Aisha Tyler (born September 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, and author, known for her regular role as Andrea Marino in the first season of Ghost Whisperer and voicing Lana Kane in Archer, as well as her recurring roles in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Talk Soup, and on Friends as Charlie Wheeler. She is a co-host of The Talk and the new host of Whose Line is it Anyway?.

Wendy Williams Hunter (born July 18, better known by her maiden name Wendy Williams, is an American media personality, actress and author. She hosts a syndicated television talk show, The Wendy Williams Show Prior to television, Williams was a "shock jockette" on several radio shows. Williams has gained notoriety for her on-air spats with celebrities. She was the subject of the 2006 VH1 reality TV series called The Wendy Williams Experience which broadcast events surrounding

Eboni K. Williams is a political/legal analyst and trial attorney based in Los Angeles, California, covering national legal and political issues with a pop culture perspective. Ms. Williams began her legal career specializing in family law and civil litigation, providing legal consult on high-profile divorce, spousal support, & child custody cases.She is an active member of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (ABA YLD) and the North Carolina Bar Association

Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actress, model, television producer, record producer, comedienne, and talk show hostess. She has long been considered one of hip-hop's pioneer feminists.Her work in music, film, and television has earned her a Golden Globe award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six additional Grammy nominations, an Emmy Award nomination.

Alani "La La" Anthony (née Vazquez; born June 25, is an American disc jockey, television personality, and actress. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, she attended Piscataway High School as a teenager. In the early 2000s, Vazquez came to prominence as an MTV VJ on Total Request Live.

Paula Maxine Patton (born December 5, 1975) is an American actress who is known for her appearances in the films Idlewild (2006), Déjà Vu (2006), Mirrors (2008), Swing Vote (2008), Precious (2009), Just Wright (2010), Jumping the Broom (2011), Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), and Baggage Claim (2013).

Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield (born November 23,is an American television and film actress. She is known for her role as Dr. Allison Blake on the sci-fi TV series Eureka and her voice acting as Elisa Maza on the Disney animated series Gargoyles.

Tracee Ellis Ross (born October 29, is an American actress. She is best known for her lead role as Joan Clayton on the UPN/CW series, Girlfriends. Also, she was recently known for starring as Dr. Carla Reed on the new BET sitcom Reed Between the Lines.

Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, is an American television personality, producer, author, actress, and former model. She first became famous as a model, appearing twice on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and working for Victoria's Secret as one of their original Angels. Banks is the creator and host of the UPN/The CW reality television show America's Next Top Model, co-creator of True Beauty, and was the host of her own talk show, The Tyra Banks Show.

Malinda Williams (born December 3, is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Erica Wright in the 1996 movie A Thin Line Between Love and Hate, as Young Alicia in the 1999 movie The Wood, and as the hair stylist Tracy "Bird" Van Adams in the Showtime acclaimed drama series Soul Food from June 2000 to May 2004.

NIA SANCHEZ IS NOW MISS USA 2014. Nia Sanchez (born February 16, in Sacramento, California is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2014. Sanchez is the first woman from the state of Nevada ever to be crowned Miss USA.

Vanessa Bell Calloway (born March 20, is an American actress who has appeared in a number of films, including Biker Boyz, Love Don't Cost a Thing, What's Love Got to Do with It, Coming to America, and Cheaper by the Dozen.

With her own unique flare and infectious sense of humor, Issa Rae’s content has garnered over 20 million views and over 160,000 subscribers on YouTube. In addition to making the Forbes 30 Under 30 list twice and winning the 2012 Shorty Award for Best Web Show for her hit series “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl,” Issa Rae has worked on web content for Pharrell Williams, Tracey Edmonds and numerous others.

Daphne Wayans (born May 21,) is an American television personality and relationship expert. Daphne currently serves on the board of the New Village Leadership Academy, a private elementary school located in Calabasas, California, which was founded by actor Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith. Daphne offers parenting and relationship advice as a guest blogger on The Huffington Post,and prides herself on living a healthy lifestyle.

Yaya Alafia was born and raised in New York City along with her sister and two brothers. She got her first acting gig at the age of eleven when her junior high school drama teacher, Ann Willis Ratray, encouraged her to audition for educational films. She continued to perform in school shows throughout high school and college and in 2005, made her feature film debut in Take the Lead. In 2008, she made her Off-Broadway debut in "The First Breeze of Summer" at The Signature Theater.

Naturi Cora Maria Naughton (born May 20, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, and actress. Naughton is formerly one-third of the R&B trio 3LW and is perhaps best known for her roles in Fame, Notorious, and The Playboy Club. Naughton was a series regular in season one of the Lifetime television drama series The Client List as Kendra.

