinidad. At the age of four she started singing and got a taste of fame when she begged her mother to take her to an audition for Sesame Street. She went on to perform in many productions in her native city...
17.
Vivian Green Actress, De-Lovely
18.
Kenya Moore Actress, Waiting to Exhale
19.
Tamara Tunie Actress, Wall Street
20.
Kerry Washington Actress, Ray
21.
Toni Braxton Self, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
22.
Kelly Rowland Self, The Concert for New York City
23.
Elise Neal Actress, Scream 2
Elise Neal was born in Memphis, Tennessee and began dancing at age six. She contributes her success to her mother, Arletha Neal, who always supported her and drove her to numerous talent shows and recitals. After moving to New York and quickly booking many Off Broadway shows and musical revivals, she thought Broadway would be her winning ticket...
24.
Lizz Robbins Actress, Commencement
Lizz Robbins is an African-American print model and actress from the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. Robbins attended Virginia State University where she majored in English and minored in Mass Communications. While at Virginia State, she was on the cheerleading squad and a staff writer for the Virginia Statesman...
25.
Angell Conwell Actress, Baby Boy
Born in the tiny town of Orangeburg, South Carolina, Angell Conwell began her journey at a very young age. After winning countless pageants locally, she signed with Wilhelmina's Kids Division in New York at the age of 10. Angell enjoyed modeling but yearned for more of a challenge. She begged for her parents permission to audition for a role in August Wilson's highly acclaimed...
26.
Reagan Gomez-Preston Actress, Jerry Maguire
27.
Nia Long Actress, Big Momma's House
Nia Long is an exceptional actress and devoted philanthropist. This three-time NAACP winner's career spans genre and audience. Long's success has afforded her the opportunity to give back to the communities that have long appreciated her work. Long was last seen in Chris Rock's Good Hair...
28.
Gloria Reuben Actress, Timecop
Gloria Reuben is an actress, singer and social activist who, over the past twenty years has amassed impressive credentials in television, film, theater and music. Gloria's portrayal of Condoleezza Rice in David Hare's play "Stuff Happens" (at New York City's Public Theater) garnered her a Lucille Lortel Best Actress Award...
29.
Renee Goldsberry Actress, All About You
Renee Goldsberry was born in San Jose, California and raised in both Houston, Texas and Detroit, Michigan. She graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University with a bachelors degree in acting, and went on to attend graduate school at the University of Southern California, where she received her masters in vocal jazz performance...
30.
Selita Ebanks Self, The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
31.
Zoe Saldana Actress, Avatar
Zoe Saldana was born in New Jersey and raised in Queens, New York. When she was 10 years old, she and her family moved to the Dominican Republic where they would live for the next 7 years. While living in the Dominican Republic, Zoe discovered a keen interest in performance dance and began her training...
32.
Janet Jackson Actress, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Janet Damita Jo Jackson was born on May 16, 1966 in Gary, Indiana, living in a lower class home with several brothers and sisters. Janet was the youngest. After her birth, her brothers formed a band later called The Jackson 5. She lived at home with her sisters, while her brothers, and dad, Joe Jackson...
33.
Meagan Good Actress, Stomp the Yard
Meagan Monique Good was born in 8 August 1981 in Panorama, California, USA. She began appearing on commercials at the age of four. Then she started guest-starring on series like The Parent 'Hood, Touched by an Angel, Moesha, The Steve Harvey Show and The Division. She also starred in Raising Dad with Bob Saget.
34.
Garcelle Beauvais Actress, Wild Wild West
Garcelle was born in Haiti. Her mother, Marie-Claire, was a teacher who moved Garcelle and her six older children to Massachusetts after a divorce from her father, Axel, four years prior. At age 16, the family moved again to Miami. At 17, Garcelle pursued a modeling career in New York. She got a break on Aaron Spelling's TV show...
35.
Halle Berry Actress, X-Men: The Last Stand
Halle Berry was born on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA to African American father Jerome Berry, a former hospital attendant, and Caucasian mother Judith Berry, a retired psychiatric nurse. Halle also has an older sister named Heidi Berry. Halle first came into the spotlight at 17 years old when she won the Miss Teen All-American Pageant...
