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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. Jennifer Hudson

Jennifer Hudson as Winnie Mandela in Winnie
3. Will Smith

Will Smith as Muhammad Ali in Ali
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. Derek Luke

Derek Luke as Antwone Fisher
12. Dorian Harewood

Dorian Harewood as Jesse Owens The Jesse Owens Story
13. Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker as Eugene Allen in The Butler
14. Imani Hakim

Imani Hakim as Gabby Douglas (ages 14-16) in The Gabby Douglas Story
16. Jamal Woolard

Jamal Woolard as Christopher “Biggie” Wallace in Notorious
17. Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles in Ray
18. Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright as Martin Luther King, Jr.
19. Lynn Whitfield

Lynn Whitfield as Josephine Baker in the Josephine Baker Story
20. Mary J. Blige

Mary J. Blige as Betty Shabazz in Coretta and Betty
21. Michael B. Jordan

Michael B. Jordan as Oscar Grant in Fruitvale Station
22. Quinton Aaron

Quinton Aaron in the Blind SIde
23. Shirley Jo Finney

Shirley Jo Finney as Wilma Rudolph in Wilma
24. Sydney Mikayla

Sydney Mikayla as Gabby Douglas (age: 7-12) in The Gabby Douglas Story
25. Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard as James ‘Jim’ Ellis in Pride
26. Diana Ross

Diana Ross as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues
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