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by do-bye | created - 03 Apr 2012 | updated - 2 months ago | Publicanother list dedicated to the females!!!
1. Whitney Houston
Soundtrack | The Bodyguard
Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born into a musical family on 9 August 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of gospel star Cissy Houston (née Emily Lee Drinkard) and John Russell Houston, Jr., and cousin of singing star Dionne Warwick.
She began singing in the choir at her church, The New Hope ...
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2. Carrie Fisher
Actress | Star Wars
Carrie Frances Fisher was born on October 21, 1956 in Burbank, California, to singers/actors Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. She was an actress and writer known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return ...
3. Cindy Crawford
Actress | Fair Game
Cindy Crawford was born on February 20, 1966 in DeKalb, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Fair Game (1995), 54 (1998) and Cougar Town (2009). She has been married to Rande Gerber since May 29, 1998. They have two children. She was previously married to Richard Gere.
4. Joan Collins
Actress | Dynasty
Joan Collins is an English actress from Paddington, London. She is most famous for playing the role of vengeful schemer Alexis Carrington Colby in the soap opera "Dynasty" (1981-1989). In 1997, She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama. In 2015, She...
5. Pam Grier
Actress | Jackie Brown
Pam Grier was born in Winston-Salem, NC, one of four children of Gwendolyn Sylvia (Samuels), a nurse, and Clarence Ransom Grier Jr., an Air Force mechanic. Pam has been a major African-American star from the early 1970s. Her career started in 1971, when Roger Corman of New World Pictures launched ...
6. Reese Witherspoon
Producer | Wild
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon was born on March 22, 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Betty Witherspoon, a registered nurse & John Draper Witherspoon, a military surgeon. Reese spent the first 4 years of her life in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany, where her father served as a lieutenant colonel in the ...
7. Laila Ali
Actress | Falcon Rising
LAILA ALI TV Personality, Wellness & Fitness Expert, Cooking Enthusiast Four-Time Undefeated Boxing Champion, Beauty & Lifestyle Brand CEO, Best-Selling Author, Inspirational Speaker, Podcast Host, Actress, Mom & Wife
Laila Ali is a world-class athlete, fitness & wellness expert, TV host, cooking ...
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8. Melyssa Ford
Actress | Think Like a Man
Melyssa Ford was born on November 7, 1976 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and director, known for Think Like a Man (2012), Three Can Play That Game (2007) and Entourage (2004).
9. Diane Lane
Actress | Unfaithful
Diane Lane was born on January 22, 1965, in New York. She is the daughter of acting coach Burton Eugene "Burt" Lane and nightclub singer/centerfold Colleen Farrington. Her parents' families were both from the state of Georgia. Diane was acting from a very young age and made her stage debut at the ...
10. Melissa De Sousa
Actress | The Best Man: The Final Chapters
Born and raised in New York City by Panamanian parents, Melissa De Sousa attended the renowned High School of Performing Arts as a ballet major, and began her career as a principle dancer with The Alvin Ailey American Dance Company before transitioning into acting.
Melissa is best known for her ...
11. Robinne Lee
Actress | National Security
Robinne Lee (born July 16, 1974) is an American actress and author. She made her screen debut in the 1997 independent film Hav Plenty, and later has appeared in films National Security (2003), Deliver Us from Eva (2003), Hitch (2005), Seven Pounds (2008), Fifty Shades Darker (2017), and Fifty ...
12. Jaclyn Smith
Actress | The Adventurers
Jaclyn Smith was born Jacquelyn Ellen Smith on October 26, 1945 in Houston, Texas. She graduated from high school and originally aspired to be a famous ballerina. In 1973, she landed a job as a Breck shampoo model. In 1976, she was offered a chance to star in a new pilot for a planned television ...
13. Dorothy Dandridge
Actress | Carmen Jones
Dorothy Jean Dandridge was born on November 9, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ruby Dandridge (née Ruby Jean Butler), an entertainer, and Cyril H. Dandridge, a cabinet maker and minister. Under the prodding of her mother, Dorothy and her sister Vivian Dandridge began performing publicly, usually in ...
