Amber Rose
Actor · Musician · Model
Italian (37.5%), one quarter Cape Verdean [African, Portuguese], Irish, as well as Scottish, Cornish, and English
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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Anna Deavere Smith
Actor
African-American [including Igbo Nigerian, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Angola, Cameroon, Congo, and Senegal], English
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Azealia Banks
Actor · Musician
African-American, some Barbadian
Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Courtney B. Vance
Actor
African-American [including ancestry from Nigeria, Ivory Coast/Ghana, Cameroon/Congo, and Senegal]
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Dionne Warwick
Actor · Musician · TV Personality
African-American, with small amounts of English, Irish, and Scottish
East Orange, Essex, New Jersey, U.S.
Jesse Williams
Actor · Model
Father: African-American · Mother: English, Swedish
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Juliana Alves
Actor · TV Personality · Model
Brazilian [African, Portuguese, possibly other]
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Juliann Alexander
Actor · Musician
African-American, possibly other
Los Angeles, California, United States
Justine Skye
Actor · Musician · Model
African-Jamaican, one quarter Indian
Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Khandi Alexander
Actor
African-American [including Nigerian], some English and Scottish
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Langston Fishburne
Actor
Father: African-American · Mother: African-Bahamian, African-Trinidadian, possibly European
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
LeVar Burton
Actor · TV Personality
African-American, smaller amount of English
Landstuhl, Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany (now Germany)
Morgan Freeman
Actor
African-American, as well as more distant English
Memphis, Tennessee or Mississippi, U.S.
