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Background[]
Filmography[]
- Living Dolls (1989) series regular
- Amen (1991) 1 episode
- A Different World (1991) 1 episode
- They Came from Outer Space (1991) 1 episode
- Jungle Fever (1991)
- Strictly Business (1991)
- The Last Boy Scout (1991)
- Knots Landing (1991) 6 episodes
- Boomerang (1992)
- Queen (1993)
- Father Hood (1993)
- The Program (1993)
- The Flintstones (1994)
- Solomon & Sheba (1995)
- Losing Isaiah (1995)
- Executive Decision (1996)
- Race the Sun (1996)
- The Rich Man's Wife (1996)
- B*A*P*S (1997)
- The Wedding (1998)
- Frasier (1998) 1 episode
- Bulworth (1998)
- Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998)
- Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
- X-Men (2000)
- Swordfish (2001)
- Monster's Ball (2001)
- The Bernie Mac Show (2002) 1 episode
- Die Another Day (2002)
- X-Men 2 (2003)
- Gothika (2003)
- Catwoman (2004)
- Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005)
- Robots (2005)
- X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
- Perfect Stranger (2007)
- Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
- Frankie & Alice (2010)
- The Simpsons (2011) 1 episode
- New Year's Eve (2011)
- Dark Tide (2012)
- Cloud Atlas (2012)
- Movie 43 (2013)
- The Call (2013)
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
- Extant (2014-15) series regular
- Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016)
- Kidnap (2017)
- Kings (2017)
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
- John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)
- Bruised (2020)
- Never Let Go (2024)
Trivia[]
- Is type 1 diabetic.
- Miss Teen All American (1985) and Miss Ohio USA (1986).
- Turned down the role of Annie Porter in Speed, which went to Sandra Bullock.
- In high school, was an honor society member, editor of the school paper, and class president. Was also crowned prom queen.
- Lost some hearing in one of her ears due to a physical encounter with a boyfriend in the early 1990s.
- Is the first African-American actress to win the Academy Award for Best Actress.
- Her dress for the 2002 Oscars ceremony was voted the most popular from the first 75 years.
- Ranked #96 in Premiere magazine's 2003 annual Power 100 List.
- Ranked #7 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2004" supplement.
- Voted #7 on VH1's "100 Hottest Hotties".
- Ranked #15 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).
- Voted #1 on BET's "All Shades of Fine: The 25 Hottest Women of the Past 25 Years" (2005).
- Ranked #41 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2005 list.
- Ranked #5 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" supplement.
- Ranked #7 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2002 list.
- Ranked #6 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.
- Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on April 3, 2007.
- Ranked #55 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2007 list.
- Was named "Sexiest Woman Alive" by Esquire magazine in 2008.
- As of 2018, has never appeared in a film nominated for the the Best Picture Oscar.
Quotes[]
- "I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood, so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else, or as smart, or whatever."
- "The worst thing a man can ever do is kiss me on the first date."
- "I never wanted to be a model. My modeling career was nothing but a stepping stone to my acting career and that's all I ever saw it as. A pointless rock in the river that has to be stepped on in order to get to the meaningful oasis of acting."
- "I'm embracing the fact that with each new year comes a new line on my face, and that just makes me more of who I'm evolving into."