Alexandra Shipp (born July 16,) is an American actress. She is most notable for her role as KT Rush on the show House of Anubis. She has also appeared on Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Switched at Birth, and Victorious. She will play Aaliyah in her Lifetime TV biopic

Since first making a name for herself at colleges and east coast comedy clubs, Erin’s conversational style and relatable humor have helped to propel her onto the national stage. In 2013, Erin traveled with Dave Chappelle as the opening act for his summer tour and landed a co-hosting spot on “Exhale.” She was also nominated “Best Female Entertainer” by Campus Activities Magazine, the official publication of the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA).

René Syler knew she wanted a career in television. Unfortunately she did not come to that realization until after she had spent thousands of dollars on a degree in psychology. She forged ahead and after reporter/anchor jobs in Reno, Birmingham and Dallas, landed a plum assignment as one of the anchors of The Early Show on CBS.

Angela Burt-Murray is the co-founder and editorial director of Cocoa Media Group, a digital media and consulting firm which operates CocoaFab.com; and she is also the co-host of EXHALE, a new talk show on Magic Johnson’s cable network ASPiRE. Prior to launching CMG, Angela was the editor-in-chief of ESSENCE magazine and oversaw the editorial direction as steward of ESSENCE’s print and online editorial content from 2005-2010.

Tamala R. Jones (born November 12, 1974) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the movies Booty Call, The Wood, Kingdom Come, The Brothers, and Two Can Play That Game. She currently stars on the ABC television show Castle as medical examiner Lanie Parish.

Nicole Beharie (born January 3, is an American actress. She is known for her roles in American Violet (2008), Shame (2011), and 42 (2013). Since September 2013, she has starred in the Fox fantasy series Sleepy Hollow

Yvette Nicole Brown (born August 12, is an American actress, singer and comedian. Brown has appeared in numerous commercials, television shows, and films throughout her career. From 2009 to 2014, she starred as Shirley Bennett on the NBC comedy series Community

Bevy Smith is an American television personality and business woman. She currently is a co-host on Bravo's fashion-themed talk show Fashion Queens. Smith is the creator of "Dinner with Bevy," a dinner party series in which she brings together people from across entertainment, fashion and media.

Cameron Diaz was born in 1972 in San Diego. Her mother, Billie (Early), has English, Scots-Irish, and German ancestry, and her father, Emilio Diaz, was from a Cuban family (of Spanish origin). Preferring to feel her way effectively into the industry, the next 3 years honing her acting skills in such character-driven independent films as The Last Supper (1995); Feeling Minnesota (1996); and Head Above Water (1996). She returned to main stream films in My Best Friend's Wedding (1997).

Kiki Haynes is an American actress who is known for her appearances in films Bamboozled (2000), Nora's Hair Salon (2004) and Restraining Order (2006). Currently, she stars as the character Keisha in the hit OWN/TBS comedy-drama television series Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse.

Crystle Stewart was born on September 20, in Houston, Texas, USA as Crystle Danae Stewart. She is an actress, known for Good Deeds (2012), For Better or Worse (2011) and The Exes (2011).

Tika Sumpter was born in New York & graduated from Marymount Manhattan College. Sumpter began her career as model, before she landed the role of "Layla Williamson" in ABC's daytime soap opera, One Life to Live. After supporting roles in the films, Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming (2010), Salt (2010), What's Your Number? (2011) Think Like a Man (2012), she was cast in the musical film, Sparkle (2012). In 2013, she was cast as vixen "Candace Young" in the OWN drama series, The Haves & the Have Nots.

Luenell Campbell (born March 12, known professionally as Luenell, is an American comedian and actress. In 2012 Luenell made appearances in three #1 feature films – Think Like A Man, the 3D animated hit Hotel Transylvania with Adam Sandler, and Taken 2 with Liam Neeson. She also co-starred in the comedy That’s My Boy with Adam Sandler and Leighton Meester. Luenell's recent television appearances include episodes of The Middle and It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia as well as stand-up appearances

Michaela Angela Davis is a writer on urban style, race, gender and hip-hop culture in the United States. She is also a fashion expert and an "image activist." Davis was a student of the arts, especially acting. She began her studies at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts as a National Arts Scholar, then moved on to New York University,the Stella Adler Acting Conservatory and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969 or 1970)] is an American singer-songwriter, actress, record producer, philanthropist. Born and raised on Long Island, New York, Carey came to prominence after releasing her self-titled debut studio album Mariah Carey in 1990; it went multiplatinum and spawned four consecutive number one singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Under the guidance of Columbia Records executive and later husband Tommy Mottola, she continued booking success with followup album

Kerry Marisa Washington] (born January 31, 1977)] is an American actress. Since 2012, Washington has starred on the ABC drama Scandal, a Shonda Rhimes series in which Washington plays Olivia Pope, a crisis management expert to the President] In 2013, she gained wide public recognition for her role and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series.