36.
Jessica White Actress, Big Momma's House 2
37.
Stacey Dash Actress, Clueless
Stacey Dash was born in the Bronx, New York, on January 20, 1966. Stacy knew that she wanted to act, and from an early age began to act professionally. She made regular appearances on The Cosby Show, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and also St. Elsewhere. At 22 she made her feature film debut in Moving...
38.
Phylicia Rashad Actress, One Life to Live
Born to dentist, Andrew Arthur Allen, and poet, Vivian Ayers, in Harris County, TX. As a child, Phylicia, her older brother Andrew (called Tex) and younger sister, Debbie Allen, lived in Mexico to escape US racism. She also has another brother, Hugh Allen (a real estate banker in North Carolina)...
39.
Jennifer Hudson Soundtrack, Dreamgirls
This bright and booming talent is a perfect example of how NOT winning the title of American Idol can actually be a boon to your career and not necessarily the end of a childhood dream. Born Jennifer Kate Hudson on September 12, 1981, in Chicago, Illinois, she earned minor attention as one of the twelve finalists on the third season of the FOX TV series in 2004...
40.
Anika Noni Rose Actress, The Princess and the Frog
Anika Noni Rose followed her work in the feature film "Dreamgirls" with a role in the comedy feature "Just Add Water," in which she co-stars with Danny DeVito, Dylan Walsh, Jonah Hill and Justin Long, under the direction of Hart Bochner. In 2004, Rose was honored with a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for her role in the widely acclaimed Broadway show "Caroline...
41.
Tyra Banks Self, Tropic Thunder
42.
Bre Scullark Self, Nicki Minaj
Bre Scullark, from America's Next Top Model, Cycle 5 is a dynamic young woman who after ANTM, did correspondent work for the Tyra Banks Show, BET and a few other outlets. Bre has been a blogger for Global Grind, Essence.com and Honey magazine while focusing on acting and continuing her correspondent work. Her latest campaigns are Garnier Fructis, Ambi Skincare and Dove Chocolate.
43.
Tweet Self, Honey
Charlene Keys, was discovered by then young and unknown Missy Elliott after winning an open audition for Elliot's all-girl group called "Sugar". Missy was a talent like no one had ever seen, and by 1997 she had made it with her chart-topping debut album. Charlene was working with the girl group, that Missy had left out...
44.
Thandie Newton Actress, The Pursuit of Happyness
Thandie Newton is the daughter of a Rhodesian (now Zimbabwean) mother from the Shona people and a British father. She lived in Zambia until political unrest caused her family to move back to the UK. She then lived in Cornwall in the southwest of Britain until the age of 11. At that time she enrolled in London's Art Educational School...
45.
Vivica A. Fox Actress, Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Vivica A. Fox was born in South Bend, Indiana July 30, 1964, and is the daughter of Everlyena, a pharmaceutical technician, and William Fox, a private school administrator. She is of Native American and African American descent and is proud of her heritage. She is a graduate of Arlington High School in Indianapolis...
46.
Vanessa Williams Actress, Shaft
Vanessa Williams is one of the most respected and multi-faceted performers in entertainment today. She has conquered the musical charts, Broadway, music videos, television and motion pictures. She has sold millions of albums worldwide and she has achieved critical acclaim as an actress on stage, in film and on television...
47.
Salli Richardson-Whitfield Actress, I Am Legend
Classy, graceful, & intelligent, Salli Elise Richardson was born November 23, 1967, in Chicago, Illinois. Salli's acting career was first nurtured in the theater and, ever since, she has been on a non-stop journey to success. Her first feature performance was in 1991 as "Denise" in Up Against the Wall. However...
48.
Jody Watley Soundtrack, Doctor Dolittle
She's an innovative music maker, a style-forging pioneer: since the mid-90s, Grammy-winning multi-talented Jody Watley has led the way as an entrepreneur working in the independent music world as one of the few already-established female best-selling artists to produce, create and own her recordings...
