Actress Quote by Rutina Wesley

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

There are a lot of actresses of colour, and actors of colour in particular, who have fallen by the wayside because of the lack…

— Naomi Ackie

The industry looks for white actors and actresses, but it's not the same for black actors. We have to really put the work in.

— Chadwick Boseman

I always look at things half full and definitely see a change in how things are going as far as black actresses and their…

— Kimberly Elise

I get it - there are very few black female actresses who have been given chances.

— Nicole Byer

It's just unfair that talent of color aren't given the same opportunities as white and male actors, directors, producers, writers, et cetera.

— Darnell M. Hunt

Even during the casting process, the pools of talent are so deep when you have a call for Latin women or black women or…

— Jenji Kohan

So now I feel I'm lucky in the respect that I can sort of pick a little more carefully, which is tricky because as…

— Rachel True

The acting world is tough. It's competitive - and even more so for women - but actually, for black female actresses, the issue isn't…

— Michaela Coel

We know already there is not enough representation of dark-skinned women in the media - that's just a fact.

— Leigh-Anne Pinnock

There are wonderfully talented actresses. It's a really rich field. There isn't as rich a field of material.

— Meryl Streep

I think the actresses who are really successful are the ones who are comfortable in their own skins and still look human.

— Emma Watson