The Color Purple 2023 (LA) premiere
Wednesday December 6th, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures 6067 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
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Fantasia Barrino was born on 30 June 1984 in High Point, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Color Purple (2023), The Butler (2013) and American Idol (2002). She has been married to Kendall Taylor since 19 July 2015. They have one child.- Actress
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Nia Sioux was born as Nia Sioux Frazier on June 20, 2001 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Nia Sioux is the daughter of Evan and Holly Frazier. She began dancing at the young age of 3. Nia mostly danced contemporary and musical theater numbers during her time at the Abby Lee Dance Company. Nia is also a gifted singer and has been in several viral videos. Nia's music videos; Star In Your Own Life, and Slay, have done very well on YouTube. In the summer of 2016, Nia made her Off-Broadway debut in a New York City production of Trip of Love. Nia continues her dance, singing, and modeling. She stars as Emma Barber on the TV series The Bold and the Beautiful and as Sonitas in the film The Code.- Derrick Johnson is known for The Gates (2025), 55th NAACP Image Awards (2024) and 53rd NAACP Image Awards | Colors Behind the Look - Fashion Show (2022).
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Roland Martin was born on 14 November 1968 in Houston, Texas, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Downsizing (2017), NewsOne Now (2013) and Armed (2018). He has been married to Jacquie Hood since 2001. He was previously married to Deborah Duncan.- Actress
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Sophisticated and hard-working, with undeniable talent, veteran actress KJ Smith's honest portrayals of strong female characters are the true personification of black excellence, leaving her mark on Hollywood as one of its hottest stars.
This year, Smith can be seen starring in the leading role of Andi Barnes on Tyler Perry's highest-rated series for BET Networks Sistas. Currently airing its fifth season, the dramedy centers around four single Black women from different walks of life who bond over their one common thread: "Why am I single?" Smith shines in her breakthrough role as Andi, a high-powered attorney who must navigate her complicated love life in a fast-paced, high-stakes industry with the help and advice of her close-knit girlfriends. Sistas continuously leads Wednesday night network ratings, ranking #1 amongst cable network shows in their hour, with new episodes airing weekly through 2022-2023. Smith's portrayal of Barnes has also garnered multiple award nominations, including the two-time consecutive Best Actress in a TV Series wins for the Hollywood and African Prestigious Awards (HAPA) in 2021 and 2022.
Smith can also be seen starring in the major recurring role of Palomar in season two of the top-rated Power prequel series, Power Book III: Raising Kanan, on STARZ. From creator and showrunner Sascha Penn, Power Book III: Raising Kanan takes viewers back to the '90s and the early years of the now-deceased Kanan Stark, portrayed in Courtney Kemp's original series by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. Palomar is one of Famous' (Antonio Ortiz) new neighbors and a young mom frequently mistaken for her daughter, Corinne's older sister. Any responsible parent wouldn't let their daughter within a mile of Kanan, Famous, and their friends, but Palomar is seemingly not that parent.
Additional television credits for Smith in top-rated network and cable television include the CW's fan-favorite drama series, Dynasty, Issa Rae's Giants, CBS' NCIS: Los Angeles, ABC's Black-ish, Freeform's The Fosters, Fox's Lethal Weapon, Netflix's Fuller House, three-season recurring roles on Bounce TV's Family Time and BET's The Family Business, Netflix's Family Reunion and #BlackAF, CBS' All Rise, and ABC's legal drama The Fix, where Smith starred as the quick-witted paralegal, Charlie.
In her most challenging role in film, Smith recently starred in the lead role in The Available Wife (2020) as Nicole Wright, a beautiful and successful music CEO whose life is on the verge of crumbling when money, affairs, power, and deception collide.
Other credits include Netflix's Fatal Affair (2020), Lionsgate's A Madea Family Funeral (2019) opposite world-renowned director, screenwriter and actor Tyler Perry, and Baker's Man and Throwback Holiday.
