The most beautiful black actresses in Hollywood. Black singers: list, short biographies, photos

These beauties are good-looking, have achieved a lot in the professional field and have armies of fans around the world. In our review, dark-skinned beauties who drove the world crazy.

1. Keke Palmer

2. Kenya Moore

American film and television actress, producer, model and writer.

3. Whitney Houston

American singer, producer, actress and former fashion model.

American actress.

5. Pam Grier

American actress.

6. Kerry Washington

American actress and political activist.

7 Thandie Newton

Very feminine and such an elegant English film actress.

8. Rihanna

Barbadian entertainer, singer-songwriter, fashion model.

9. Paula Patton

American actress.

10. Vanessa Williams

American actress and singer.

11. Rosario Dawson

American actress, singer and writer.

12. Alicia Keys

American singer, pianist, songwriter, producer and actress.

13. Ciara

American singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, actress, model, music video director.

14. Zoe Saldana

American film actress.

15. Lupita Nyongo

Kenyan actress, director and producer.

16. Christina Milian

American actress and singer of Afro-Cuban descent.

17. Tamara Dobson

Afro American actress and a fashion model.

18. Katerina Graham

A young American celebrity who achieved popularity as an actress, model and singer.

19. Joy Bryant

Mestizos are descendants of interracial marriages. Mestizos are present in almost all countries of the Western Hemisphere, including in the world of stars.

Day.Az offers a selection of mixed-race celebrities.

Adriana Lima: The beauty owes her beautiful appearance to her French, Portuguese and Caribbean ancestors.

Milla Jovovich born on December 17, 1975 in Kyiv. Father - Bogdan Jovovich, doctor, Serbian by nationality, originally from Montenegro; mother - Galina Loginova, Russian.

Angelina Jolie acquired the blood of several peoples - Czech, English (on the father's side), French-Canadian (Iroquois) and Greek (on the mother's side).

Nicole Scherzinger, place of birth: Honolulu, Hawaii, June 29, 1978. Nationality: Hawaiian, Russian, Filipino.

Megan Denise Fox born May 16, 1986 in the US state of Tennessee. Her ancestry includes Irish, French and Native American roots.

Shakira. Her Arab Lebanese father and Colombian mother with Spanish and Italian blood gave her a name that means “grateful” in Arabic and “goddess of light” in Hindi.

Beyoncé. Knowles' father is African-American, and her mother is of Creole descent (the family included African-Americans, Native Americans and French). Knowles was named after maiden name mother.

Salma Hayek born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico. She is the daughter of Diana Jimenez Medina, an opera singer of Spanish descent, and Sami Hayek Dominguez, a Lebanese man.

Charlize Theron.On her mother’s side, the actress has German roots, and on her father’s side, French and Dutch roots.

Cameron Diaz. The parents are of mixed blood, the mother is half German, half English and the father is Cuban, born in the USA. He also has Indian roots.

Kate Beckinsale was born in London in the family of theater and television actress Judy Law and famous television actor Richard Beckinsale. Beckinsale's great-grandfather was from Burma.

Mariah Carey. She is the third and most youngest child Patricia Hickey, a former opera singer of Irish descent, and Alfred Roy Carey, an aeronautical engineer of Afro-Venezuelan descent.

Jessica Alba was born on April 28, 1981 to Catherine (née Jensen) and Mark Alba. Jessica's mother is of Danish and French Canadian descent, and her father is Mexican American.

Natalie Portman born June 9, 1981 in Jerusalem. The actress's ancestors on her mother's side are Jews from Russia and Austria, and on her father's side - from Romania and Poland.

Christina Maria Aguilera. Christina's mother, Shelly, is Irish and a professional violinist and pianist. Her father is a native of Ecuador.

Russia is home to several tens of thousands of people with African roots. In the 2010 census, more than 13 thousand people indicated their nationality as Russians/African Russians, and several thousand more registered as representatives of specific African countries and peoples, of which the nationalities most often indicated were Nigerians (651 people) and Angolans (457 people).

15th place. Cornelia Mango - singer and artist. Born in Astrakhan on April 24, 1986. From an interview with Cornelia: “My mother is a Nogai by nationality, she grew up in a religious family. The Nogais are a small Turkic-speaking people, related to the Tatars. Oddly enough, my relatives did not condemn my mother for loving an African. My grandmother was generally very attached to her son-in-law. "By the way, he's not particularly dark, because his mother is Spanish. But his father is African from Guinea-Bissau." Now her father lives in Portugal.

14th place. Elena Hanga(born May 1, 1962, Moscow) - TV presenter. Her father, Tanzanian Abdul Kassim Hanga, was the prime minister of Zanzibar (now part of Tanzania), repressed after coup d'etat and died in prison. The mother has African-American and Jewish roots.

