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2. Sherri Shepherd
3. Michelle Weaver
4. Loni Love
5. Lori Harvey
6. Robin Thede
7. Chloe X Halle
8. Eva Marcille
9. Will Catlett
10. Trevor Jackson
11. Logan Browning
12. Antoinette Robertson
13. Melissa DeSousa
14. Skai Jackson
15. Elaine Welteroth
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16. Meagan Good
17. Regina King
18. Bianca Lawson
19. Shaun Robinson
20. Sheryl Lee Ralph
21. Kandi Burruss
22. Angela Bassett
23. Octavia Spencer
24. Jenifer Lewis
25. Lorraine Toussaint
26. DeWanda Wise
27. June Ambrose
28. Robin Givens
29. Kelly Rowland
30. Regina Hall
31. Golden Brooks
32. Angela Rye
33. Loretta Devine
34. Amandla Stenberg
35. Yaya DeCosta
36. Tina Lifford
37. Tina Lawson
38. Marsai Martin
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