21st-century African-American women

The list 21st-century African-American women includes Beyoncé, Taraji P. Henson, Tyra Banks, Stacey Dash and Sanaa Lathan. The list consists of 4,838 members and 6 sublists.

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1.

Beyoncé

American, Singer

Overview: Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( bee-ON-say; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and businesswoman. Known as "Queen Bey", she has been widely recognized for her boundary-pushing ...

Date of birth: 4 September 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Jay-Z (Married)

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American dance-pop musicians 68T

Knowles–Carter family 5T

American feminist musicians 282T
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Taraji P. Henson

American actress

Overview: Taraji Penda Henson ( tə-RAH-jee; born September 11, 1970) is an American actress. She studied acting at Howard University and began her Hollywood career in guest roles on several television shows before ...

Date of birth: 11 September 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Shorty Award winners 216T

20th-century African-American women 4,418T

20th-century African-American people 12,510T
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Tyra Banks

American, TV Personality

Overview: Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, 1973), also known as BanX, is an American television personality, model, producer, writer, and actress. Born in Inglewood, California, she began her career as a model ...

Date of birth: 4 December 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: American

Occupation: TV Personality

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Louis Belanger Martin (Long-Term)

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American women civil rights activists 370T

LGBT rights activists from California 34T

21st-century African-American actresses 111T
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Stacey Dash

American actress (born 1967)

Overview: Stacey Lauretta Dash (born January 20, 1967) is an American actress. Dash played Dionne Marie Davenport in the 1995 feature film Clueless and its television series of the same name. She has also appeared ...

Date of birth: 20 January 1967

Age: 58

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Actresses from the Bronx 61T

Critics of Black Lives Matter 90T

20th-century African-American women 4,459T
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Sanaa Lathan

American actress (born 1971)

Overview: Sanaa McCoy Lathan (born September 19, 1971) is an American actress. She is the daughter of actress Eleanor McCoy and film director Stan Lathan. Her career began after she appeared in the shows In the ...

Date of birth: 19 September 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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20th-century African-American women singers 859T

20th-century African-American women 4,418T

Actresses from New York City 1,625T
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Meagan Good

American actress (born 1981)

Overview: Meagan Monique Good is an American actress. She first gained critical attention for her role in the film Eve's Bayou (1997), prior to landing the role of Nina in the Nickelodeon sitcom Cousin Skeeter ...

Date of birth: 8 August 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Jonathan Majors (Married)

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20th-century African-American women 4,401T

People from Canyon Country, Santa Clarita, California 8T

20th-century African-American people 12,488T
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Halle Berry

American actress

Overview: Halle Maria Berry (born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress. Berry won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the romantic drama film Monster's Ball (2001), b ...

Date of birth: 14 August 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Van Hunt (Dating)

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The Second City Training Center alumni 18T

21st-century African-American actresses 68T

Models from Cleveland 11T
8.

Ciara

American singer (born 1985)

Overview: Ciara Princess Wilson ( see-ERR-ə, like Sierra; née Harris, born October 25, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and model. Born in Austin, Texas, she traveled around the world during ...

Date of birth: 25 October 1985

Age: 39

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Russell Wilson (Married)

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American footballers' wives and girlfriends 4T

Electropop musicians 34T

American female hip hop musicians 67T
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Mariah Carey

American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, and philanthropist (born 1969)

Overview: Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by Guinness World Records, she is noted for her songwriting, f ...

Date of birth: 27 March 1970

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Anderson .Paak (Dating)

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Judges in American reality television series 95T

21st-century African-American women singers 623T

20th-century African-American women singers 863T
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Chantel Jeffries

Musical artist

Overview: Chantel Taleen Jeffries (born September 30, 1992), is an American DJ, model, and YouTube personality. She released her debut single, "Wait", on May 2, 2018, under Universal Music Group's record label ...

Date of birth: 30 September 1992

Age: 32

Nationality: American

Occupation: Disc Jockey

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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American people who self-identify as being of Cherokee descent 2T

American women DJs 59T

Women DJs 179T
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Draya Michele

American fashion designer

Overview: Andraya Michele Howard (born January 23, 1985) is an American media personality, model, actress, and fashion designer.

