21st-century African-American women writers

The list 21st-century African-American women writers includes Buffie Carruth, Wendy Williams, Tiffany Haddish, Stephanie Adams and Amerie. The list consists of 564 members.

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
2.

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

20th-century African-American women writers 416T
3.

Whoopi Goldberg

American actor, comedian, and television personality (born 1955)

Overview: Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg (), is an American actor, comedian, author and television personality. A recipient of numerous accolades, she is one ...

Date of birth: 13 November 1955

Age: 69

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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National Arts Club Medal of Honor Recipients 1T

American writers with disabilities 314T

American activists with disabilities 260T
4.

Condoleezza Rice

American diplomat and political scientist (born 1954)

Overview: Condoleezza "Condi" Rice ( KON-də-LEE-zə; born November 14, 1954) is an American diplomat, political scientist, civil servant, and professor who is the current director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford ...

Date of birth: 14 November 1954

Age: 70

Nationality: American

Occupation: Government

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Time 100 250T

Members of the Council on Foreign Relations 382T

21st-century American memoirists 326T
5.

Wendy Williams

American, Talk Show Host

Overview: Wendy Joan Hunter (née Williams; born July 18, 1964) is an American former broadcaster, media personality, and writer. From 2008 to 2021, she hosted the nationally syndicated television talk show The Wendy ...

Date of birth: 18 July 1964

Age: 60

Nationality: American

Occupation: Talk Show Host

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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American women autobiographers 199T

Female shock jocks 3T

20th-century African-American women writers 409T
6.

Oprah Winfrey

American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)

Overview: Oprah Gail Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954) is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah ...

Date of birth: 29 January 1954

Age: 71

Nationality: American

Occupation: Talk Show Host

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Stedman Graham (Engaged)

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21st-century African-American businesspeople 126T

20th-century African-American businesspeople 144T

Women radio producers 128T
7.

Tiffany Haddish

American comedian and actress (born 1979)

Overview: Tiffany Sara Cornilia Haddish (born December 3, 1979) is an American stand-up comedian and actress. After guest-starring on several television series and lead role on a cable drama, Haddish gained pro ...

Date of birth: 3 December 1979

Age: 45

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Marvin Jones (Dating)

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21st-century African-American writers 615T

21st-century American Jews 3,212T

Comedians from Los Angeles County 20T
8.

Amerie

American, Singer

Overview: Amerie Mi Marie Rogers (born January 12, 1980), is an American recording artist, actress and author. Born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts and raised in the Washington metropolitan area, Amerie gained an a ...

Date of birth: 12 January 1980

Age: 45

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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21st-century American singer-songwriters 2,755T

American video bloggers 68T

21st-century African-American writers 1,077T
9.

Gabby Douglas

American artistic gymnast

Overview: Gabrielle Christina Victoria Douglas (born December 31, 1995) is an American former artistic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympic all around champion and the 2015 World all-around silver medalist. She was ...

Date of birth: 31 December 1995

Age: 29

Nationality: American

Occupation: Gymnastics

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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Barbie Sheroes 15T

21st-century African-American women 3,828T

U.S. women's national team gymnasts 164T
10.

Ayesha Curry

Canadian-American actress, cookbook author and TV personality

Overview: Ayesha Curry is a Canadian and American businesswoman, chef, restauranteur and actress. After guest roles in several television shows and films, she began hosting Ayesha's Homemade (a.k.a. Ayesha's Home ...

Date of birth: 23 March 1989

Age: 36

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Stephen Curry (Married)

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Canadian women bloggers 39T

Canadian women television personalities 90T

American women television personalities 56T
11.

Fredricka Whitfield

American news reporter

Overview: Fredricka Whitfield (born May 31, 1965) is an American journalist and news anchor. She anchors the weekend edition of CNN Newsroom from CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta.

