Top 10 Black Brits In Film
These stars traveled over the pond and took over the screen.
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Idris Elba - Traveling over the pond and making his way to Brooklyn for a short time, this brit first turned heads for his acting in The Wire, but has caused pandemonium in the Mandela biopic, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom which hit theaters on Christmas of 2013.(Photo: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)
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Thandie Newton - This freckled beauty captures audiences not only with her powerful acting chops but her bright eyes too. As the lead character in the haunting film Beloved, Newton made a name for herself in the states. She hasn't slowed down since, acting as one of Tyler Perry's angels in the film Good Deeds. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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Chiwetel Ejiofor - You wouldn't peg this English actor as the type to play a gangster, but Chiwetel played the role well as Huey Lucas in the film American Gangster.Most recently the actor has taken on one of the biggest roles of his career, as the lead character, Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave. (Photo: Mike Marsland/WireImage)
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Naomie Harris - It's no wonder that this beauty played a Bond girl in the latest installment of the iconic film, Skyfall. But Harris flipped the script on audiences when she played the role of Winnie in the Mandela biopic, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom alongside fellow brit, Idris Elba.(Photo: Jo Hale/Getty Images)
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David Oyelowo - We saw Oyelowo be extremely militant in Lee Daniel's critically acclaimed film The Butler as Louis Gaines and we hope to see more of the talented actor in 2014. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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