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Viola Davis in her first role as a nurse in The Substance of Fire in 1996:
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Gabrielle Union in one of her first roles as Ashli in Moesha in 1996:
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Idris Elba in one of his first roles as a pizza delivery man in Space Precinct in 1994:
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Regina King in her first role as Brenda Jenkins in 227 from 1985 to 1990:
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Samuel L. Jackson in one of his first roles in The Displaced Person in 1977:
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Halle Berry in her first role as Emily Franklin in Living Dolls in 1989:
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Denzel Washington as Robert Eldridge in Wilma in 1977:
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Angela Bassett in her first role as Salina McCulla in Search for Tomorrow in 1985:
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Zendaya in her first role as Rocky Blue in Shake It Up from 2010 to 2013:
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Jamie Foxx in In Living Color from 1991 to 1994:
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Lupita Nyong’o as F in East River in 2008:
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Will Smith in his first role as Will Smith in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1990:
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Don Cheadle in one of his first roles as Elliott Washburn in Hamburger Hill in 1987:
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Octavia Spencer in her first role as Nurse Annette in A Time To Kill in 1996:
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Tracee Ellis Ross in her first role as Kiki in Far Harbor in 1996:
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Laurence Fishburne in one of his first roles as Josh Hall in One Life to Live from 1973 to 1976:
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Keke Palmer in her first role as Gina’s niece in Barbershop 2 in 2004:
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Mahershala Ali in his first role as Dr. Trey Sanders in Crossing Jordan from 2001 to 2002:
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And finally, Whoopi Goldberg in one of her first roles as Celie in The Color Purple in 1985:
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