49.
Josephine Baker Soundtrack, Frida
Born to Carrie McDonald, a laundress, and Eddie Carson, a musician, Josephine Baker's early life hinted at her future career. She first danced for the public on the streets of St. Louis for nickels and dimes. Later she became a chorus girl on the St. Louis stage. At 15 she married a Pullman porter named Baker...
50.
Eva Pigford Actress, Crossover
Most beautiful black women in my opinion
by am9625 created 3 months ago | last updated - 20 hours ago
This is a list of ebony ladies that I think are beautiful. Some of them have paved the way for current black female artist and some are just getting started. All are beautiful to me in their own way.
1.
Gabrielle Union Actress, Bad Boys II
Gabrielle Union was born on October 29, 1972, in Omaha, Nebraska. However, at the age of 8, her family moved to Pleasanton, California, where she grew up and attended high school. In high school, Union was an all-star point guard and a year-round athlete participating in soccer, basketball, and track...
2.
Vanessa Williams Actress, Candyman
Born and raised in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York, Vanessa Williams became a member of the New York City Opera's Children's Chorus at age 11. Vanessa then signed with a talent manager and booked her first audition, a commercial for Frito Lay. Her pattern for success clearly set, her winning streak had only just begun...
3.
Keshia Knight Pulliam Actress, Madea Goes to Jail
4.
Angela Bassett Actress, Malcolm X
Born in New York City, she grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida. Pushed by a high school teacher, she applied for Yale and got a scholarship, ultimately spending 7 years there including 3 post-grad years studying drama. She first appeared in small roles in The Cosby Show (Mr. Quiet episode) and Spenser: For Hire...
5.
Vilayna LaSalle Actress, Meet the Spartans
6.
Jill Marie Jones Actress, Drool
7.
Sanaa Lathan Actress, AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Sanaa Lathan, pronounced Sa-NAA, "like Sinatra without the tra" was born on September 19, 1971, in New York as her mother Eleanor McCoy performed on Broadway with the likes of Eartha Kitt and her father Stan Lathan worked behind the scenes in television for PBS. She was exposed to the life of entertainment and stars at a very early age...
8.
Aïssa Maïga Actress, Caché (Hidden)
9.
Lela Rochon Actress, Any Given Sunday
10.
Gina Torres Actress, Serenity
Gina was born in New York City and is youngest of three children in a close-knit Cuban American family. Attended New York City's High School of Music and Art She is a gifted mezzo soprano and was trained in opera and jazz and also sang in a gospel choir.
11.
Sharon Leal Actress, Dreamgirls
Sharon Leal is a military brat. She was born in Tuscon, Arizona. Sharon then moved with her parents to the Philippines till she was 6 years old. She went to prey-school there. Then her parents packed up to move to the US and settled in Fresno, California. Her mother Angelita (Filipina) is a homemaker...
12.
Brandy Norwood Actress, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
13.
Beyoncé Knowles Soundtrack, Austin Powers in Goldmember
Beyoncé's father, Mathew Knowles, manages Destiny's Child. Her mother, Tina Knowles, designs their glittering costumes. Solange Knowles, her sister (they're about 5 years apart), has released her debut album. She dances with her big sister during DC-3 concerts. She and her group were discovered by Whitney Houston...
14.
Yaya DaCosta Actress, TRON: Legacy
15.
Ananda Lewis Self, How Gullible Are You?
16.
Tatyana Ali Actress, National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze
On January 24th 1979, Tatyana Marisol Ali was born to Sonia, who was a nurse from Panama and Sheriff Ali, a retired police officer from Trinidad. At the age of four she started singing and got a taste of fame when she begged her mother to take her to an audition for Sesame Street. She went on to perform in many productions in her native city...
17.
Vivian Green Actress, De-Lovely
18.
Kenya Moore Actress, Waiting to Exhale
19.
Tamara Tunie Actress, Wall Street
20.
Kerry Washington Actress, Ray
21.
Toni Braxton Self, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
22.
