Lynn Whitfield

Active since 1981 with her role as Jill Thomas in the television series "Hill Street Blues". Lynn is mainly known for her role alongside Martin Lawrence in "A Thin Line Between Love And Hate",  "The Cheetah Girls" as Dorothea,  "Eve's Bayou" as Samuel L. Jackson's wife, and "Madea's Family Reunion" as Victoria. Lynn won the NAACP image award for her performance in "The Josephine Baker Story", Touched By An Angel", and "Redemption: The Tookie Williams Story" alongside Jamie Foxx about the co-founder of the Crips gang. Lynn is from Baton Rogue, Louisiana and started out in television and theatre before roles in film.
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Joseph Levitt

Has been active since 1988. He is known for previous roles in movies such as "50/50", "10 Things I Hate About You", "500 Days of Summer", and "Beethoven". Joseph is the owner and founder of "hitRECord" that started in 2004. He directed an adaptation of a short story and it was selected for the Sundance Film Festival in 2009.
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Angela Bassett

From Harlem, NYC but relocated to St. Petersburg, Florida due to her parents separation. Her mother was a social worker and a Civil Servant. Angela went to Yale University and received a B.A Degree in African American Studies. She also received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale School of Drama. In 1985 she made her first appearance as a prostitute on the television movie "Doubletake" and has been active in her career since then. The first official film appearance was in the 1986 movie "F/X", as a news reporter.
http://movies.nytimes.com/person/4466/Angela-Bassett

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