A tribute to all the actors and actresses who have brought legends back to life through films.
1. Toni Braxton
OWN announced that Toni Braxton is set to star as Darlene Love in the network’s first scripted TV film “My Name is Love: The Darlene Love Story.”
2. Idris Elba
Idris Elba as Nelson Mandela in Mandela
3. Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson as Winnie Mandela in Winnie
4. Beyonce
Beyonce as Etta James in Cadillac Records
5. Andre 3000
Andre 3000 as Jimi Hendrix
6. Zoe Saldana
Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone
7. Angela Bassett
Angela Bassett as Tina Turner in What’s Love Got To Do With It and Coretta Scott King in Coretta and Betty.
8. Chadwick Boseman
Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson in 42 and James Brown
9. Charlayne Woodard
Charlayne Woodard as Gail Devers in Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story
10. Cuba Gooding Jr.
Cuba Gooding Jr. as Ben Carson and James Robert Kennedy
11. Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington as Steve Biko in Biko and Malcolm X
12. Derek Luke
Derek Luke as Antwone Fisher
13. Dorian Harewood
Dorian Harewood as Jesse Owens The Jesse Owens Story
14. Forest Whitaker
Forest Whitaker as Eugene Allen in The Butler
15. Imani Hakim
Imani Hakim as Gabby Douglas (ages 14-16) in The Gabby Douglas Story
17. Jamal Woolard
Jamal Woolard as Christopher “Biggie” Wallace in Notorious
18. Jamie Foxx
Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles in Ray
19. Jeffrey Wright
Jeffrey Wright as Martin Luther King, Jr.
20. Laurence Fishburne
Laurence Fishburne as Hannibal Lee in The Tuskegee Airmen
21. Lynn Whitfield
Lynn Whitfield as Josephine Baker in the Josephine Baker Story
22. Michael B. Jordan
Michael B. Jordan as Oscar Grant in Fruitvale Station
23. Quinton Aaron
Quinton Aaron in the Blind SIde
24. Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson as Ken Carter in Coach Carter
25. Shirley Jo Finney
Shirley Jo Finney as Wilma Rudolph in Wilma
26. Sydney Mikayla
Sydney Mikayla as Gabby Douglas (age: 7-12) in The Gabby Douglas Story
27. Terrence Howard
Terrence Howard as James ‘Jim’ Ellis in Pride
28. Diana Ross
Diana Ross as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues
29. REGISTER NOW for the 2014 Allstate Tom Joyner Family Reunion taking place August 28- September 1, 2014 in Orlando, Florida! For booking information, call 407-248-9191.