Date of birth: 31 May 1965

Age: 60

Nationality: American

Occupation: TV News

Gender: Female

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20th-century American women 4,137T

20th-century American journalists 2,165T

African-American women journalists 146T
12.

Robin Thede

American comedian and writer

Overview: Robin Thede ( THEE-dee) is an American comedic actress, writer, sketch and improvisational comedian. Raised in Iowa, she has also worked as an entertainment correspondent, host, and radio personality ...

Date of birth: 27 July 1979

Age: 45

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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African-American female comedians 66T

American women television writers 652T

21st-century American screenwriters 625T
13.

Ava DuVernay

American filmmaker (born 1972)

Overview: Ava Marie DuVernay (born August 24, 1972) is an American filmmaker. She is a recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award, a NAACP Image Award, a BAFTA Film Award and a BAFTA TV Award, as well as a nominee of an ...

Date of birth: 24 August 1972

Age: 52

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Barbie Sheroes 15T

21st-century African-American writers 782T

American women television directors 304T
14.

Vanessa Baden

American actor

Overview: Vanessa Jennifer Baden-Kelly (born September 8, 1985) is an American actress, writer, director, and producer. She is best known as a child actress in the Nickelodeon television series Gullah Gullah Island ...

Date of birth: 8 September 1985

Age: 39

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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African-American female comedians 66T

21st-century American comedians 1,986T

American women film producers 581T
15.

Wanda Sykes

American comedian and actress (born 1964)

Overview: Wanda Yvette Sykes (born March 7, 1964) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She was first recognized for her work as a writer on The Chris Rock Show, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award ...

Date of birth: 7 March 1964

Age: 61

Nationality: American

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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21st-century African-American writers 593T

Television producers from Virginia 28T

20th-century African-American writers 566T
16.

A'ja Wilson

American basketball player (born 1995)

Overview: A’ja Riyadh Wilson (born August 8, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Wilson played for the South Carolina ...

Date of birth: 8 August 1996

Age: 28

Nationality: American

Occupation: Basketball

Gender: Female

Height: 6' 5" (196 cm)

Partner: Bam Adebayo (Dating)

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All-American college women's basketball players 290T

Las Vegas Aces draft picks 3T

People from Hopkins, South Carolina 12T
17.

Jemele Hill

American journalist

Overview: Jemele Juanita Hill (born 1975) is an American sports journalist who writes for The Atlantic. She worked nearly 12 years for sports conglomerate ESPN. She wrote a column for ESPN.com's Page 2 and formerly ...

Date of birth: 21 December 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: American

Occupation: TV Personality

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Ian Wallace (Married)

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Mumford High School alumni 16T

21st-century American journalists 721T

African-American women journalists 146T
18.

Nikki Giovanni

American, Poet

Overview: Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr. (June 7, 1943 – December 9, 2024) was an American poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator. One of the world's most well-known African-American poets, her ...

Date of birth: 7 June 1943

Date of death: 9 December 2024

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Poet

Gender: Female

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African-American women poets 15T

2024 deaths 5,983T

Writers from Knoxville, Tennessee 24T
19.

Anita Hill

American law professor and accuser of Clarence Thomas

Overview: Anita Faye Hill (born July 30, 1956) is an American lawyer and academic. She is a university professor of social policy, law, and women's studies at Brandeis University and a faculty member of the uni ...

Date of birth: 30 July 1956

Age: 68

Nationality: American

Occupation: Teacher

Gender: Female

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African-American legal scholars 26T

American women legal scholars 18T

Women legal scholars 331T
20.

Sonja Sohn

American, Actress

Overview: Sonja Denise Plack (née Williams), known professionally as Sonja Sohn, is an American actress, filmmaker, and activist, best known for portraying Baltimore detective Kima Greggs in the HBO drama The Wire ...

Date of birth: 9 May 1964

Age: 61

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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21st-century African-American actresses 869T

21st-century African-American writers 1,080T

20th-century African-American women 4,529T