Accomplished Quote by Cicely Tyson

As an actor, my commitment is to be really mindful of how I'm representing Black women. It's the heart of my drive, and my…

— KiKi Layne

As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on…

— Naturi Naughton

I want to be someone who is a great representation of a black woman in Hollywood, a black woman in the entertainment industry.

— Kat Graham

I only became an actor to get your attention, to challenge the archetype of an African American male; I can't be anything else in…

— Isaiah Washington

As an actress, I have put myself out there as an independent black woman, a single mom, a go-getter, a hustler who isn't afraid…

— LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

I believe it's important to have equal opportunities as a black actor. My way of fighting for it is through my art, by not…

— Malachi Kirby

I am African-American, and I am a proud African-American. I just don't like to put myself in a box and say, 'I'm an African-American…

— Nafessa Williams

You can't be perceived as 'the black actress who doesn't get the same kind of roles as the white actress.' You gotta run the…

— Viola Davis

I am a product of every other black woman before me who has done or said anything worthwhile. Recognizing that I am part of…

— Oprah Winfrey

I would love to get a role that changes the landscape of being an African American woman in television and film.

— Candice Patton

When you're a Black actress, the box that we often get put in is so small. And me being a dark-skinned Black actress, the…

— KiKi Layne

My mother is black, from Grenada, so my blackness was always there, but It wasn't until I started hanging with the upperclassmen black actors…

— Amanda Seales