Offscreen, KJ is fashion fearless. Her divinely feminine and classic red carpet glamour tops fashion's best-dressed lists for bold and eye-catching celebrity styles. With a commitment to preserving the legacy of Black excellence through HBCU education and community, Smith partners for impact tours and commencement addresses with historically black colleges and universities nationwide. And through her advocacy for mental health, Smith uses her platform to share life experiences and her journey to mental wellness and volunteers with the Youth Emerging Stronger foundation to spark positive change.
Smith currently resides in Los Angeles, CA, with her fiance' and former co-star, Skyh Black, and their beloved toy poodle, Billionaire Black.- Music Artist
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Natasha Cobbs Leonard is known for Kingdom Business (2022), 38th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards (2023) and Eggs Over Easy (2022). She has been married to Kenny Leonard since 3 March 2017. They have three children.- Patrick Starrr is known for Mainstream (2020), Face Forward Master Class (2019) and MAX & Chromeo: Checklist (2019).
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Ms. Carter won 2 Oscars for Costume Design for Black Panther and Wakanda Forever, making history as the first African-American in that category. She also made history being the first African-American woman to win multiple Oscars in any category. A 4-time Academy Award nominee also for Malcolm X and Amistad, she has 50 feature film credits including Do the Right Thing, The Butler, Selma, and Marshall and received the 2019 Costume Designers Guild Career Achievement Award.- Additional Crew
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From his infant seat at 8 months bopping his head to a Philly radio station, to his high school drumline days, to choreographing for megastar Beyonce Knowles, Sean Bankhead has had his touch on the rhythm of his life from the beginning.
Music has always been the blood that pumps in Sean Bankhead's veins and through his heart. He has always been inspired by great musicians from Michael Jackson to Sade to Missy Elliott, and dreamt that his talents would be as influential as those artists are to the world.
Sean has always created his own lane and has always had an entrepreneurial heart. After his first dance video uploaded to YouTube in 2006, which had over 1.5 million views, Sean noticed he could inspire other dancers with his talent and gift for dance and choreography. Music speaks to all ages, races and cultures and Sean's vision has always been to have his work recognized and enjoyed like the lyrics of a great song. He wants the world to know his "groove" to whatever song he's worked on, which we are all familiar with Sean's viral grooves such as Migos BET Hip Hop Awards Performance "Too Hotty" Challenge and STAR on Fox's "Bossy" Challenge with Keke Palmer.
Sean's ambition, talent, and skill had allowed him to expand his repertoire to work with talents such as Beyonce Knowles, Britney Spears, Diddy, Miley Cyrus, Donna Summer, Drake, and Fifth Harmony, and now is credibly known for his recent choreography for Missy Elliott, Fifth Harmony's Normani Kordei, Lee Daniel's STAR on Fox, and Lena Waithe and Halle Berry's Boomerang on BET.
Sean is known to be instrumental in building new artists with his creative movement and direction seen in the careers of OMG Girls, Fifth Harmony, and now Normani, all the way to now choreographing for the Queen of creative visuals Missy Elliott. Sean continues to push the limit of going over and beyond of what is "in the now" but instead "creates the now" as he continues his journey as a Choreographer/Creative Director, Director, and Entrepreneur.- Any Gabrielly Rolim Soares was born in Guarulhos, São Paulo on October 9, 2002. She is a Brazilian singer, dancer, composer, actress, voice actress and model that was representing Brazil in the international pop group Now United. She's now a solo artist managed by Simon Fuller. Her best-known work was dubbing the Brazilian version of the animation Moana (2016), where Any provided the voice of the title character. She also participated in the television series Buuu: Um Chamado para Aventura (2015), playing the character Chica. In 2020, she started a talk show series on her YouTube channel entitled Any Gabrielly Convida (2020), where she interviews various artists.