14. Essence Atkins
Actress | A Haunted House
Essence Atkins was born on February 7, 1972 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for A Haunted House (2013), How High (2001) and Same Difference (2019). She was previously married to Jaime Mendez.
15. Ali Landry Monteverde
Actress | Sound of Freedom
Ali Landry broke onto the scene and gained instant fame as "the Doritos Girl", when she was featured in a commercial for Frito Lay during the 1998 Super Bowl telecast. The next day, the NY Post hailed in a cover story "A star was born during Superbowl XXXII". Later that year, she was named one of ...
16. Kim Fields
Actress | The Facts of Life
Kim Fields was born on May 12, 1969 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and director, known for The Facts of Life (1979), Living Single (1993) and What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012). She has been married to Christopher Morgan since July 23, 2007. They have two children. She ...
17. Vesta Williams
Soundtrack | Mississippi Burning
Vesta Williams was born on December 1, 1957 in Coshocton, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Mississippi Burning (1988), Posse (1993) and Soul Man (1986). She was married to Herman White. She died on September 22, 2011 in El Segundo, California, USA.
18. BernNadette Stanis
Actress | Good Times
BernNadette Stanis is best known as Thelma from Good Times (1974), but there's much more to her than that. In the 1970s she was the personification of black beauty. As sophisticated and graceful as she was, she still became TV's first black sex symbol or "It" girl. Thelma/BernNadette and the Evans ...
19. Sheena Easton
Soundtrack | For Your Eyes Only
Sheena Easton started off as a worldwide sensation in the music industry. Since then she has expanded to movies (All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996), Indecent Proposal (1993)), Broadway ("Man of La Mancha") and TV (Body Bag (1997), Highlander (1992), Gargoyles (1994), Jack's Place (1992), The Adventures...
20. Jody Watley
Actress | Mystery Men
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 ...
21. A.J. Johnson
Actress | House Party
A.J. Johnson was born on September 3, 1963 in Orange, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for House Party (1990), Baby Boy (2001) and Dying Young (1991).
22. Kathleen Bradley
Actress | Friday
Kathleen Bradley was born on January 10, 1951 in Girard, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for Friday (1995), Grey's Anatomy (2005) and Rise of the Tarragon. She has been married to Terrence Redd since October 1, 1988. They have one child. She was previously married to Bill Overton.
23. Rebecca Romijn
Actress | X-Men
Rebecca Alie Romijn was born on November 6, 1972 in Berkeley, California. Her father was Dutch-born and worked as a custom-furniture maker. Her mother was American-born, with Dutch and English ancestry, and was a teacher of English. Rebecca attended Berkeley High School where her nickname was the "...
24. Chanté Moore
Actress | The Fan
Chanté Moore was born on February 17, 1967 in San Francisco, California, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for The Fan (1996), Romeo Must Die (2000) and Beverly Hills Cop III (1994). She has been married to Stephen Hill since October 22, 2022. She was previously married to Kenny Lattimore, ...
25. Brandy Norwood
Actress | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Brandy Norwood is an African-American singer-songwriter and actress from McComb, Mississippi. She is known for her roles in Moesha, Osmosis Jones and Cinderella. She has released many R&B albums and singles since the 1990s. She is known as "The Vocal Bible". She gave birth to a daughter named ...
26. Monica
Soundtrack | Big Momma's House
Monica Arnold was born October 24, 1980, in Oak Park, Georgia, to Marilyn Best, a church singer and airline customer service representative, and M.C. "Billy" Arnold, Jr., a mechanic. At the age of four, she began singing in her local church choir. After entering many talent shows, Monica was ...
27. Regina Hall
Actress | Girls Trip
Regina Hall was born December 12, 1970 in Washington, D.C., to Ruby, a teacher, and Odie Hall, a contractor. She graduated from Fordham University in 1992, and went on to earn a master's degree in journalism from New York University before shifting to an acting career. In 1997 at age 26, she began ...