Kelly Rowland Self, The Concert for New York City
23.
Elise Neal Actress, Scream 2
Elise Neal was born in Memphis, Tennessee and began dancing at age six. She contributes her success to her mother, Arletha Neal, who always supported her and drove her to numerous talent shows and recitals. After moving to New York and quickly booking many Off Broadway shows and musical revivals, she thought Broadway would be her winning ticket...
24.
Lizz Robbins Actress, Commencement
Lizz Robbins is an African-American print model and actress from the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. Robbins attended Virginia State University where she majored in English and minored in Mass Communications. While at Virginia State, she was on the cheerleading squad and a staff writer for the Virginia Statesman...
25.
Angell Conwell Actress, Baby Boy
Born in the tiny town of Orangeburg, South Carolina, Angell Conwell began her journey at a very young age. After winning countless pageants locally, she signed with Wilhelmina's Kids Division in New York at the age of 10. Angell enjoyed modeling but yearned for more of a challenge. She begged for her parents permission to audition for a role in August Wilson's highly acclaimed...
26.
Reagan Gomez-Preston Actress, Jerry Maguire
27.
Nia Long Actress, Big Momma's House
Nia Long is an exceptional actress and devoted philanthropist. This three-time NAACP winner's career spans genre and audience. Long's success has afforded her the opportunity to give back to the communities that have long appreciated her work. Long was last seen in Chris Rock's Good Hair...
28.
Gloria Reuben Actress, Timecop
Gloria Reuben is an actress, singer and social activist who, over the past twenty years has amassed impressive credentials in television, film, theater and music. Gloria's portrayal of Condoleezza Rice in David Hare's play "Stuff Happens" (at New York City's Public Theater) garnered her a Lucille Lortel Best Actress Award...
29.
Renee Goldsberry Actress, All About You
Renee Goldsberry was born in San Jose, California and raised in both Houston, Texas and Detroit, Michigan. She graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University with a bachelors degree in acting, and went on to attend graduate school at the University of Southern California, where she received her masters in vocal jazz performance...
30.
Selita Ebanks Self, The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
31.
Zoe Saldana Actress, Avatar
Zoe Saldana was born in New Jersey and raised in Queens, New York. When she was 10 years old, she and her family moved to the Dominican Republic where they would live for the next 7 years. While living in the Dominican Republic, Zoe discovered a keen interest in performance dance and began her training...
32.
Janet Jackson Actress, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Janet Damita Jo Jackson was born on May 16, 1966 in Gary, Indiana, living in a lower class home with several brothers and sisters. Janet was the youngest. After her birth, her brothers formed a band later called The Jackson 5. She lived at home with her sisters, while her brothers, and dad, Joe Jackson...
33.
Meagan Good Actress, Stomp the Yard
Meagan Monique Good was born in 8 August 1981 in Panorama, California, USA. She began appearing on commercials at the age of four. Then she started guest-starring on series like The Parent 'Hood, Touched by an Angel, Moesha, The Steve Harvey Show and The Division. She also starred in Raising Dad with Bob Saget.
34.
Garcelle Beauvais Actress, Wild Wild West
Garcelle was born in Haiti. Her mother, Marie-Claire, was a teacher who moved Garcelle and her six older children to Massachusetts after a divorce from her father, Axel, four years prior. At age 16, the family moved again to Miami. At 17, Garcelle pursued a modeling career in New York. She got a break on Aaron Spelling's TV show...
35.
Halle Berry Actress, X-Men: The Last Stand
Halle Berry was born on August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA to African American father Jerome Berry, a former hospital attendant, and Caucasian mother Judith Berry, a retired psychiatric nurse. Halle also has an older sister named Heidi Berry. Halle first came into the spotlight at 17 years old when she won the Miss Teen All-American Pageant...
36.
Jessica White Actress, Big Momma's House 2
37.
Stacey Dash Actress, Clueless
Stacey Dash was born in the Bronx, New York, on January 20, 1966. Stacy knew that she wanted to act, and from an early age began to act professionally. She made regular appearances on The Cosby Show, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and also St. Elsewhere. At 22 she made her feature film debut in Moving...
