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Danielle Brooks, Halle Bailey, Nkechi Okoro Carroll and Starz’s Kathryn Busby Named Essence Black Women in Hollywood Honorees (EXCLUSIVE)
Essence's 17th annual Black Women in Hollywood awards will salute Danielle Brooks, Halle Bailey, Nkechi Okoro Carroll and Starz's Kathryn Busby.
The star-studded annual event celebrating Black women for their contributions to the film and TV business will take place on Thursday, March 7, at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, hosted by actor, Grammy-winning rapper and entrepreneur Cliff “Method Man” Smith. In January, Brooks earned her first Academy Award nominations for reprising her Tony-nominated and Grammy-winning performance as Sofia in the musical reimagining of “The Color Purple.” Meanwhile, Bailey celebrated her first solo Grammy nomination — adding to her five previous nods as half of Chloe x Halle — wrapping up a year that saw her star as Ariel in Disney’s live-action “The Little Mermaid” and young Nettie in “The Color Purple.” On the TV side, Carroll struck gold (again) as the showrunner of NBC’s “Found,” which joins “All American” and “All American: Homecoming” in her lineup of hit shows. Bearing this in mind, Wanga affirms Essence’s commitment to uplift the efforts of Black women like Brooks, Bailey, Carroll and Busby, who “continue to offer their craft and skill as a lifeline of optimism and hope.”
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