13th place. Tina Ogunleye (Charles)(born May 17, 1979, St. Petersburg) - DJ, singer, former member group "Cream". Father is Nigerian, mother is Russian. VK page - https://vk.com/tinacharles

12th place. Liberzh Kpadonu(born December 17, 1987, St. Petersburg) - participant in the television project House 2. Her father is from Benin, her mother is Russian. Liberge Kpadon VKontakte page - https://vk.com/id22355616

11th place. Elizabeth Martinez(born November 10, 1986, Moscow) - actress of the Satyricon Theater, also appears in films and TV series. Father is Afro-Mexican, mother is Russian.

10th place. Nkeiruka (Kira) Ezekh(born October 17, 1983, Moscow) - Russian curler, three-time European champion (2006, 2012, 2015). Her father is Nigerian and her mother is Chuvash by nationality.

9th place. Emilia Tourey(born October 6, 1984, Astrakhan) - Russian handball player, 3-time world champion, silver medalist at the Beijing Olympics as part of the Russian national team. Emilia Turei's father is from Sierra Leone, her mother is Russian.

8th place. Judite-Flores Yalovaya(born June 9, 1987, Ryazan) - Russian volleyball player, bronze medalist of the 2010 Russian Beach Volleyball Championship, silver medalist of the 2010 Russian Open Cup (with Natalya Stepanova). Father is Angolan, mother is Elena Pisnyuk. Before her marriage, Juditte-Flores bore the surname Pisnyuk, then she took her husband’s surname - Yalovaya. Her first husband, Dmitry Yalovoy, a military man, died in Abkhazia during the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict in 2008. Now she is married for the second time, to a master of sports in powerlifting, Kirill Baev. Page on Odnoklassniki - http://www.odnoklassniki.ru/profile/174447504154

7th place. Alice Edun- singer. Born in St. Petersburg. Father is Nigerian, mother is Russian. Now lives and works in Italy. Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Edunofficial

6th place. Victoria Pierre-Marie- blues and jazz singer. Born in Moscow on April 17, 1979. Her father is Cameroonian, her mother is Russian. In 1996, Victoria was awarded the title of “Russian Queen of Blues” by the President of the Association of Jazz Musicians, Yuri Saulsky. Victoria's height is 167 cm, weight 87 kg, figure parameters 120-100-120. Victoria Pierre-Marie's website - http://pier-mari.ru/

5th place. Victoria Castro(born December 5, 1986) - actress and journalist. She hosted the talk show "Girl's Tears" on STS in 2003. She starred in several films and TV series, as well as in Dima Bilan’s video “Mulatto”. Her father is Afro-Cuban, her mother is Russian.

4th place. Camilla Ogun(born May 7, 1999, Stary Oskol, Belgorod region) - Russian basketball player, 6-time Russian champion, European champion among girls under 16 years old as part of the Russian national team. His father is from Nigeria, his mother is Russian. Camilla - younger sister Models Julia Ogun. VKontakte page - https://vk.com/kamkungfu Odnoklassniki page - http://ok.ru/profile/559501931968

3rd place. Julia Ogun(born March 20, 1991, Stary Oskol, Belgorod region) - Russian model. Height 181 cm, body measurements 84-60-89. His father is from Nigeria, his mother is Russian. Julia - elder sister basketball player Camille Ogun. VKontakte page - https://vk.com/ju_ogun Odnoklassniki page - http://ok.ru/profile/792809706

2nd place. Carolina Kabacuala(born August 11, 1988) - Russian actress and model. Height is 182 cm. Caroline's father is Congolese.

1 place. Caterina Keyru(after marriage - Novoseltseva) - Russian basketball player, attacking defender of the Dynamo team (Moscow) and the Russian national team. Born on December 4, 1988 in Rostov-on-Don. Height - 182 cm, weight - 70 kg. Catherine's father is a native of Sierra Leone. Katerina's brother Victor Keyru is a basketball player who played for the Russian team at the Beijing Olympics. Katerina Novoseltseva's VKontakte page - https://vk.com/id1572714

Black actors have long occupied an important place in modern cinema. The times of racial intolerance are long gone, and today they, along with everyone else, are fighting for the most prestigious film awards in the world. We will talk about the best of them in this article.

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman is considered the standard among black actors. He became famous thanks to his characteristic calm voice and skill as a storyteller, which he repeatedly demonstrated in many films. He was repeatedly nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe. The actor has one Oscar statuette for Best Supporting Actor in Clint Eastwood's sports drama Million Dollar Baby. In 1990, he received a Golden Globe for Best Actor for Bruce Beresford's dramatic comedy Driving Miss Daisy.

Most viewers know him from Frank Darabont's drama "The Shawshank Redemption", David Fincher's thriller "Seven", Paul McGuigan's crime thriller " Lucky number Slevin" and Rob Reiner's tragicomedy "Until I played in the box."

