10 Enchanting Young Black Actresses To Watch
Redefining #BlackGirlMagic for us all.
1 / 11
10 Enchanting Young Black Actresses to Watch - BET Star Cinema is set to premiere the critically acclaimed film Beasts of the Southern Wild, starring the fascinating Quvenzhané Wallis, so we decided to highlight other magical Black actresses on the rise. Beware of their power!(Photos from left: Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Women in Film, Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images, Michael Kovac/Getty Images for ELLE)
2 / 11
Amandla Stenberg - Our little activist of the bunch, Amandla recently voiced her opinion on cultural appropriation in her viral video "Don't Crash Crop My Cornrows." She's a true artist in the way we may think of Nina Simone — free and rooted in her community; creative and tamed at the same time.(Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Women in Film)
3 / 11
Quvenzhané Wallis - Quvenzhané captured our hearts as Hushpuppy in Beasts of the Southern Wild. We immediately saw her talent on screen and we gravitated toward its magnetic pull. We can't wait to see what she'll do next. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Photo By Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images
4 / 11
Zendaya Coleman - Zendaya has spoken out, wore designer garments on red carpets and modeled, but overall she's an actress with an amazing talent that has us glued to our screens every time she's on camera. (Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
5 / 11
Aja Naomi King - We're not sure of anyone else's reaction, but the minute we saw Aja Naomi King in the first episode of How to Get Away With Murder, we both rejoiced and couldn't look away. This actress's presence may one day rival that of Angela Bassett's, which makes perfect sense since they both graduated from Yale's School of Drama. (Photo: Angela Weiss/Getty Images for Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation)
ADVERTISEMENT