Texas-born actor Marsai Martin is only 19 years old but is already one of the most successful Black TV actors. Her breakthrough role was Diane Johnson on “Black-ish” from 2014-2022.

It’s a brilliant contemporary exemplar of the genre that gives an actor playing any role juicy material to work with. ↑ Back to top “Eclipsed” by Danai Gurira (2009) ...

Rubenstein praises actors like Eartha Kitt and "really brave" producers in the 1950s — like Joe Papp, for supporting multiracial casting "I don't know how to fully encompass it," she shares. "It ...

Black actors don’t want to be your sidekick Tamara Tunie attends Making Soap Opera History with CBS’s “Beyond the Gates” at The Paley Museum on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in New York. (Photo ...

The backlash against Black actors has persisted well into the modern era, from John Boyega’s experience as Finn in Star Wars to Moses Ingram’s portrayal of Reva in “Obi-Wan Kenobi.” Both ...

A new Netflix series adapts Judy Blume’s 1970s novel with a contemporary Black cast, flipping the gender roles but preserving its emotional innocence. By Melena Ryzik In Judy Blume’s taboo ...

The contemporary Black actors we know so well could never have achieved their record-breaking accomplishments without the hard work and sacrifices of the legendary actors that preceded them.

James Earl Jones' contemporary, Reva Rubenstein, recalls to PEOPLE how much of a "commanding stage actor" Jones was during the 1960s and 1970s, despite the obstacles he faced as "a Black actor ...