1. Courtney B. Vance
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2. Cicely Tyson
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3. Laurence Fishburne
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4. Ben Vereen
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5. John Legend
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6. Whoopi Goldberg
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7. Tamara Tunie
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8. Gregory Hines
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9. Audra McDonald
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10. James Earl Jones
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11. Viola Davis
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