Freeman also tried himself as a director. In 1993, he directed the drama Bopha! This is a political detective story, the action of which takes place in one of the South African cities. Main character- a black police officer who is faced with a difficult choice. Riots begin in the city due to the unjustified aggressiveness of a white officer. The key character must decide which side to take: to support his son, who is an ardent supporter of the fight against apartheid, or to choose a job in the importance and justice of which he believes?

Denzel Washington

Another black Hollywood actor is Denzel Washington. He made his big screen debut in 1974 in Michael Winner's detective film Death Wish. The film is dedicated to the rampant crime in New York in the 70s.

Washington received his first Oscar nomination in 1988. In the biographical drama Cry of Freedom, he played the role of Steve Biko. This is a real-life fighter for the rights of black people. The film takes place in the 1970s Republic of South Africa. The film details the fight against ruling regime, pursuing an aggressive policy of racial segregation. Moreover, almost the entire film was filmed in Zimbabwe.

He did not receive the prize that year. The statuette was awarded for his role in the crime drama “The Untouchables.” Washington received his first Oscar in 1990 for his portrayal of Private Trip in Edward Zwick's historical war drama Glory. In 2000, a black actor won a Golden Globe and a Silver Bear. Berlin Film Festival for the role of boxer Rubin Carter in Norman Jewison's sports drama The Hurricane.

Samuel Leroy Jackson

Among black male actors, one of the leaders in the number of roles in films is Samuel LeRoy Jackson. He has more than 120 films to his credit. He first acted in films back in 1972. It was a little-known film "Together Forever". The black actor gained universal recognition in 1991 after Spike Lee's drama Rain Fever. Jackson became a superstar after playing in Quentin Tarantino's black comedy Pulp Fiction. For this work he received a BAFTA Award and an Independent Spirit Award.

Jackson has since collaborated regularly with Tarantino. He played in his films “Django Unchained”, “Jackie Brown”, “The Hateful Eight”.

Laurence Fishburne

The list of black actors who have earned fame and recognition includes Laurence Fishburne. He left his name in the history of world cinema by playing in the film adaptation of Shakespeare's drama "Othello" in 1995. Most viewers remembered his name after starring in the Wachowski brothers' sci-fi action film "The Matrix." For his role in this cult film, he received an MTV Award in the “Best Fight” category.

In 1994, Fishburne received his only Oscar nomination for his portrayal of American blues musician Ike Turner in the film What Love Can Do. As a result, the award went to Tom Hanks for the legal drama Philadelphia. His career also includes many theater roles.

Ving Rhames

Among black male actors in Hollywood, Ving Rhames plays a prominent role. He began his career with Broadway productions. In the mid-80s he came to television. His first notable work was the role of the father of the writer James Baldwin, which he performed in the autobiographical drama Go Tell Me from the Mountain. Rhames often starred in Vietnamese westerns. He played in Adrian Lyne's dramatic mystical thriller Jacob's Ladder.

Fame came to him, as well as to Jackson, after Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction.” Perhaps Rhames' most notable starring role was as Luther Stickell in the Mission: Impossible action film series. In total, the actor has more than a hundred film roles. It is still actively working. In 2017, he starred in Lawrence Sher's comedy Who's Our Daddy, Dude? and James Gunn's fantasy action film Guardians of the Galaxy.

Eddie Murphy

Not a single selection of photos of black actors is complete without mentioning. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 80s. His first major success on the big screen was Martin Brest's action comedy Beverly Hills Cop. His roles in John Landis's comedy "Trading Places", Tom Shadyac's comedy melodrama "The Nutty Professor", Betty Thomas's comedy "Doctor Dolittle", Ron Underwood's fantasy action film "The Adventures of Pluto Nash", Bill Condon's dramatic musical "Dreamgirls", brought him universal love. family comedy fantasy by Rob Minkoff "The Haunted Mansion".

Perhaps this is the most famous black man. In addition to successes, there were many failures in his career. The actor has been nominated for the award multiple times. golden raspberry". He even became its owner. For example, in 2008 he received an award for the worst male role in Brian Robinsk's comedy melodrama "The Tricks of Norbit." And in 2010 he received the "Golden Raspberry" in the nomination of the decade "for a whole series of unsuccessful works.

Will Smith

Another successful black actor is Will Smith. He was nominated for an Oscar twice during his career. In 2002, Smith competed for the statuette for Best Actor in Michael Mann's biographical sports drama Ali, dedicated to boxer Cassius Clay. But the victory that year went to Denzel Washington for the dramatic thriller “Training Day.”

In 2007, Smith once again competed for an Oscar for his work in Gabriele Muccino's drama The Pursuit of Happyness. But even that time the award did not go to him. The victory was won for main role in Kevin MacDonald's historical drama The Last King of Scotland. Will Smith won national love after the release of Barry Sonnefeld's fantastic action-comedy film Men in Black. And then the second part of this film. Since then, many have known him as agent James Darrell Edwards.