38.
Phylicia Rashad Actress, One Life to Live
Born to dentist, Andrew Arthur Allen, and poet, Vivian Ayers, in Harris County, TX. As a child, Phylicia, her older brother Andrew (called Tex) and younger sister, Debbie Allen, lived in Mexico to escape US racism. She also has another brother, Hugh Allen (a real estate banker in North Carolina)...
39.
Jennifer Hudson Soundtrack, Dreamgirls
This bright and booming talent is a perfect example of how NOT winning the title of American Idol can actually be a boon to your career and not necessarily the end of a childhood dream. Born Jennifer Kate Hudson on September 12, 1981, in Chicago, Illinois, she earned minor attention as one of the twelve finalists on the third season of the FOX TV series in 2004...
40.
Anika Noni Rose Actress, The Princess and the Frog
Anika Noni Rose followed her work in the feature film "Dreamgirls" with a role in the comedy feature "Just Add Water," in which she co-stars with Danny DeVito, Dylan Walsh, Jonah Hill and Justin Long, under the direction of Hart Bochner. In 2004, Rose was honored with a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for her role in the widely acclaimed Broadway show "Caroline...
41.
Tyra Banks Self, Tropic Thunder
42.
Bre Scullark Self, Nicki Minaj
Bre Scullark, from America's Next Top Model, Cycle 5 is a dynamic young woman who after ANTM, did correspondent work for the Tyra Banks Show, BET and a few other outlets. Bre has been a blogger for Global Grind, Essence.com and Honey magazine while focusing on acting and continuing her correspondent work. Her latest campaigns are Garnier Fructis, Ambi Skincare and Dove Chocolate.
43.
Tweet Self, Honey
Charlene Keys, was discovered by then young and unknown Missy Elliott after winning an open audition for Elliot's all-girl group called "Sugar". Missy was a talent like no one had ever seen, and by 1997 she had made it with her chart-topping debut album. Charlene was working with the girl group, that Missy had left out...
44.
Thandie Newton Actress, The Pursuit of Happyness
Thandie Newton is the daughter of a Rhodesian (now Zimbabwean) mother from the Shona people and a British father. She lived in Zambia until political unrest caused her family to move back to the UK. She then lived in Cornwall in the southwest of Britain until the age of 11. At that time she enrolled in London's Art Educational School...
45.
Vivica A. Fox Actress, Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Vivica A. Fox was born in South Bend, Indiana July 30, 1964, and is the daughter of Everlyena, a pharmaceutical technician, and William Fox, a private school administrator. She is of Native American and African American descent and is proud of her heritage. She is a graduate of Arlington High School in Indianapolis...
46.
Vanessa Williams Actress, Shaft
Vanessa Williams is one of the most respected and multi-faceted performers in entertainment today. She has conquered the musical charts, Broadway, music videos, television and motion pictures. She has sold millions of albums worldwide and she has achieved critical acclaim as an actress on stage, in film and on television...
47.
Salli Richardson-Whitfield Actress, I Am Legend
Classy, graceful, & intelligent, Salli Elise Richardson was born November 23, 1967, in Chicago, Illinois. Salli's acting career was first nurtured in the theater and, ever since, she has been on a non-stop journey to success. Her first feature performance was in 1991 as "Denise" in Up Against the Wall. However...
48.
Jody Watley Soundtrack, Doctor Dolittle
She's an innovative music maker, a style-forging pioneer: since the mid-90s, Grammy-winning multi-talented Jody Watley has led the way as an entrepreneur working in the independent music world as one of the few already-established female best-selling artists to produce, create and own her recordings...
49.
Josephine Baker Soundtrack, Frida
Born to Carrie McDonald, a laundress, and Eddie Carson, a musician, Josephine Baker's early life hinted at her future career. She first danced for the public on the streets of St. Louis for nickels and dimes. Later she became a chorus girl on the St. Louis stage. At 15 she married a Pullman porter named Baker...
50.
Eva Pigford Actress, Crossover
