For Colored Girls

film by Perry [2010]

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  • Tyler Perry
    In Tyler Perry

    …which he also starred, and For Colored Girls, an adaptation of Ntozake Shange’s groundbreaking ensemble theatre piece For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1975). He later wrote and directed himself in Good Deeds (2012), a drama about a CEO seeking personal fulfillment; Madea’s Witness Protection

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Goldberg

  • Whoopi Goldberg
    In Whoopi Goldberg

    …the show’s 2010 film adaptation, For Colored Girls. She later produced the musical Sister Act (2011–12). Goldberg also acted on Broadway, appearing in solo shows as well as Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2003) and Xanadu (2008), and she guest starred on television shows such as the animated Robot Chicken and…

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Jackson

  • Janet Jackson
    In Janet Jackson

    She also appeared in For Colored Girls (2010), Perry’s adaptation of Ntozake Shange’s 1975 theatre piece For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf. Her life and career were the subject of the four-part docuseries Janet Jackson. (2022).

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Rashad

  • Phylicia Rashad
    In Phylicia Rashad

    …well as the ensemble drama For Colored Girls, Tyler Perry’s film adaptation of Ntozake Shange’s 1975 theatre piece For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf. Rashad later appeared in Perry’s romantic drama Good Deeds (2012) and in a TV movie adaptation (2012) of the play Steel…

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Thompson

  • Tessa Thompson
    In Tessa Thompson

    …her turn as Nyla in For Colored Girls (2010), which was directed and produced by American playwright and film director Tyler Perry; Thompson reached out personally to Perry to audition for the part.

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