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(#1) Lupita Nyong'o
- age 36
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
- 12 Years a Slave
- Star Wars Forces of Destiny
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(#2) Michael B. Jordan
- age 32
- Creed
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Fruitvale Station
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(#3) Zendaya
- age 23
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- K.C. Undercover
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(#4) Tessa Thompson
- 35
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Sorry To Bother You
- Annihilation
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(#5) Daniel Kaluuya
- age 30
- Get Out
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Sicario
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(#6) Donald Glover
- age 36
- Atlanta
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
- The Lion King
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(#7) Letitia Wright
- age 25
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Urban Hymn
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(#8) Zoë Kravitz
- 30
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Dope
- Big Little Lies
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(#9) John Boyega
- age 27
- Star Wars cinematic universe
- Pacific Rim Uprising
- Attack The Block
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(#10) Amandla Stenberg
- 20
- The Hunger Games
- The Hate U Give
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(#11) Lakeith Stanfield
- age 28
- Dope
- Sorry To Bother You
- The Purge: Anarchy
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(#12) Janelle Monáe
- 33
- Hidden Figures
- Welcome to Marwen
- Dirty Computer
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(#13) Yara Shahidi
- age 19
- Black-Ish
- Smallfoot
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(#14) Winston Duke
- age 32
- Mavel Cinematic Universe
- Modern Family
- Us
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(#15) Zazie Beetz
- age 28
- Deadpool 2
- Atlanta
- Easy
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(#16) China Anne McClain
- age 21
- Black Lightning
- A.N.T. Farm
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(#17) Issa Rae
- age 33
- Awkward Black Girl
- Insecure
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(#18) Marsai Martin
- age 15
- Black-ish
- Little
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(#20) Caleb McLaughlin
- age 17
- Stranger Things
- The New Edition Story
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(#21) Jennifer Hudson
- age 38
- Dreamgirls
- Chi-Raq
- Cats
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(#22) John David Washington
- age 35
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(#23) Storm Reid
- age 16
- A Wrinkle In Time
- Sleight
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(#24) Shameik Moore
- age 24
- Dope
- The Get Down
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
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(#25) Gabourey Sidibe
- age 36
- American Horror Story
- Empire
- Precious
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(#26) O'Shea Jackson Jr.
- age 28
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(#27) Keke Palmer
- age 26
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(#28) Jason Mitchell
- age 32
- Straight Outta Compton
- Kong: Skull Island
- Mudbound
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(#30) Alfred Enoch
- 30
- Harry Potter film series
- How To Get Away With Murder
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(#31) Ruth Negga
- 37
- Preacher
- Loving
- Marvel's Agent sof S.H.I.E.L.D.
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(#32) Jay Ellis
- 37
- Top Gun: Maverick
- The Game
- Insecure
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(#33) Nate Parker
- 39
- Red tails
- The Birth of a Nation
- The Secret Life of Bees
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(#34) Nicole Beharie
- 34
- Sleepy Hollow
- Shame
- 42
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(#35) Corey Hawkins
- age 30
- Straight Outta Compton
- The Walking Dead
- BlacKkKlansman
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(#36) Nafessa Williams
- 29
- Black Lightning
- Twin Peaks
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(#37) Quvenzhané Wallis
- age 16
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Annie
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(#38) Alexandra Shipp
- 28
- X-Men franchise
- Love, Simon
- Straight Outta Compton
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(#39) Yaya DaCosta
- 36
- Whitney
- Chicago Med
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(#40) Aldis Hodge
- 32
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(#41) Brian Tyree Henry
- age 37
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- White Boy Rick
- Hotel Artemis
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(#42) Brandon T. Jackson
- age 35
- Percy Jackson series
- Tropic Thunder
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(#43) Chosen Jacobs
- age 18
- It: Chapter Two
- Castle Rock.
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(#44) Saniyya Sidney
- age 12
- American Horror Story: Roanoke
- Fences
- Hidden Figures
- The Passage
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(#45) Logan Browning
- 29
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(#46) Myles Truitt
- age 17
- The New Edition Story
- Kin
- Black Lightning
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(#47) Raven-Symoné
- 33
- Kim Possible
- That's So Raven
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(#48) Nick Cannon
- 38
- Chi-Raq
- Love Don't Cost A Thing
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(#49) Naomi Ackie
- age 26
- Yardie
- Star Wars: Episode IX
- Game of Thrones Prequel
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(#50) Jaden Smith
- age 21
- The Pursuit of Happyness
- The Get Down
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The 2002 Oscar-winning list made Hollywood black stars proud, Denzel Washington became the second black actress, and Halle Berry became the first black actress in the history of the Oscar. At this time, black actors have been able to occupy an important position in the film industry. Black actors such as Will Smith and Samuel Jackson have stepped into the ranks of super action stars, and more outstanding black actors of different types have achieved great achievements.
This list ranks the 59 best Black and African American actors and actresses who are under 40, they are now the mainstay of the film industry.
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