Lupita Nyong'o

Academy Award-Winning Actress; Known for "12 Years a Slave," "Black Panther" & "Us"

Cynthia Erivo

Singer-Songwriter & Grammy & Tony Award-Winning Actress; Known for "The Color Purple," "Wicked" & Portraying Harriet Tubman in "Harriet"; Vice President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts

Marsai Martin

Actress & Producer; Known for "Black-ish" & "Little"

Regina Hall

Actress Known for "Scary Movie," "The Best Man" & "Ally McBeal"; First African American to Win a New York Film Critics Circle Award

Viola Davis

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Producer & New York Times Best-Selling Author

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Janelle Monáe

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

Angela Bassett

Award-Winning Actress & Co-Founder of Bassett/Vance Productions

Erika Alexander

American Actress; Founder of Color Farm Media; Thought Leader on Racial & Gender Equity

Zazie Beetz

Emmy Award-Nominated Actress; Known for "Atlanta"

Millicent Shelton

Music Video & Television Director

Ava DuVernay

Academy Award-Nominated Director & Producer Known for "Selma," "13th" & "When They See Us"

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Regina King

Academy Award-Winning Actress & Director

Amandla Stenberg

Actor, Singer & Activist Known for "The Hate U Give," "The Hunger Games" & "Everything, Everything"

Issa Rae

Actress, Writer, Director & Producer Known for HBO's "Insecure" & "Awkward Black Girl"

Debra Martin Chase

Award-Winning Television & Film Producer Known for "The Princess Diaries" and "Cheetah Girls"

Trey Anthony

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

Spike Lee

Academy Award-Winning Writer, Producer, Actor & Director; Best Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Malcolm X"

dream hampton

Cultural Critic, Award-Winning Filmmaker & Executive Producer of "Surviving R.Kelly"

Salim Akil

Director of Popular TV Shows Including "Black Lightning" & "Being Mary Jane"

Richard Ayoade

English Actor, Writer, TV Presenter, and Director

Alicia Vikander

Award-Winning Actress

Kasi Lemmons

Writer, Actor & Director Known for "Harriet" and "Silence of the Lambs"

Amma Asante

British Screenwriter & Director Known for "Belle" and "A Way of Life"

Julie Dash

Director & Writer Known for "Daughters of the Dust"; First Black Woman to Direct A Full-Length General Theatrical Release Film in the U.S.

Caitlin FitzGerald

Acting and writing and movie making and slightly addicted to scratch tickets.

Shonda Rhimes

Executive Producer, Screenwriter, & Author

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Denzel Washington

Actor, Director & Producer Known for "Fences," "The Book of Eli" & "Training Day"

Idris Elba

English Actor, Producer, Rapper and DJ; Best Known for His Roles in "The Wire" & "Luther"

Forest Whitaker

Award-Winning Actor, Producer & Director; Best Known for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" & "The Last King of Scotland"

Shawn Wayans

Comedic Actor Best Known for Spoofs like "Scary Movie" and "Dance Flick"