Avery Brooks is a prolific actor and supporter of African American success. He was the first African American to get an MFA in directing and acting from Rutgers University. For his role on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Brooks was the first African American to hold the role of captain on a Star Trek production. He was also only the... read full bio
Lynn Nottage won the Pulitzer Prize for drama for her play Ruined," a hard-hitting tale of survival set among the denizens of a Congolese bar and bordello. "Ruined," based in interviews Nottage conducted in Africa, revolves around young women who have been raped and brutalized, casualties of the decades-long war in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Brooklyn-based... read full bio
Currently known for her portrayal of Nicky Nichols on the acclaimed Netflix series Orange is the New Black, actress Natasha Lyonne has been making waves in the theatre and film world for most of her life. She signed to Ford Modeling as a youngster and was quick to be casted as Opal on Pee-Wee's Playhouse. At just 16 she was... read full bio
Emily Kinney is an actress, best known for her role as Beth Greene in the AMC television series The Walking Dead. Kinney was born in Wayne, Nebraska and graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University. In addition to her role on The Walking Dead for four years, Kinney has had reoccurring roles and guest appearances on television series such as Law &... read full bio
Dirk Benedict's most well known acting roles are as Lieutenant Templeton ""Faceman"" Peck in The A-Team television series and Lieutenant Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica film and television series. His earlier film roles were in Georgia, Georgia, Hawaii Five-O, Sssssss, W, Chopper One, and Charlie's Angels. The first screenplay that Benedict wrote and directed was the film Cahoots. His... read full bio
TOM SKERRITT earned an Emmy Award for his work on the accalimed series Picket Fences," in which he starred as Sheriff Jimmy Brock for four seasons. He directing "Divided by Hate," and completed a starring role in the Hallmark telefilm "What the Deaf Man Heard. Since debuting on screen opposite Robert Redford in "War Hunt," Skerritt has appeared in more... read full bio
Actor Patrick Duffy is best known as Bobby Ewing on the soap opera Dallas, Frank Lambert on the ABC sitcom Step by Step, and Stephen Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful. He most recently starred in a new art film called Hotel Dallas, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and is to have a screening at the Dallas... read full bio
Tyson Beckford is an American model and actor most famous for being a Ralph Lauren Polo model and for being the host of both seasons of Make Me A Supermodel on the Bravo channel. Since, 1993 he has been modeling polos for Ralph Lauren. He was named Man of the Year" on VH1 and he was also one of People... read full bio
Actor and humanitarian Nate Parker first received critical attention for his starring role in The Weinstein Company’s The Great Debaters opposite Director/Actor Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker. Denzel handpicked him to play the troubled yet brilliant ‘Henry Lowe,’ who overcomes his selfish ways and becomes the team’s leader. Nate received an honorary Doctorate from Wiley College in Marshall, Texas –... read full bio
Lloyd Boston is America’s favorite television style journalist, most well known from hit shows like The Insider, corresponding on the popular companion show to the Emmy-winning Entertainment Tonight. His insight on the topics of fashion, celebrity, lifestyle trends, and pop-culture news keeps his audience engaged and on-trend. Boston holds a reputation as the go-to “Insider” for all things style and... read full bio
"Former child actor Rodney Allen Rippy is recognized for appearing in Jack in the Box commercials in the 1970s. He also appeared in TV shows including The Six Million Dollar Man, The Odd Couple, Police Story, and Marcus Welby, M.D. He also often appeared on talk shows, such as The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and he co-starred on The... read full bio
Sebastian Tony Pugh, known in the world of television as Toby Sebastian, is an actor and musician most well known for his portrayal of the character Trystane Martell on the hit HBO series, Game of Thrones. Toby grew up with his family of three sisters, who all three ended up pursuing acting careers, in the beautiful community of Andalusia in... read full bio
Chuck Woolery is best known for hosting the television dating show that started it all, Love Connection, which is one of the longest lasting game shows in television history. Perhaps the most iconic TV game show host on TV today, Chuck was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Host in a Game or Audience Participation Show for Wheel of... read full bio
Actress Amiah Miller is young, but rising quickly. She appeared in the horror movie Lights Out as the younger version of Teresa Palmers character, Valerie Lawson in the CBS television series MacGyver, and Nova in War for the Planet of the Apes. ... read full bio
Kirsty Mitchell is a Scottish actress who has appeared in various films and shows such as Small Faces, The Acid House, and A Shot At Glory. A few of her notable roles include Muire Boland in the CBS movie The Pilots Wife, Horonia in the TV series Attila, Nessie in Ill Be There, DC Mel Kovacs in Murphys Law, and... read full bio
Mageina Tovah is an actress, most well known for playing Glynis Figliola in the CBS series Joan of Arcadia and Ursula Ditkovich in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man film trilogy. She has also guest starred on television shows including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, NYPD Blue, Six Feet Under, The Shield, Cold Case, Crossing Jordan, American Horror Story, Private Practice, Bones, Southland, Hung,... read full bio
Actress Sophia Lillis rose to fame as the young female lead Beverly Marsh, a member of the Losers Club, in the remake of Stephen King’s It. It: Chapter One made history with the largest opening weekend at the box office for a horror film ($123.1 million), and most venues for an R-rated film with 4,103, beating out the Marvel film... read full bio
Lizzie Brochere is multi-talented and works as an actress in television, theatre, and French film and she also works as a writer, producer, and activist. As an actress, she is known for roles such as After Fall, Winter, One to Another, and American Horror Story: Asylum, in which she played the character Grace Bertrand. Lizzie started acting when she was... read full bio
Pam Grier is an actress that was most popular in the 1970’s for her roles in films like “The Big Bird Cage”, “Coffy”, “Foxy Brown”, and “Sheba, Baby”. She also played Jackie Brown in the Quentin Tarantino film “Jackie Brown” which she was nominated a Golden Globe for. Grier started off appearing in stage productions when she was younger and... read full bio
Mary Mouser started her acting career at five years old. She has starred in a variety of shows, leading series on Starz like Me Eloise, and being featured in shows like NCIS, Frenemies, Scandal, and Body of Proof. Mouser enjoys reading, singing, dancing, and shopping. Her most recent achievement is landing a role in the YouTube Red series, Cobra Kai.... read full bio
