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A modern renaissance man, Jamie Foxx is one of the most spectacularly versatile performers in show business today. He began on "In Living Color," and would go on to win an Oscar for playing Ray Charles in "Ray."
A modern renaissance man, Jamie Foxx is one of the most spectacularly versatile performers in show business today. He began on "In Living Color," and would go on to win an Oscar for playing Ray Charles in "Ray."
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Who can forget Angela Bassett as Tina Turner or Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles? Do you remember who played Billie Holiday? Or who Beyoncé performed as in the film Cadillac Records? More recent African-American biopics include the Lifetime original movie Betty & Coretta (2013), starring Angela Bassett as Coretta Scott King and Mary J. Blige as Betty Shabazz, and The Butler (2013), starring Forest Whitaker and based on the life of Eugene Allen.
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Explore our collection of Best Actor Oscar winners, including Daniel Day-Lewis, Adrien Brody, Colin Firth, Forest Whitaker, Tom Hanks and Sean Penn. View full biographies, photos and videos, only at Biography.com.
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