28. Claudia Jordan
Actress | Middle Men
Claudia's parents met when her father was in the Air Force, stationed at Brindisi, Italy where he met her mother, an Italian native. She was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island where as an East Providence High School student, she was selected for the All State Track and Field team. She ...
29. Tracey E. Edmonds
Producer | End of the Road
Tracey Edmonds has created and produced groundbreaking projects for television, film, music, and digital media. She served as co-host of Extra TV alongside Mario Lopez and Charissa Thompson for 3 years, where she earned an Emmy Award. Edmonds currently serves as CEO and President of Edmonds ...
30. Tracy Scoggins
Actress | Babylon 5: The Lost Tales
Tracy Dawn Scoggins was born and raised in Dickinson, Texas. At age 16, she enrolled in Southwest Texas State, where she studied speech communications and physical education. After leaving college, she was hired by the Elite Modeling Agency and sent to New York City. After one year, she continued ...
31. Patti LaBelle
Soundtrack | Miami Vice
Patti LaBelle was born Patricia Louise Holte on May 24, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Patti began her career in the early 1960s as lead singer of the band Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. A decade later the group changed their name to Labelle and recorded the hit song "Lady Marmalade". Patti...
32. Jazsmin Lewis
Actress | Barbershop
Jazsmin Lewis was born on March 22, 1976 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Barbershop (2002), Traci Townsend (2007) and My Sisters World. She has been married to Brian Kelly since 2005. They have one child. She was previously married to Jesse Saunders.
33. Jennifer Esposito
Actress | Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
Jennifer Esposito was born in Brooklyn, New York. She launched her career with an appearance on Law & Order (1990) in 1996, and went on to play the character of "Stacey Paterno" in 36 episodes on the hit TV series Spin City (1996), starring alongside Michael J. Fox.
Her first major film was ...
34. Shari Headley
Actress | Coming to America
Shari Headley was born on July 15, 1964 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Coming to America (1988), Coming 2 America (2021) and Towelhead (2007). She was previously married to Christopher Martin.
35. Marjean Holden
Actress | Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Actress, stunt woman, and martial artist Marjean Holden was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in Vail, Colorado. She started acting from the age of 9, well being from the family of entertainers, she already knew her profession. As a youngster, she showed multiple skills in her school plays,...
36. Cheryl Ladd
Actress | Poison Ivy
Cheryl Ladd is an American actress, singer, and author best known for her role as Kris Munroe in the ABC television series Charlie's Angels, whose cast she joined in its second season in 1977 to replace Farrah Fawcett-Majors. Ladd remained on the show until its cancellation in 1981. Her film roles ...
37. Lonette McKee
Actress | Brewster's Millions
Lonette McKee's career began in the music industry in hometown Detroit, Michigan as a child prodigy, where she began playing keyboards composing music and lyrics, singing and performing professionally at a young age. At fourteen she recorded her first record, "Stop Don't Worry 'Bout It" which ...
38. Faith Evans
Soundtrack | Girls Trip
Faith Evans was born on June 10, 1973 in Lakeland, Florida, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Girls Trip (2017), Puff Daddy Feat. Faith Evans & 112: I'll Be Missing You (1997) and The Fast and the Furious (2001). She has been married to Stevie J since July 17, 2018. She was ...
39. Gloria Reuben
Actress | Lincoln
Gloria Reuben is an actress, singer and published author whose impressive credentials in television, film, theater and music include portraying the HIV+ physician assistant Jeanie Boulet on the hit NBC series ER (a role that garnered her two Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe nomination) and many ...
40. Diahann Carroll
Actress | Julia
One of television's premier African-American series stars, elegant actress, singer and recording artist Diahann Carroll was born Carol Diann (or Diahann) Johnson on July 17, 1935, in the Bronx, New York. The first child of John Johnson, a subway conductor, and Mabel Faulk Johnson, a nurse; music ...
41. Paulette Braxton
Actress | A Night at the Roxbury
Paulette Braxton was born on January 31, 1965 in Houston, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for A Night at the Roxbury (1998), Homeboys in Outer Space (1996) and CSI: Miami (2002).