Farah "Cocoa" Brown was born and raised in Newport News, Virginia. She attended and graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a BS in Mass Communications and attended and received a Masters in Secondary Education from the University of Phoenix. She has been acting since she was 10 years old, and minored in Theatre Arts while at VCU. She has also been a member of the Washington, DC sketch comedy group, Comedy Sportz.

Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American R&B singer-songwriter, pianist, musician, record producer, and actress. Keys released her debut album with J Records, having had previous record deals first with Columbia and then Arista Records. Keys' debut album, Songs in A Minor, was a commercial success, selling over 12 million copies worldwide.] She became the best-selling new artist and best-selling R&B artist of 2001 The album earned Key

Crystana ‘Dutchess’ Lattimore hails from Lincolnton, North Carolina. At an early age she showed exceptional talent in art which she developed over her early years. Always at the head of her class, she graduated cum laude from North Carolina A&T with a Bachelor Degree in Business Management, with a concentration in Visual Art. Currently she is starring on VH1's Black Ink Crew. During the second season of Black Ink.

Katlynn Simone Smith (born October 30, is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Brittany Pitts in the BET's sitcom The Game

Laila Ali (born December 30, is a retired American professional boxer. She is the daughter of retired heavyweight boxing legend Muhammad Ali and his third wife, Veronica Porsche Ali. Laila is the eighth of her father's nine children and his youngest daughter On June 11, 2005, on the undercard to the Tyson-Kevin McBride fight, Ali defeated Erin Toughill in round three to remain undefeated and won the World Boxing Council title in addition to defending her WIBA crown.

Danyel Smith (born June 23, 1965) is an American editor, critic, novelist, media pundit and the founder of the cultural and political website The Smithian Danyel is a 2014 John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University. She is also writing a history of African-American women in pop music Smith is also the former editor of Billboard and the first African-American editor of the magazine. Also, she is the former chief content officer of Vibe Media Group.

Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe (born October 7, 1970), also known as Nikki Kodjoe, is an American actress and a former model. Parker is known for her role as Becky Barnett in the 1997 film Boogie Nights and as the attorney Teri Joseph on the Showtime series Soul Food, which ran from 2000 to 2004.

Wendy Raquel Robinson (born July 25, 1967) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as high school principal Regina Grier on the WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show, and as sports agent Tasha Mack on the CW/BET comedy-drama The Game.

Regina King (born January 15, 1971) is an American film and television actress. She played Brenda Jenkins on the NBC sitcom, 227 and had a supporting role in the feature film Jerry Maguire. She is also known for roles on such television series as The Boondocks, Southland, and The Big Bang Theory.

Pilar Sanders is the married to estranged husband, football hall-of-fame player, Dione Sanders. Pilar starred on the VH1 reality series, Football Wives.

Judge Lynn is a graduate of Harvard University and The University of Pennsylvania Law School. She began practicing law in Cleveland in 1984. In 1993, at the age of 34, she was elected judge of The Cleveland Heights Municipal Court. Judge Lynn became the host of Divorce Court in 2006. In 2007, she expanded her television presence becoming the host of the prime time television show,

Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963) is an American singer, actress, producer and former fashion model. In 1983, she became the first African-American woman crowned Miss America, but a scandal arose when Penthouse magazine bought and published nude photographs of her. She relinquished her title early and was succeeded by the first runner-up, Suzette Charles of New Jersey. Williams rebounded by launching a a career as an entertainer, earning multiple Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award nomination

Shaun Robinson (born July 11, 1962) is weekend anchor and correspondent for the show Access Hollywood, the daily entertainment newsmagazine show. She was also the host of TV One Access, a show on the TV One network produced by Access that brings viewers behind the velvet rope for an inside look at who's who in "Black Hollywood".

Nicole Barrett is an Actress, Talk Show Host, Pageant Winner, and native of Dallas, Texas.Nicole is CEO of NCrowd Productions-a cutting edge Film/T.V production company developing made for T.V movies, Reality based programs, and a feature film. All of which will feature Legendary/ Iconic stars, of course.

Kimberly Elise Trammel (born April 17, 1967), professionally known as Kimberly Elise, is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her roles in such films as Set It Off, Beloved, John Q, The Manchurian Candidate, Woman Thou Art Loosed, Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, and For Colored Girls.

Marvet Britto is the President and CEO of The Britto Agency a PR and Brand Strategy firm. Ms. Britto has worked with Universal Pictures, Motorola, Microsoft, Payless Shoe Source, and Martell Cognac, actresses Angela Bassett, Vivica A. Fox, and Kim Cattrall, actors such as Hill Harper and comedian Mike Epps. She promoted Mariah Carey's comeback, aided the careers of rap icons Salt n Pepa, Eve, and Foxy Brown. Basketball players such as Stephon Marbury and Jermaine O'Neal[.

