T he Black British boom is big in Hollywood.While we all know about Daniel Kaluuya, John Boyega and Idris Elba, did you know that some of your other favorite television and film actors also hail ...

While it should be cause for celebration when actors get cool roles, for Black British actor Papaa Essiedu and the recent news about his iconic new Harry Potter casting, it’s unfortunately ...

Paapa Essiedu is an Emmy and BAFTA-nominated actor who has recently signed with WME for representation. Read on to know more ...

However, she tells The Sunday Times Magazine that the British obsession with period dramas makes it difficult for black actors to work in the UK. She adds: “There just seems to be a desire for ...

Steve McQueen on the set of ‘Small Axe’ These failures have long been disguised by the success of Black British actors. But how much of that success can the UK lay claim to? Idris Elba ...

Last year, a BFI study found black British actors played just 0.5% of lead roles in 1,172 British films released over the course of a decade. Legally Black member Liv Francis-Cornibert said that ...

Playbill courtesy of British Library ... us to believe that audiences in London were less accepting of a black Shakespearean actor than elsewhere, but this is not exactly true.

In and among the thousands of theatre playbills stored for posterity in the British Library is this advertisement for a performance in Nottingham of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in 1827.