42. Liris Crosse
Actress | Law & Order: Organized Crime
Liris Crosse was born in Randallstown, Maryland, USA. She is known for Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021), The Best Man (1999) and Project Runway (2004).
43. Ashley Graham
Actress | Love Advent
Ashley Graham was born on October 30, 1987 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for Love Advent (2011), Dirty Old Town (2012) and 100% Taxes (2017). She has been married to Justin Ervin since August 14, 2010. They have three children.
44. Denise Bidot
Make_up_department | Gothic Vampires from Hell
Denise Bidot was born on June 13, 1986 in Miami, Florida, USA. She is known for Gothic Vampires from Hell (2007), Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image (2017) and A Perfect 14 (2018).
45. Anansa Sims
Self | America's Next Top Model
Anansa Sims was born on December 27, 1978 in New York City, New York, USA. She was previously married to David Patterson.
46. Iskra Lawrence
Actress | Misfits
British actress and model Iskra Lawrence was born in Worcestershire, England to a Northern Irish mother and an English father. She was educated at Bromsgrove School and was accepted into The National Youth Theatre at age 15. She also successfully auditioned and was accepted to train at the ITV/BBC ...
47. Cassandra Freeman
Actress | Inside Man
Cassandra Freeman was born on October 1, 1978 in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Inside Man (2006), Luke Cage (2016) and Atlanta (2016). She is married to Tom Paul. They have one child.
48. Danielle Brooks
Actress | Peacemaker
Danielle Brooks was born on September 17, 1989 in Augusta, Georgia, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Peacemaker (2022), Orange Is the New Black (2013) and Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (2021). She has been married to Dennis Gelin since January 13, 2022. They have one child.
49. Malika Haqq
Actress | Sky High
Malika Haqq was born on March 10, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Sky High (2005), ATL (2006) and 20 Years After (2008).
50. Khadijah Haqq
Actress | Sky High
Khadijah Haqq was born on March 10, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Sky High (2005), You People (2023) and ATL (2006). She has been married to Bobby McCray since July 19, 2010. They have three children.
51. Luciana Andrade
Actress | UFC on Fox
Luciana Andrade was born on April 8, 1986, in Curitiba, Brazil, as Luciana Mourão de Andrade. She is a lawyer and model, best known for being a ring girl and on-air personality for the Ultimate Fighting Championship - UFC at events across the United States, Latin America and EMEA. Luciana went to ...
52. Damaris Lewis
Actress | BlacKkKlansman
Damaris Lewis was born on October 10, 1990 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for BlacKkKlansman (2018), Pose (2018) and Titans (2018).
53. Nayo Wallace
Actress | Speed Racer
Nayo Kamilah Wallace was born in Detriot, Michigan. Nayo (pronounced Nah-yo) is an African name and means "we have joy". A Detroit native who now lives in Los Angeles, Nayo splits her talents between screen, stage and voice over. Most recently she completed the second season of the animated series ...
54. Simone Missick
Actress | All Rise
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Simone always knew she was meant to perform. Growing up, Simone spent years playing the violin, singing, and playing sports before she decided to focus on acting. While in her first year as an English major at Howard University, she decided to take a theatre for ...
55. Veronica Webb
Actress | Someone Like You...
The youngest of three daughters born to Doug, an electrician who died in 1993, and Marion, a nurse, Webb graduated in 1983 from Detroit's Waldorf School. Moving to New York City to study design the same year, Webb got her modeling start after a makeup artist saw her in a housewares boutique.
56. Goapele
Soundtrack | Barbershop
Goapele was born on July 11, 1977 in Oakland, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Barbershop (2002), Hitch (2005) and Honey (2003). She is married to Theo Rodrigues. They have one child.
57. Coco Jones
Actress | Vampires vs. the Bronx
Courtney Michaela Ann "Coco" Jones was born on January 4, 1998 in Columbia, South Carolina and raised in Lebanon, Tennessee to Javonda Antenessia Jones (née Floyd), a session vocalist & Mike Jones, a former NFL player. She rose to prominence starring in the Disney Channel film, Let It Shine (2012) ...
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