Black Actors and Actresses in the uk- 1 p2
Josie D'Arby | Peter de Jersey | Ortis Deley | Felix Dexter |
Joe Dixon | Kathryn Drysdale | Noma Dumezweni |
Chiwetel Ejiofor | Idris Elba | Louis Emerick | Alfred Enoch |
O. T. Fagbenle | Geff Francis |
Rochelle Gadd | Michelle Gayle | Robbie Gee | Mohammed George |
Don Gilet | Angela Griffin | Jaye Griffiths | Roger Griffiths |
Mona Hammond | David Harewood | Naomie Harris | Chelsee Healey |
Lenny Henry | Ram John Holder | Adrian Holmes | Nicola Hughes |
Tracy Ifeachor |
Lennie James | Marianne Jean-Baptiste | Jocelyn Jee Esien | Tendayi Jembere |
Jenny Jules | Danny John-Jules | Paterson Joseph | Cush Jumbo |
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Black Actors and Actresses in the uk
Black Academy Award winners and nominees at the 85th Academy Awards ceremony held on February 24, 2013. Sidney Poitier was the First black actor to be nominated for Best Actor in The Defiant Ones. He was also the First black actor to win Best Actor - First black actor to receive two acting nominations (Best Actor) & the Youngest black actor to win Best Actor (age 37) in the film Lilies of the Field.
Dorothy Dandridge was the First black actress to be nominated for Best Actress in the film Carmen Jones. Diana Ross was the First black actress to receive an Academy Award nomination for a debut film performance & it was the First time that multiple black actresses received Best Actress nominations for the film Lady Sings the Blues.
Quoted from wikipedia.org