Even Goldberg is credited for her groundbreaking 1984 one-woman show (“The Spook Show”), which taught Black actresses that they didn’t have to wait for Hollywood to offer them roles — they ...

This pattern reflects deeper issues within Hollywood’s star-making machinery. Black actresses often navigate a system where they’re rarely positioned as the romantic lead, the complex ...

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But the film contains powerful reminders of how Black women actresses have circumvented ... her career in 1984—to fighting for roles when Hollywood wouldn’t see her “fit,” Goldberg ...

Part of the documentary explores the importance for actresses to not only be ... A project grounded in interviews with 17 Black leading women in Hollywood. "And they're more, right?

He said, “It was seeing Black actors and actresses come out of the gate ... uses talking heads as well as archival footage of Black Hollywood history to thread the narrative together.

As the only Black woman to have won an Oscar for Leading Actress, Halle Berry urges Black actresses to stop coveting ... as they share their experiences in Hollywood, from landing life-changing ...

As two new comedies fail to feature Black female leads, Isabella Silvers asks why this pattern persists, and who is ...

In an interview with Business Insider published Monday, March 24, the Black Bag star said, "The shelf life of actresses when ... told Business Insider of Hollywood in particular, "I just think ...

Blanchett defied those odds, and 30 years later, she's leading the sexy new thriller "Black Bag ... for women in Hollywood wasn't as common in the 90s. "The shelf life of actresses when I ...