Dorothy (Jean) Dandridge
Carmen Jones (1954), Porgy and Bess (1959)
Ruby Dee
A Raisin in the Sun (1961), The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Eartha (Mae) Kitt
New Faces (1954), Cat Woman from Batman television series (1967)
Cicely Tyson
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005), A Woman Called Moses (1978)
Angela (Evelyn) Bassett
Mr. 3000 (2004), The Rosa Parks Story (2002)
Whoopi Goldberg
Star Trek: The Next Generation (appeared between 1998 and 1993), Bogus (1996)
Halle (Maria) Berry
Die Another Day (2002), Catwoman (2004)
Vivica A. (Anjanetta) Fox
Juwanna Man (2002), Ella Enchanted (2004)
Thandie (Adjewa) Newton
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Alfre (Ette) Woodard
Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Gulliver’s Travels (1996)
Lynn Whitefield
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996), The Josephine Baker Story (1991)
Lisa Bonet
High Fidelity (2000), The Cosby Show (appeared between 1984 and 1991)
Jada Pinkett Smith
The Nutty Professor (1996), Woo (1998)
Queen Latifah
Last Holiday (2006), Chicago (2002)
Vanessa L. (Lynn) Williams
Dance with Me (1998), Shaft (2000)
Beyoncé (Giselle) Knowles
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), The Pink Panther (2006)