PHYLLIS YVONNE STICKNEY is a world-class artist, producer, director, author, motivational speaker, clothing designer, community activist, businesswoman and surrogate mother to many. Ms. Stickney is best known and respected for her work in film, stage, television and comedy. Her portrayals range from articulate attorney to feisty comedy club diva, to a Jamaican mother of class.

Robin Simone Givens (born November 27, 1964) is an American stage, television, and film actress. In 1996, Givens co-starred on the sitcom Sparks which aired for two season on UPN. In January 2000, she took over hosting duties on the syndicated talk show Forgive or Forget. The show was canceled four months later. Givens has since had recurring roles on The Game, Tyler Perry's House of Payne, and Chuck. In 2007, Givens released her autobiography Grace Will Lead Me Home.

Robi Reed (born Robin Lynn Reed) is an Emmy Award-winning casting director[1] and producer. She has over 50 films and television shows to her credit, including The Best Man, Soul Food, For Colored Girls, Love Jones, Set It Off, In Living Color and Girlfriends.Reed got her start working with writer-director Spike Lee. His 1988 release School Daze was her very first film as a casting director She later went on to cast Lee’s Malcolm X, Do The Right Thing, Mo' Better Blues, Crooklyn, Clocker

Rain Pryor (born July 16, is an American actress and comedian. She went on to star in the ABC series Head of the Class in the role of Theola June 'T.J.' Jones. Pryor's role was created from a series of characters she performed at her audition for the producers. Pryor starred for several years as Jackie, the lipstick lesbian drug addict on the Showtime series Rude Awakening and has guest starred on network television series such as The Division and Chicago Hope.

Meagan Monique Good (born August 8, 1981) is an American film and television actress and occasional film producer. Beginning her career at the age of four, Good has appeared in numerous commercials, television shows, feature films, and music videos. In 2011, Good featured in an ensemble cast of the highly successful film version of Think Like a Man. She played Joanna Locasto, the lead character on the NBC drama series Deception.

Toccara Jones (born March 13, 1981from Dayton, Ohio, is an American fashion model, occasional actress, singer and television personality. Jones was a contestant on the third season of the UPN series America's Next Top Model, where she finished in seventh place.

Nia Long (born October 30, 1970) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Third Watch, and the films In Too Deep, Boyz n the Hood, Friday, Boiler Room, Soul Food, Love Jones, The Best Man, Big Momma's House, and the sequels to the latter two films.

Joy-Ann Reid, also known as Joy Reid, is an American journalist and broadcaster. Reid is the managing editor of TheGrio.com and an on-air contributor on MSNBC, in addition to serving as a political columnist for The Miami Herald and the editor of The Reid Report political blog. On January 27, 2014, Reid was announced by MSNBC to be the host of her own news series The Reid Report, which is scheduled to replace the 2pm slot previously occupied by NewsNation with Tamron Hall.

Karen Denise Aubert (born December 6, 1978), commonly known as K.D. Aubert, is an American actress and fashion model. Aubert is also one of the four original Fantanas, a female group of spokesmodels appearing in TV commercials for the soft drink Fanta. She was the Strawberry Fanta. She is featured with her fellow Fantanas in the Maxim magazine online girl gallery and was ranked #91 and #97 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2003 and 2004..

Melissa Victoria Harris-Perry (born October 2, 1973; formerly known as Melissa Victoria Harris-Lacewell) is an American writer, professor, television host, and political commentator with a focus on African-American politics. Harris-Perry hosts the Melissa Harris-Perry weekend news and opinion television show on MSNBC. She is also a regular fill-in host on The Rachel Maddow Show as well as a professor of political science at Tulane University.

Michelle D. Bernard (born July 30, 1963, Washington, D.C.s an American journalist, political analyst, author, and President and CEO of the Bernard Center For Women, Politics & Public Policy. She was formerly President and CEO of Independent Women's Forum and Independent Women's Voice. Bernard is a political and legal analyst for MSNBC, and is frequently a panelist on the The McLaughlin Group. In 2007, Bernard authored Women’s Progress: How Women Are Wealthier, Healthier, and More Independent

Mari Morrow (born Kashanna Mari Monroe, February 18, 1974) is an American film and television actress and model. Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Morrow began acting as a child in theater productions to help raise funds for poor college students.Other television appearances include, Living Single, Soul Food, Conan, The Parkers, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and The Jamie Foxx Show Morrow has film roles in: Dead Man on Campus, Uninvited Guest, Children of the Corn III, Book of Love.