Date of birth: 23 January 1985

Age: 40

Nationality: American

Occupation: Reality TV

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Jalen Green (Dating)

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American women fashion designers 423T

20th-century African-American women 4,494T

21st-century African-American people 11,061T
12.

Tamron Hall

American journalist, talk show host (born 1970)

Overview: Tamron Latrise Hall (born September 16, 1970) is an American broadcast journalist, television talk show host and author. In September 2019, Hall debuted her self-titled syndicated daytime talk show. Hall ...

Date of birth: 16 September 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: American

Occupation: TV News

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Steven Greener (Married)

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20th-century American women journalists 729T

21st-century American women journalists 741T

21st-century African-American women writers 551T
13.

Naya Rivera

American actress and singer (1987–2020)

Overview: Naya Marie Rivera (January 12, 1987 – July 8, 2020) was an American actress, singer, and model. Recognized for her work on the popular musical comedy-drama series Glee, she received various awards ...

Date of birth: 12 January 1987

Date of death: 8 July 2020

Age: 33 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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21st-century African-American actresses 870T

20th-century African-American actresses 676T

21st-century African-American women singers 717T
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Kat Graham

American actress and singer

Overview: Katerina Alexandre Hartford Graham (born September 5, 1989) is an American actress, singer, and activist. She played Bonnie Bennett on The CW supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017) ...

Date of birth: 5 September 1989

Age: 35

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

Partner: Bryant Wood (Married)

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21st-century American singer-songwriters 2,654T

21st-century African-American women singers 623T

20th-century African-American women singers 863T
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Teyana Taylor

American singer and actress

Overview: Teyana Me Shay Jacqueli Shumpert (née Taylor; born December 10, 1990) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, model, dancer, choreographer, and music video director. In 2006, she choreographed the ...

Date of birth: 10 December 1990

Age: 34

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Aaron Pierre (Dating)

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Actors from Harlem 50T

Musicians from Harlem 113T

MTV Video Music Award winners 222T
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Madison Pettis

American, Actress

Overview: Madison Michelle Pettis (born July 22, 1998) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Sophie Martinez on the Disney Channel comedy series Cory in the House, as Peyton Kelly in the 2007 film ...

Date of birth: 22 July 1998

Age: 26

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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American sitcom actresses 542T

American comedy actresses 409T

Actresses of Irish descent 597T
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Jessica Szohr

American actress

Overview: Jessica Karen Szohr (born March 31, 1985) is an American actress. She started her screen career appearing on television shows such as My Wife and Kids (2003), Joan of Arcadia (2004), What About Brian (2007) ...

Date of birth: 31 March 1985

Age: 40

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Brad Richardson (Married)

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People from Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin 25T

Actresses from Wisconsin 69T

21st-century American actresses 5,090T
18.

Da Brat

American rapper (born 1974)

Overview: Shawntae Harris (born April 14, 1974), better known by her stage name Da Brat, is an American rapper and actress from Chicago, Illinois. Beginning her career in 1992, her debut album Funkdafied (1994) ...

Date of birth: 14 April 1974

Age: 51

Nationality: American

Occupation: Rapper

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Jesseca Dupart (Married)

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LGBT singers from the United States 352T

21st-century American women singers 2,630T

20th-century American women singers 2,001T
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Michelle Obama

First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017

Overview: Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (née Robinson; born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She was the first African ...

Date of birth: 17 January 1964

Age: 61

Nationality: American

Occupation: First Lady

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Barack Obama (Married)

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21st-century American philanthropists 16T

21st-century women philanthropists 9T

Time 100 238T
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Lauren London

American actress (born 1984)

Overview: Lauren Nicole London (born December 5, 1984) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in films and televisions shows including ATL (2006), This Christmas (2007), Madea's Big Happy Family (2011) ...

Date of birth: 5 December 1984

Age: 40

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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American Ashkenazi Jews 243T

20th-century African-American women 4,446T

21st-century African-American people 11,041T