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A Star Is Born - Emayatzy Corinealdi, pronounced Ema-Yahtzee, proved in the second episode of the Roots remake that she is an acting force to be reckoned with. The Kentucky native is a perfect mix of beauty, talent and elegance. Here are all the reasons why we absolutely adore her. By Kellee Terrell(Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

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She Is Ridiculously Beautiful - The 36-year-old Panamanian actress is so darn beautiful, you almost want to hate her, but you won’t. It’s hard to hate a sista whose melanin stays on fleek and who has such a gorgeous smile.  (Photo: Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Amazon Studios)

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She Stands Up for Her Work  - In a recent interview with KTLA, the indie-film actress weighed in on Snoop Dogg’s boycott of the Roots remake. She said, “I challenge Snoop to watch it. It’s hard to have a conversation with someone who is unwilling to watch it…My niece saw it and said she had never thought about slavery in this way. That is the gift.”(Photo: History Channel)

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She’s an Incredible Actress - If you didn’t catch her as Belle in the second episode of Roots, you are truly missing something special. Her performance made us laugh, stare in awe and be brought to tears. Seriously, folks just need to go ahead and give her that Emmy now.  (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

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Ava DuVernay Is Her Home Girl  - Corinealdi got her breakout role in Ava DuVernay’s Sundance-winning feature film Middle of Nowhere. Haven’t seen it yet? Stream it on Netflix tonight! (Photo: Rich Polk/Getty Images for Elizabeth Taylor White Diamond's Lustre)

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She’s Just Like Us - In a recent interview with US Weekly, Corinealdi was asked to dump out her purse and it’s clear that she’s totally down to earth. She had a “beat up American Express card,” a wooden keychain she’s had since she was 14 and Bath & Body Works grapefruit-scented hand sanitizer. Like, girl, are we the same person?(Photo: Lily Lawrence/Getty Images for Kari Feinstein)

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She Loves Her Some #BlackGirlMagic - She recently told Essence, “Being able to express yourself boldly and freely. Being uninhibited about doing that. I think there is a soul in us, and I think that is something we possess that is really different. There’s a way of exhibiting that, which comes naturally. That’s the magic.” Yaaas, girl!(Photo: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

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She’s Used Her Struggles to Be a Stronger Actress - Acting isn’t always financially prosperous and is a struggle, but Corinealdi uses those hard times to be a better actor. She told Interview, “That's the fun part of being an actor, being a storyteller — being able to use all those experiences and use people's experiences that have crossed your path and influence you to help create a character…It may not have been fun when it was happening, but you get to keep it in the toolbox and pull it out when the time is right.” (Photo: Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Amazon Studios)

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She Keeps Her Personal Life Personal - Corinealdi isn’t the one to post her life up on Snapchat like most celebs. “I like the idea of privacy and separation. A part of me feels like I’m an actor who’s trapped in years and years ago before we had social media…You wondered, well who are they dating, and all those questions you never really knew the answer to because they had their own lives and that was that,” she told Undefeated. (Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Samsung)

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Don’t Sleep on Her - There is a reason why everyone is talking about her in Hollywood right now, so don’t be surprised if she starts getting cast in more and more roles. Want to support Corinealdi even more? Rent the thriller The Invitation, see her in Don Cheadle’s Miles Ahead or on Amazon’s series Hand of God. (Photo: Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for Samsung)