{"id":3861,"date":"2019-03-07T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=3861"},"modified":"2025-02-06T10:33:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T15:33:29","slug":"these-stunning-essence-portraits-highlight-inspirational-black-women-in-hollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/these-stunning-essence-portraits-highlight-inspirational-black-women-in-hollywood\/","title":{"rendered":"These Stunning ESSENCE Portraits Highlight Inspirational Black Women In Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"

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During ESSENCE\u2019s annual <\/b>Black Women in Hollywood<\/b><\/a> event, photographer Michael Rowe captured stunning portraits of powerful and inspiring Black women who are making history today, including Ava DuVernay, Dewanda Wise, Angela Bassett, Jenifer Lewis, and more. <\/b><\/p>\n

With <\/b>“The Power of Our Presence: Art & Activism” being the event\u2019s theme this year, portraits were taken of women who have continued to create change through the versatile medium of art. <\/b><\/p>\n

Set among a beautiful ethnic backdrop that was created by Harlem-based artist <\/b>Makeba \u201cKEEBS\u201d Rainey<\/b><\/a>, these striking photographs feature a multitude of Black women in Hollywood who are thriving. Check out a few of the dazzling photos below, and visit ESSENCE<\/a> to view the entire collection.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Yaya DaCosta<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Actress and model<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Michele Weaver<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Actress \u2013 “Love Is”<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Sheryl Lee Ralph<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Actress, singer, activist, and author<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Robin Thede<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Actress, writer, and comedian<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Kiki Layne<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Actress \u2013 “If Beale Street Could Talk”<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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DeWanda Wise<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Actress \u2013 “She’s Gotta Have It”<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Jenifer Lewis<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Actress, singer, and activist<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Ava DuVernay<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Director, producer, and screenwriter<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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During ESSENCE\u2019s annual Black Women in Hollywood event, photographer Michael Rowe captured stunning portraits of powerful and inspiring Black women who are making history today, including Ava DuVernay, Dewanda Wise, Angela Bassett, Jenifer Lewis, and more. With “The Power of Our Presence: Art & Activism” being the event\u2019s theme this year, portraits were taken of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[600,599,31,578],"class_list":["post-3861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-culture","tag-black-women-in-hollywood","tag-essence","tag-featured","tag-womens-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}