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Diahann Carroll Justice Angela DeSett on The Court 
Consummate entertainer Diahann Carroll is a Tony Award winner, an Emmy and Grammy nominee, a Golden Globe winner and an Oscar nominee.She starred with Natalie Cole in the top-rated two-hour telefilm "Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story," playing Cole's mother. Among her other recent television credits are the telefilm "Having Our Say," Lifetime's original movie "The Courage To Love," with Vanessa Williams and Stacy Keach, and the miniseries "Sally Hemings: An American Scandal." She also starred in a movie for Showtime, "The Sweetest Gift," garnering another Emmy nomination, and the controversial television drama "Sister, Sister," written by poet and educator Maya Angelou. Carroll starred with Marisa Tomei in the award-winning and controversial play, "The Vagina Monologues," in a very successful engagement at New York's off-Broadway Westside Theatre. she also completed a cross-country sellout concert tour, starring in "Almost Like Being in Love -- The Lerner & Loewe Songbook." In October, 1995, she starred on stage as Norma Desmond in the Toronto premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's international hit, "Sunset Boulevard," directed by Trevor Nunn.
In 1984 Carroll became the first black cast member on the award-winning television phenomenon, "Dynasty," which is still in syndication all around the world. In 1989 she was nominated for an Emmy Award for the successful series "A Different World." Her television nominations go back to 1963 for the series "Naked City." In 1968 she became the first black actress in television history to star in her own series, "Julia," which soared to the top of the Nielsen ratings and received an Emmy nomination in its first year on the air. Her film work includes "Claudine," for which she received a 1974 Academy Award nomination, starring with James Earl Jones. She also appeared in Robert Townsend's 1993 feature, "The Five Heartbeats," a provocative film set in the sixties about the rise and fall of a black singing group, and she made an impact opposite Samuel L. Jackson in the TriStar film "Eve's Bayou." Other film credits include "Paris Blues," starring Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier, "Carmen Jones," "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," "Hurry Sundown," "The Split" and "Porgy and Bess." Carroll made her Broadway stage debut in Harold Arlen and Truman Capote's "House of Flowers." After seeing this production, Richard Rodgers created the Broadway show "No Strings" as a starring vehicle for her, and she went on to win a Tony Award for her performance. She returned to Broadway in 1983, adding yet another distinction to her illustrious career by becoming the first black actress to replace a white actress (Elizabeth Ashley) in "Agnes of God." In 1990 she starred with Paul Winfield in the Los Angeles production of "Love Letters," breaking box office records. Carroll has given generously of her time in support of civic and humanitarian concerns. In 1992 she received the Women in Film Crystal Award for her contributions to the advancement of women in the entertainment industry. The NAACP Defense and Education Fund awarded her the Black Women of Achievement Award for her work and charitable activities. She has also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. PERSONAL INFORMATION Hometown: New York, NY Birthdate: July 17 Need to write? 
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