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Gelila Bekele is a model, and a documentary filmmaker. Her modeling career began in 2006, appearing in leading magazines, beauty campaigns and numerous publications. She is a devoted advocate for young girls' right to equal opportunities in her homeland of Ethiopia. Her mission in bringing a voice to under-recognized global issues has birthed a creative platform that increases awareness and allows for exhibition through storytelling. In 2013 Gelila began her narrative and documentary film career. Her most recent releases at the 2019 Cannes film festival and Berlinale: Mai: Life is not Honey (Director) and Anbessa (Executive Producer) The Model Activists 2017 ( Director) Gelila is the author of the book Guzo! (2018) which documents the daily lives of native Ethiopians. Centering on customs, cultural traditions, religious practices and dwellings.- Actress
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LisaRaye McCoy-Misick was born September 23, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. She is of African American and Native American descent and is proud of her heritage. She later attended Eastern Illinois University but she never really took the idea of a career in acting seriously until persuaded by an insistent roommate to attend a local audition in Chicago. Her screen debut was in the low-budget action movie Reasons (1996), she received numerous critical kudos despite the fact that the film went largely unseen. LisaRaye is known for possessing a charmingly seductive smile and a distinctively vibrant but laid-back personality. She first caught the eye of television viewers with an appearance on the popular television series In the House (1995). Though the movie never did find a distributor, director Monty Ross convinced the budding young actress to move out to L.A. during pilot season, and she soon landed minor roles on such shows as Martin (1992) and In the House (1995). She also made an appearance in rapper Tupac Shakur's final music video, her memorable appearance caught the eye of rapper/actor Ice Cube, which led to her being in the movie The Players Club (1998). Her memorable performance as a troubled stripper left a solid impression on audiences. Her appearances thus far were impressive, but LisaRaye's career truly began to ignite after her appearance in the movie The Wood (1999). In 2000, LisaRaye found her widest audience yet as the host of Source: All Access (2002), a popular series dedicated to exploring hip-hop culture. She quickly gained a loyal following with her winning smile and extensive knowledge of all things hip-hop. As film roles continued to roll in, she came across her biggest role to date in the 2002 film Civil Brand (2002). A harrowing look into life in women's prison, the film took home top awards at both the American Black Film Festival and The Urbanworld Film Festival. Soon following her little sister Da Brat into a career in music, LisaRaye next began collaborating with Benzino to record a song to be featured in the film Redemption (2004). 2003 proved an equally lucrative year for LisaRaye as she prepared for the release of the Barry Levinson comedy Envy (2004), the female-driven Western Guns and Roses (2000), and her new sitcom, All of Us (2003) which was ran from 2003-2007.- Lawrence Robinson is known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Robbin (2024) and The Business of Christmas 2 (2021).
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Brandee Evans is an accomplished actor, advocate, and businesswoman. She appears as a series regular on the Starz network show P-Valley, in the role of "Mercedes" - a performance critics describe as "wonderfully compelling," and for which she was considered the breakout star of the first season. The hit show enjoys record-breaking premiere viewership and cult popularity.
P-Valley's highly anticipated second season premiered in June, 2022 - breaking the network's growth record with an increase of viewership of over 1,000%, representing the largest season-over-season gain in the history of Starz. The show was renewed for a third season, which begins production soon. Brandee received two NAACP Image Award nominations in the 'Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series' category for her work on seasons one and two of the show.
Brandee's additional acting credits include the independent films Thirsty (2023), and B-Boy Blues (BET+, 2022), and television performances on Rolling Into Christmas (BET+, 2022), A Rich Christmas (BET, 2021), The Family Business (BET & BET+ 2020-2022), Games People Play (BET, 2019), Dear Santa I Need a Date (TVOne, 2019), Lethal Weapon (Fox, 2018), and The Bobby Brown Story (BET+, 2018).- Make-Up Department
Lawrence Davis, a native of Baltimore Maryland, hit the Entertainment scene in July of 2001, and hit it hard. After styling hair for 11 years in his hometown, he sold it all, moved to California, and never looked back. After looking at fashion magazines, television, and movies saying, "I can do that," he made it happen. Once establishing himself as a freelance hairstylist in Hollywood, he knew it would pay off.
