BEAUTY AND BRAINS: BLACK ACTRESSES WITH COLLEGE DEGREES

 

These multiple award-winning actresses  are proof that you can have the combo of ‘Beauty and Brains’ and live your dreams!

 

 

 

angela bassett

Angela Bassett 

  • Best known for her roles in Waiting to Exhale and What’s Love Got to do With It?
  •  Bachelor’s degree in African-American Studies from Yale University.
  •  Master’s degree in Drama from Yale University.

 

 

Kerry Washington

  •  Best known for her role on Scandal.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Performing arts at George Washington University.

 

 

Taraji P. Henson

  • Best known for her role as Cookie on Empire, Hidden Figures, The Karate Kid, Think like a man, I can do bad all by myself.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Drama from Howard University.

 

Viola Davis

  •  Best known for her role on The Help, How to get away with murder.
  •  Bachelor’s degree in Theatre from Rhode Island College.

 

 

 

 

Gabrielle Union

  •  Best known for her roles on Bring It On and Two Can Play That Game.
  •  Bachelor’s in Sociology from UCLA.

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