Erivo — who was honored alongside Teyana Taylor, Raamla Mohamed, Marla Gibbs and Tyra Banks — began her speech by reading a quote that Essence posted shortly after “Wicked” hit theaters.

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Issa Rae (Raamla Mohamed), Niecy Nash-Betts (Teyana Taylor), Keke Palmer (Cynthia Erivo), and Tichina Arnold (Marla Gibbs). Gibbs’ daughter, Angela, accepted the award on her behalf. Taylor ...

For the show’s 18th year, we celebrated incredibly talented and inspirational honorees such as Cynthia Erivo, Teyana Taylor, Raamla Mohamed, and Marla Gibbs. Before the event itself, Black ...

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The award show highlights Black women in entertainment. The honorees at the 2025 Essence Black Women In Hollywood Awards are getting their praise for their monumental careers. Teyana Taylor, Tyra ...

As the awards are celebrating its 18th year, we will surely witness show-stopping moments from the honorees: Marla Gibbs, Teyana Taylor, Cynthia Erivo, and Raamla Mohamed. However, amongst the ...

Something spiritual happens when Black people gather, even when faced with the unbearable and unthinkable. That moment found its way to Hollywood when the best of the best descended upon the SLS Hotel ...

Multihyphenate performer Teyana Taylor, supermodel and entrepreneur Tyra Banks, acclaimed actress Cynthia Erivo, groundbreaking writer-producer Raamla Mohamed, and television icon Marla Gibbs each ...

Actress Marla Gibbs and Emmy-nominated screen writer Raamla Mohamed, the creative behind hit show Reasonable Doubt, were likewise recognised for their talents and contributions to the ...

"The Jeffersons" icon Marla Gibbs and TV writer/producer Raamla Mohamed were each fêted, as was multi-hyphenate Teyana Taylor, who endeared the audience with a tearful speech that was as ...