Working for E! Entertainment Television since 2002 has opened numerous doors. His next goal was to become a union hairstylist in Hollywood, which he did in 2005. Lawrence came on board The Tyra Show in season one, and landed an Emmy award for Outstanding Achievement in hairstyling for daytime television in season two.
Positive thinking and great networking has been the key to his success. He has styled for numerous clients for movies, commercials, TV shows, ad campaigns and editorials including Instyle, Essence, Harpers Bazaar, Self, Newsweek to name a few. Making people look beautiful. Makes Lawrence feel good and he loves what he does...- Joey Harris is known for Halloween Ends (2022) and Lisa Frankenstein (2024).
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Andrea Bowman is known for The Color Purple (2023), The Piano Lesson (2024) and Emancipation (2022).- Costume Designer
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Francine Jamison-Tanchuck is known for The Color Purple (2023), Emancipation (2022) and One Night in Miami... (2020).- Director
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Matty Rich Bio
Matty Rich - Producer/Writer/ Director/Actor
Born and raised in the Red Hook housing projects in Brooklyn, NY, Matty Rich, became highly regarded as the pioneer of Black Filmmakers. Rich made his way onto the Hollywood scene in the early 90's. He gained major recognition as, 19 year-old acclaimed writer/director/producer with his award winning film, "Straight out of Brooklyn". After winning the Sundance Film Festival Award, Samuel Goldwyn Films distributed the movie. The film would go on to sweep the award season winning the prestigious Independent Spirit Award, the NAACP Image Award, The CEBA Award, The Big Apple Award, The Producer's Guild's "Most Promising Film Producer" award and the Nova Award. The movie, which was made for a mere $77,000, and became a worldwide box office success and a favorite that continues to play on television to this day!
Matty then landed a three-picture movie deal with Tri Star studios under the helm of studio chief Mike Medavoy. While at Tri Star, Matty developed the First Black Organize Crime family film "Forty Theives" and "Sunset Park" with stars such as Danny and others.
Next, Matty was headed for Disney studios where he was given a three picture deal from studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg. Matty soon directed the summer splash movie, The Inkwell! for Touchstone Pictures. The star studded cast members of the Inkwell included Jada Pinkett-Smith, Larenz Tate, Joe Morton, Morris Chestnut and many other notable names. The Inkwell was made for on a modest $4 million budget and became a summer splash hit in the U.S box office.
After The Inkwell's success, Matty developed/produced and directed and developed several television and film projects, "Red Hook" as creator/producer/director of the drama series for Warner Brothers TV/Fox Network, the Tupac Shakur bio picture project for HBO, "Subway Scholar" with Whitney Houston as producer for Showtime Networks.
"Tommy Morris vs Ray Mercer" Matty produced, directed the boxing documentary pieces for HBO pay per view, "Free At Last" feature film screenplay for the Weinstein Company and Edmonds Entertainment, "The Kool Moe Dee" Variety Show" for Buena Vista/Disney television.
Matty soon headed for Paris, France where he served as Creative Director and Artistic director for the video game, 187 Ride or Die. Matty lead a team of over 100 artists, game designers and programmers. Matty also wrote/directed the 187 Ride or Die 3D animation game cinematics overseeing an animation team in Hong Kong, China.
After the release of 187 Ride or Die, Matty formed Matty Rich Games, a Los Angeles based gaming development company that creates games for Apple and Android mobile phones and tablets.
Matty hasn't forgotten his filmmaking roots, he is now developing film and television properties that will also feature games under his Matty Rich Games brand.
Matty has been a featured speaker in Hollywood's most prominent Video Games conferences; The Ayzenberg A-List Gaming Summit (2011-13).Variety Magazine's 3D Entertainment Summit (2011-2013) Variety Magazine's 3D Gaming Summit (2010-2013). Matty was also the official host for the AT &T gaming & technology exhibition during the 2014 BET Awards Fan Fest weekend in Los Angeles.- Actor
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J. Ivy is known for Hal King (2021), Not Another Black Movie (2016) and He Looked like a Postcard (2024).- Actress
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Robyn Melrose is known for To Dream (2016).